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When buying blue chip no-brainer stocks, you want steady growth, a reasonable valuation, and good management teams. Two large-cap technology stocks fit this bill right now in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)

I've owned shares of Ford (NYSE: F) on and off for several years. I bought my initial set by writing put options, lost those by writing call options, and acquired more through puts a few years ago.

"The times they are a-changin'," as Bob Dylan once sang.

Looking back over the past two decades, we see that a lot of what drives the U.S. economy has changed. For example, oil and industrial

With shares down by around 89% over the last three years, Lucid Motors (NASDAQ: LCID) has been a bad bet for its early shareholders. That said, its low price tag is sure to attract the attention of

Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) charged sharply during the first six months of 2025, with shares surging 50%, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. That runs circles around

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes are hovering around all-time highs. Unsurprisingly, a euphoric narrative surrounding all things touching artificial intelligence (AI) has helped fuel

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has made headlines over the past few years as it's reinforced its position as an artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader. The company has spoken of "insane" demand for its

Shares of Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) jumped on Monday, finishing the day up 11.4%. The jump comes as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes both moved slightly higher.

The U.K. and the Czech Republic are

Shares of NuScale (NYSE: SMR) jumped on Monday, finishing the day up 12.8%. The jump comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) both moved slightly higher.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is over $500 a share and up 19.1% year to date at the time of this writing -- handily outperforming the S&P 500's 6.8% gain.

Although Nvidia is capturing the spotlight as

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) is back -- and it's not just about e-commerce anymore. With a powerful new AI model and billions left in buybacks, this forgotten tech giant may be gearing up for a major rally

Shares of Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) jumped today, finishing the day up 9.3%, but were up as much as 10.4% earlier in the day. The spike came as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose

Shares of AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) were among the winners today after the fast-growing ad tech company received an endorsement from Citigroup, which called it a top pick.

That news was enough to send

Shares of New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ: NFE) are falling on Monday, down 5.8% as of 3:48 p.m. ET. The drop comes as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both had modest gains.

The embattled energy

BitMine Immersion (NYSEMKT: BMNR) is posting another day of big gains Monday. The share price was up 3.4% as of 3 p.m. ET. Ethereum's token price was down roughly 0.2% over the previous 24 hours at

It's no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) has come into its own over the past few years, and some of the biggest names in technology have benefited greatly from advances in generative AI

Shares of Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) were moving higher today after the e-commerce software superstar picked up some new fans on Wall Street.

Shopify scored a buy rating from Needham, and another

Signal Advisors Wealth increased its stake in Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) by acquiring 10,122 additional shares during Q2 2025, according to a July 9, 2025, SEC filing. The trades amounted to $4.39

On July 10, 2025, NorthCrest Asset Management, LLC disclosed the sale of Broadcom(NASDAQ:AVGO) shares worth approximately $6.50 million, according to its latest SEC filing.

NorthCrest Asset

BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) stock is scoring another day of big gains in Monday's trading. The satellite-technologies company's share price was up 7.4% as of 2:15 p.m. ET. The stock had been up

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock is seeing another day of big gains in Monday's trading. The company's share price was up 8.6% as of 1:30 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was up

Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) reported fiscal 2025 second-quarter results on Monday, July 14, 2025, noting record quarterly sales surpassing $2 billion for the first time, with 8.6% revenue growth

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is surging again Monday. The cryptocurrency's token price was up 5.5% over the past 24 hours as of 1 p.m. ET. At the same point in the day's trading, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was up

According to a July 9, 2025, SEC filing, Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC increased its stake in Nvidia(NASDAQ:NVDA) by acquiring 45,898 shares during Q2 2025. The transaction, valued at $5.76 million

Shares of computer semiconductor memory maker SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) tumbled 8.3% through 12:15 p.m. ET Monday.

You can probably blame Edgewater Research for that.

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