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Just as I predicted, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) was a better buy than Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) in 2025, with Coke gaining 12.3% compared to a 14.5% decline in P&G.

Coke's performance was particularly

The S&P 500 is back to hitting new highs, but it's also becoming more expensive. The CAPE ratio, or cyclically adjusted P/E ratio, is nearly 40. That's the highest it's been in more than a decade

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is one of the best-performing stocks of the 21st century and has also been one of the big winners of the last few years.

Even while most of its legacy entertainment peers have

If your heart sinks every time you find a medical bill in the mailbox, chances are, you're not alone. In a Kaiser Family Foundation and New York Times survey, 1 in 4 respondents reported having

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) both had impressive returns in 2025, finishing the year up 145% and 84%, respectively. These were some of the highest returns from S&P

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are rival chipmakers, but it hasn't been much of a close race in recent years. Nvidia has far and away been the more profitable company

Although Warren Buffett isn't the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway any longer, his final actions in that role are still being discovered by investors. Berkshire Hathaway operates a massive investment

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, most growth investors flock to the "Magnificent Seven" by default. Megacaps including Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and

For the last three years, the S&P 500 index has generated abnormally high returns thanks to absurd levels of demand for artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, the technology and infrastructure

The artificial intelligence (AI) outlook is still bullish despite the market-beating gains that have occurred in the past year. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF has more than tripled over the past five

Shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) rose on Tuesday, following bullish analyst commentary.

By the close of trading, Intel's stock price was up more than 3% after rising as much as 7% earlier in the day.

At the end of 2024, I predicted that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) would be a $5 trillion company in 2025. The reasons for this prediction were rather simple: The AI hyperscalers would continue spending at

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a company that has been utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) for years, and it has plenty of room to further enhance its products and services with AI in the future. It

The dominant power utility in its state, Hawaiian Electric (NYSE: HE) wasn't looking all that mighty on the stock exchange Tuesday. The company's shares fell 2.5% after an analyst downgraded its

Shares of GitLab (NASDAQ: GTLB), the cloud-based DevSecOps platform, struggled last year as a combination of slowing revenue growth, a high valuation, and concerns about lower customer retention

Reflecting the highly reactive element within its name, Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ: SGML) has been a volatile stock over the past few trading days. On Tuesday, its shares zoomed nearly 10% higher

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) delivered strong results when it announced its fourth-quarter earnings results last week. The bank saw profits rise as its core business benefited from recovering capital

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Costco (NASDAQ: COST), and Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) are three of the most reliable dividend stocks. Coca-Cola has been in business for almost 140 years, while Costco and Walmart

Shares of Iamgold (NYSE: IAG) popped on Tuesday after the gold producer announced preliminary operating results for the fourth quarter and a bullish forecast for the coming year.

By the close of

Cybersecurity and data protection specialist Commvault Systems (NASDAQ: CVLT) couldn't escape the stock market rout on Tuesday. Compounding the generally gloomy investor sentiment prevalent that

Over time, investors often notice that certain companies in their portfolio consistently outperform the others over the long term. And sometimes it makes the most sense to double up on these proven

If you're on the hunt for a reliable source of passive income, consider dividend stocks. These companies pay a portion of their earnings to investors, usually on a quarterly basis.

But that's not

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Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been an unstoppable tech stock to own in recent years. The data analytics company has generated incredible growth due to artificial intelligence (AI) as