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On Feb. 19, Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT), the world's largest retailer, reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings, and investors may be wondering if the stock is a buy before the report. 

The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: GLD) offers a simple premise: get direct exposure to the price of gold. If gold goes up by 1%, this fund also goes up by 1%. It doesn't contain any gold mining

Both the Invesco Food & Beverage ETF (NYSEMKT:PBJ) and the First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG) offer exposure to the U.S. food and beverage industry, with similar holdings counts

One of the biggest myths in the context of retirement is that all your expenses will magically decrease once your career comes to an end. But if there's one expense that's likely to increase in

The recent weakness in the stock market has opened up some buying opportunities in a few key areas. Some stocks have reached the lowest levels seen in years, and savvy investors can scoop up shares

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated February 13, 2026, Barrier Capital Management, LLC initiated a new position in Compass (NYSE:COMP), purchasing 952,074 shares

One of the top cryptocurrency miners turned compute providers, Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT), is among the tech stocks many investors are watching closely right now.

Much of that has to do with the

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock hasn't been so magnificent over the past year. The stock price is down roughly 11% year to date and has dropped 12% over the past 12 months.

But that creates an excellent

Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is surging. Five companies have committed to spending $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year by themselves, while famed portfolio manager

Lots of people are concerned about an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble. We can debate all day whether there is or not; both sides of that argument have good points. But even if there is a bubble

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) has lost 20% of its value since the beginning of the year as of market close Feb. 11, and is down by 27% from its high in June. Investors have been selling thanks to

Balu Balakrishnan, a former CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI), reported the indirect sale of 11,363 shares in multiple open-market transactions on Feb. 9

People have frequently asked me about disruption from artificial intelligence (AI) in recent weeks: Which industries are safe and which are in trouble? I won't pretend to see the future perfectly

Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) has already answered the easy question. The company can grow.

In 2025, it surpassed 50 million daily active users and crossed $1 billion in annual revenue. Paid subscribers

The latest narrative in the financial world is the risk that artificial intelligence (AI) will disrupt existing software businesses. With new tools emerging from heavily funded AI labs that allow

Klarna Group (NYSE: KLAR) went public last September in a celebrated initial public offering (IPO), one of the few lately. However, rather than offer the gains investors were hoping for, Klarna

DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The stock has taken a beating lately, sliding from roughly $230 in early January

Want to know what my favorite dividend-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) is? Well, it's the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD). It's worth considering for your portfolio because

IBM, Alphabet, and a handful of "pure-play" start-ups are hard at work trying to take quantum computing from the lab to the real world. These companies have made real progress in recent years in

Investors looking for an artificial intelligence (AI) winner over the past few years knew they could turn to Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). As the leading designer of AI chips, the company has delivered

If you're like me, you would love a portfolio chock-full of terrific growth stocks. But achieving that is easier said than done, because you'll need some time and skill to study the universe of

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) went public in 2020 with the quirky mission of creating a more "beloved" insurance experience, which is unusual in a category most people view as a commodity. It aimed to do so

Cloud computing platforms give businesses access to the tools they need to thrive in the digital age, from simple data storage to complex software development solutions. But over the last couple of

Stock prices have been stumbling in recent weeks, and investors have mixed feelings about the future of the market. While 38.5% of investors feel optimistic about the next six months, according to

Investors know Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) as one of the best-performing stocks of the 21st century. However, the trillion-dollar technology giant has actually severely underperformed the stock market