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Jack Welch, the longtime CEO of General Electric in the late 20th century, preferred to target the No. 1 and No. 2 companies in an industry when seeking to buy businesses. He felt that approach was

Following the moves of billionaires across Wall Street can provide some valuable insight into the ideas of some of the smartest investors around. While any single trade rarely means too much, taken

The S&P 500 dipped last week after the Federal Reserve said it's planning to slow the pace of its interest rate cuts in 2025. However, the index is still up 24% as we head toward the end of the

You would think that about half the stocks in the S&P 500 do better than average in any given year. One would expect a balanced distribution between superior and inferior market performers.

The

While 2025 could shape up into a rather quiet year for Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN), with a lack of major launches or catalysts, the end of 2024 has been anything but muted. Investors have to

Imagine a world where your daily commute takes to the skies, seamlessly gliding over traffic snarls and ground-level chaos. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are set to

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) fell by 13% on Dec. 19, when the rare-disease drug developer reported some lackluster results from a late-stage clinical trial. But far from being a reason to

Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has been stockpiling cash all year. At the end of the third quarter of 2024, Berkshire had over $320 billion of cash and

So you've got $1,000 burning a hole in your pocket, and you're looking to invest it for long-term growth. (Maybe you've actually got $100,000 to invest, or just $100 -- the following advice is

Amidst a race with its competitors to produce the next smash-hit weight loss drug, Novo Nordisk's (NYSE: NVO) stock crashed by 19% on Dec. 20, after the company reported results from a late-stage

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) was once considered a promising way to invest in China's growth. It's China's largest e-commerce company and cloud infrastructure provider, and it also operates a logistics

Quantum computing represents the next frontier in computational power. Once developed, these systems could solve complex problems in drug development, financial modeling, and artificial intelligence

The holiday season is here, and that means FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) are hard at work fulfilling peak order volumes. FedEx has produced decent gains on the year, but

Nike (NYSE: NKE) is the leader in the global apparel and shoe market, with a 16.4% share in sportswear, according to Euromonitor. It's a household name that most investors have not only heard of but

By some measures, 2023 was the worst year ever for United Launch Alliance.

Formed from the merger of Boeing's (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) competing rocket businesses at the end of

The launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in late 2022 spurred a tidal wave of interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies, sending many of their stock prices parabolic. Palantir Technologies

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) stock has more than quadrupled over just the last three months. Shares of the maker of voice recognition artificial intelligence (AI) technology solutions are now higher

You do not often come across businesses that stand the test of time. Such companies should possess a strong business model and offer products or services that make them relevant over the long term

It's been a tough past couple of years for Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) shareholders. The stock is trading down by more than 50% since the end of 2022, reaching yet another multiyear low just a few days

Dividend stocks can be no-brainer investments. Over the last 50 years, the average dividend stock in the S&P 500 has outperformed non-dividend payers by more than 2 to 1, with the best performance

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock has been on a tearing run on the market in 2024, logging remarkable gains of 370% as of this writing. The rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI)

Quantum computing is getting some attention from investors -- a nice change of pace from the relentless onslaught of artificial intelligence (AI) developments over the past couple of years

Have you recently come across a windfall of money, moved on from some losing stocks, booked profits on a big winner, or simply set some money aside from your paycheck and are looking for ways to

Bill Ackman is one of the must-watch investors of the 21st century. Ackman was an activist short seller for most of his career, but in recent years, he has transitioned to more of a long-only

Warren Buffett has made some rather bearish moves in Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) stock portfolio in the past few quarters. Most notably, the legendary investor disposed of