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Semiconductor stocks are a great area to invest in. The industry had a strong 2024 with global sales up 19% year over year and more growth expected in 2025. The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics

As celebrated as some of the more famous tech stocks are, they're almost never renowned for paying dividends. After all, their industry is also famous for being full of companies energetically

It's natural that income investors would be attracted to stocks with exceptionally high dividend yields. The higher the yield, the more income they'll receive, assuming the businesses are reliable

Utilities are generally considered safe income investment vehicles. Back in the day, they used to be called widow-and-orphan stocks on Wall Street. That said, there are very different ways you can

In less than two weeks, we'll turn the page on what should be another banner year for Wall Street. Through the closing bell on Dec. 17, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, broad-based S&P 500

A five-bagger in only five years? Any investor would love to buy such a stock. Fortunes can be made quickly with those kinds of turbocharged performers.

They're not easy to find, but they do exist

Two years ago, IonQ's (NYSE: IONQ) stock sank to an all-time low of about $3. The quantum computing company lost its luster as it missed its own growth estimates, racked up steep losses, and

The cryptocurrency market is on a tear this year. The total value of all tokens and coins in circulation recently hit an all-time high of $3.8 trillion, marking a significant gain from its bear

In this video, I will go over Micron Technology's (NASDAQ: MU) first-quarter earnings report and explain why the stock is dropping. Watch the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can make life easy by simplifying the investment process. ETFs are buckets of individual companies traded under one ticker symbol, offering instant portfolio

ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut. The electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure builder went public by merging with a special purpose

Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) went public to high hopes, but the company has failed to live up to those expectations, and the stock has dropped as a result. In this video, Travis Hoium examines whether the

Social Security's full retirement age (FRA) is climbing to 66 years and 10 months in 2025. It's the final stop before 2026, when FRA reaches 67 for adults born in 1960 and later. The rising FRA is

The U.S. presidential election has proven to be a positive catalyst for the stock market. Since Nov. 5, the S&P 500 has risen by 5% as of Monday. But one stock that hasn't been doing well since then

High-quality companies tend to create lots of value for their shareholders over the long term. Sometimes, that means their stock price soars into the hundreds or even thousands of dollars, which

Since the stock market became what it is today, it has switched between prolonged down periods and prolonged growth periods, known as bear and bull markets, respectively.

The stock market has had

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing in the U.S. thanks to traditional automakers releasing electrified models and start-ups like Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) selling impressive EVs. The slow

In their latest public statements, Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve signaled that interest rates will likely remain higher for longer.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Dec. 16

Technology stocks have delivered healthy gains to investors in 2024 despite bouts of volatility, which is evident from the 14% gains clocked by the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index so far this

It has been an eventful year for investors in Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). The stock has more than doubled in value over the past 12 months. The company split its stock over the summer to lower its

The Nasdaq Composite has been on an epic run over the past couple of years, driven higher by the recovering economy, the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), an undisputed U.S

Science fiction is really turning into science fact -- at least it seems like it if you follow Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and its Google research programs. The Quantum AI research team

Telsa (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares have advanced 77% year to date, more than tripling the 23% return in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). But Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares have advanced 16% year to date

Certain aspects of Social Security are revised each year to keep benefit payments aligned with inflation and wages. While those changes are most consequential for retirees and other beneficiaries

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