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Although broader equities performed well in 2025, volatility was significant, especially at the start of the year, partly due to the Trump administration's trade policies. The president imposed

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:GDX) offers equity exposure to gold mining companies with higher risk and return swings, while SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust (NYSEMKT:GLDM) provides direct access to

Nuclear energy stocks were among the energy sector's best-performing stocks in 2025.

Oklo, for instance, ended the year with a triple-digit gain, while uranium enricher Centrus Energy and uranium

One day after stocks tumbled on fears of a trade war with Europe over Greenland, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was bouncing back, climbing up 1.2% on Wednesday after those tensions cooled.

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There are many public companies from which an investor can choose. That makes it challenging to pick the right ones.

However, sometimes a company stands out as an exciting long-term investment

Investors looking to find a chip stock trading at a discount at the beginning of 2026 don't need to look too far. The reason for this is that the largest semiconductor company in the world, Nvidia

Over the last few decades, banking in the United States has gone digital. The same transition is now happening in Latin America, and it is being driven by one company above all else: Nu Holdings

The artificial intelligence (AI) market is booming as companies develop the technology, and in some cases, already are applying it to their operations and generating spectacular results. But, for

On Jan. 16, President Donald Trump's administration, along with a bipartisan group of governors, launched an initiative targeting PJM Interconnection, the nation's largest power grid. To curb

You've probably heard the advice countless times. Just buy an index fund built to mirror the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and leave it alone. You'll do just fine. You'll likely fare better than most

Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund(NYSEMKT:FBTC) and Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF (NYSEMKT:BITQ) offer two very different ways to invest in the crypto economy: FBTC gives direct bitcoin

Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is booming, but there is also a shift in the market. While Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) continue to dominate the market, more and

Explore the exciting world of 3M (NYSE: MMM) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and

Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) popped on Wednesday after the biotech leader announced positive clinical trial results for its experimental skin cancer vaccine, developed with healthcare giant

In what has become the norm over the past several years, when the market is thriving, it's being led by high-growth stocks. These are often disruptive tech stocks that have incredible

The ways that politics impacts the stock market are often indirect and hard to measure. But early in President Donald Trump's term, there were certainly people predicting that his unorthodox

The technology space has a long history of game-changing innovations: from the world's first computers to the internet and smartphones. And over the past few years, another area of great potential

There's no getting around the fact that oil and gas exploration and production companies' prospects are tied to oil prices. That said, investors still need to consider the upside and downside

Despite significant disruption from the pandemic and macroeconomic headwinds, Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) has performed well over the past five years both as a company and as a stock. The

ImmunityBio (NASDAQ:IBRX), which develops immunotherapies for cancers and infectious diseases, closed Wednesday at $6.92, up 6.79%. The stock moved higher as short-sellers considered what to do

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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) rose 1.16% to 6,875.48, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) climbed 1.18% to 23,224.82, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) advanced 1.21% to

There are many kinds of passive income, such as interest from certificates of deposit or bonds, or rent payments from tenants, or monthly checks from annuities. My personal favorite kind of passive

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Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), a provider of on-demand streaming of movies and TV shows globally, closed Wednesday at $85.36, down 2.18%. The stock moved lower as investors weighed a Q4 earnings beat and a