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The stocks of the big three cloud computing companies, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), have had mixed performances in 2026 thus far

Shares of Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) have lagged the S&P 500 average this year, rising only 9% despite strong financials and a pipeline that promises to elevate the pharmaceutical company's base

Most of the attention in the AI chip boom lands on Nvidia and its graphics processing units. But there's an arguably more interesting corner of the market where two companies are building the chips

Despite a bumpy March, 2026 has turned into a phenomenal year for optimists. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite

Just three companies in the world have market capitalizations above $3 trillion, and another three are within shouting distance of that milestone. Microsoft has a market value of roughly $2.8

For years, AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) was a great story with almost nothing to show for it. It had a plan to beam broadband straight to an ordinary, unmodified smartphone from space. In 2026

As of market close on July 9, the seven best-performing S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stocks year to date are Sandisk, Dell Technologies, Micron Technology, Western Digital, Seagate Technology Holdings

I'd love to be one of those cool, calm investors. But the truth is, I'm a natural worrywart. While I have no interest in putting the brakes on my overall portfolio, I look for ways to minimize

Shares of European AI neocloud Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ: NBIS) rallied 229.9% in the first half of 2026, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

It was a stellar first half of the

U.S. airstrikes on Iran kept markets on edge last week, even as stocks near record highs mostly held their ground. For anyone wondering how the market's most disciplined capital allocator is set up

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is the classic dividend stock. It typically has a high yield, it's as dependable as they come, and it has raised its dividend annually for the past 64 years. Here's how much

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been the driving force in the market over the last several years, but this summer, these names have started to come under some pressure. While there have

Legendary investor Warren Buffett popularized the concept of value investing, which supported Berkshire Hathaway's tremendous success over the decades. However, investing in growth stocks is perhaps

Capital One (NYSE: COF) is best known for issuing credit cards. However, it demonstrated that it had wider aspirations when it bought Discover, a payment processing company. Although the merger is

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has delivered outsized gains to a concentrated set of market participants over the last few years. In particular, semiconductor companies supplying

Popular online brokerage Robinhood Markets does a very good job of providing public data that offers investors insights into its massive base of over 27.7 million funded customers. One example is

When President Donald Trump helped push out Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he was looking to replace him with someone who would lower interest rates and help prop up stock prices. However

It's been a stellar last 17 years for Wall Street and investors. With the exception of the five-week COVID-19 crash in February-March 2020 and the nine-month bear market in 2022, optimists have

When hunting for undervalued U.S. stocks, investors don't have to pick just one corner of the market. Two popular value funds -- the iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (NYSEMKT:IJJ) and the State

They had a fantastic run. But the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven leadership of technology stocks finally seems to be winding down. As it turns out, AI isn't quite as lucrative -- or useful, or

When it comes to dividend investing, my absolute favorite sector is midstream master limited partnerships (MLPs). These stocks offer both high yields and increasing distributions.

As MLPs, the

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), better known as SpaceX, just joined the Nasdaq-100 index. That's a big deal because now every investment vehicle that tracks the index has to own

If Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) were a contestant on its popular Love Is Blind reality dating show, it wouldn't end with successfully exchanged vows at the altar. The world's leading premium streaming

Voice recognition technology has a long history of overpromising, so a little skepticism is healthy here. But SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) has turned into one of the more interesting independent

Redwire (NYSE: RDW), a producer of space mission components, went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Sept. 3, 2021. Its stock opened at $11.07, set a record