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Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR), a developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has seen its stock soar more than 180% over the past 12 months. That rally was driven by the

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is a business that needs no introduction. The king of soft drinks sells 200 different varieties of beverages and has a presence in over 200 countries and territories. Even more

Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) recently released its second-quarter earnings results and beat analyst expectations on the top and bottom lines. Not only that, Upstart posted a surprise profit, raised

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been one of the best-performing stocks in the market over the past year, with shares up 267%. After going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in 2021

The stock market is soaring. On a total return basis, the S&P 500 is up 10% year to date, 57% in the past three years, and over 100% in the last five years.

It may surprise you to learn, however

Investors often look at stocks in terms of what they want to buy. This is understandable as they frequently have money to put to work, and opportunities in specific stocks can disappear after a

If you have ever hiked a mountain with a few false summits, you know the moment: You crest the ridge, take in the view, then notice a slightly higher peak ahead. That's where XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) might

After crushing the market over the past few years, Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) is finally feeling the effects of gravity. The company has faced a pair of setbacks this year. The latest one came when Lilly

When you follow the U.S. Pentagon's daily digest of contract awards as regularly as I do, things sometimes tend to blend together. Don't get me wrong -- $1 billion here, $1 billion there, and it

I bought my first Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) shares in December 2020, near the stock's all-time peak. The computerized insurance service looked fantastic at the time, and I expected big things from

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Latin America's largest e-commerce company, went public at $18 a share in 2007. Today, its stock trades at about $2,330. That 12,844% gain would have turned a $10,000

There's a lot of transition in the auto industry right now, but no other legacy car manufacturer may be undergoing bigger shifts than Ford (NYSE: F). The company recently announced that it will use

President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" offers retirees a new tax deduction, but it's also likely to hasten the depletion of Social Security's coffers. Congress can take steps to avoid any trouble

We're well into the home stretch of 2025. August is more than halfway over. But there's still plenty of time remaining in the year -- and in this month -- to invest in stocks that hold the potential

The term "Magnificent Seven" was first used by Wall Street analysts in 2023 to describe a group of seven companies that operate at the cutting edge of the technology industry. They are worth a

The average trip on an airplane isn't really in competition with the average trip on a train or a subway. Most of the time, they serve different kinds of travelers. But sometimes, the routes overlap

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) is making moves. Last month, the company hit another milestone on its journey to commercialize its breakthrough battery technology, marking steady progress toward a future

Nividia (NASDAQ: NVDA) appears set for a big month. The semiconductor company, whose graphics processing units (GPUs) power data centers and large language models to make artificial intelligence

For more than a year now, I've been warning investors that defense stocks cost too much. At first, that warning seemed prescient, when shares of almost all of America's leading publicly traded

When should you retire? That's a question many Americans begin asking when they reach their late fifties -- and perhaps even sooner. And this question leads to another important one: When should you

It's understandable why many first-time crypto investors experience sticker shock when they start thinking of investing in the crypto market. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is now trading for almost

An intended holding period of "forever" is often a great mindset to have when looking for new stocks to buy. It's freeing, in fact, because it automatically eliminates a bunch of names that aren't

Year to date, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is up a robust 54%, making it the top-performing major cryptocurrency. Even Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), up 29%, and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), up 41%, are having a difficult

Nvidia's hardware is still the power behind most artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. But hardware is only half the story. Users also need a way to put that computing power to work. That's

Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) are both growing fintech companies. Upstart's online lending marketplace uses AI to crunch non-traditional data points to approve a wider