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Investors have plenty to be thankful for in 2024. They've witnessed the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all rocket higher by a double-digit percentage and head to

Graphic processing units (GPUs) serve as a key component in the foundation of the world's artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out. Training AI models and running AI inference demands

Smaller artificial intelligence stocks have seemingly gone parabolic at the close of 2024, especially those that have been backed by Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in the form of an investment. Although

Smart investors like stock splits not just because they reduce a company's share price, but also because they tend to spotlight good companies. That's because forward stock splits are only necessary

Stocks splits have been a huge market theme in 2024, with big names across industries, from technology giant Nvidia to consumer stock Walmart completing such operations. Companies often launch this

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) shares have advanced 360% this year, outpacing the next closest stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by 100 percentage points. The data analytics company is

Shares of electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) have been on an absolute tear in 2024, rising more than 70% as of this writing. This obliterated the S&P 500's 25% gain during this time. The huge

Shares of Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) broke out in 2024. The natural gas pipeline giant had rallied more than 50% heading into the last few trading days of the year. Add in its high-yielding dividend

I like every part of the phrase "ultra-high-yield dividend stocks." Investing in stocks allows me to own portions of great businesses. Dividends pay me to own the stocks. And thinking about

Social Security's maximum benefit will reach a record $5,108 per month in 2025. This is the first time any retiree will take home more than $5,000 per month from the program. But only a select few

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), one of the world's largest cybersecurity companies, has been a great long-term stock for growth investors. If you had invested $1,000 in its IPO in 2012, your

The last two years have been dominated by artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. The influx of spending on AI infrastructure and development, combined with investors' excitement around the potential

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) have been two of the best-performing stocks on the market this year, and artificial intelligence is the major reason.

Nvidia needs little

Social Security is critical for millions of older adults, with 43% of baby boomers expecting their benefits to be their primary source of income in retirement, according to a 2024 report from the

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has been swooning lately. Despite a robust price jump last Monday, AMD's stock is down more than 40% from its one-year high. With less

Food-service stocks are rarely "must have" names. Not only is it just not a high-growth business, it's a highly competitive, low-margin one as well. These are characteristics that many investors aim

As 2024 winds down, growth stocks have once again easily outperformed value stocks. If it seems like growth stocks usually outperform value stocks, you'd be correct when looking back over the past

Many stocks performed well in 2024, but none better than those powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The technology fueled the bull market this year, with a few dozen stocks powering the S&P 500

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the biggest winners on the stock market this year. The data fusion specialist is up a whopping 379% year to date as of Dec. 26. The company has

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Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) shareholders have plenty to celebrate heading into 2025. The combination of a resilient economy, climbing financial asset prices, and optimism toward lending conditions

To buy or not to buy airline stocks in 2025? It's a good question because, at the time of writing, shares in premier airlines United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) were up by

Two hundred dollars isn't a life-changing amount of money. Nevertheless, if handled properly, it can still generate a nice return on your investment. With that in mind, let's examine one smart way

Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) and ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) play critical roles in the semiconductor industry. Taiwan Semiconductor, or TSMC for short, is the world's leading

Energy stocks as a whole delivered an underwhelming performance in 2025. The average one in the S&P 500 has only managed to eke out a small gain (the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund -- an ETF that