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When a stock surges more than eightfold in just five years, it's understandable that some investors wonder if they've missed the party. When the name in question is a utility stock, that wonderment

Warren Buffett delighted the market when Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) announced a new stake in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) in the 2025 third quarter, and Greg Abel added to

Do you need an income engine that you know will last at least 20 years? A basket of quality dividend stocks -- in the form of an exchange-traded fund, or ETF -- is your best bet, since it will

Comparing the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:VDC) with the First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG) highlights a classic trade-off: broad sector diversification at a low cost

Investors can find top consumer goods stocks offering much higher yields than the S&P 500's 1.1%. Despite macroeconomic headwinds, the strongest businesses continue to post solid financial results

Every bull market eventually turns into a bear market. But for investors who make a point of only owning quality stocks, the right move is to ride out the storm with those same names, knowing

The overall market is up this year, but American Express (NYSE: AXP) has been a big loser. Its shares have fallen almost 12% (as of July 24). This is despite the company continuing to operate at a

GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) remains one of the most intriguing growth stories in the industrial sector, and its recent results helped highlight the case for the stock. If you think share prices reflect

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is taking a different approach to its robotaxi business than almost every other company. Not only does it eschew expensive hardware like LiDAR (light detecting and ranging) to

Tech investors keep seeing and hearing the same headlines about tech companies making their own chips and diversifying away from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)'s high-priced products. Initially, it's easy to

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), otherwise known as SpaceX, went public last month in the largest initial public offering (IPO) ever, sliding into the top 10 most valuable companies in

NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is America's biggest electric utility, providing reliable power to over 12 million people in Florida through its regulated utility FPL. Its energy resources business is

Whether it's the fact that buying an individual share is stretching your purse strings or the belief that shares are poised to plunge after their recent rise, investors may recognize the allure of

Tom Lee, co-founder of the market research firm Fundstrat, is one of the biggest Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) bulls, and he recently shared a very positive outlook for the second-largest cryptocurrency

Just a few years ago, it would have sounded far-fetched to suggest that Nvidia could become the world's most valuable company. Then came the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.

Its graphics

The U.S. stock market has delivered decent returns in 2026 despite persistent economic uncertainty created by tariffs and, more recently, elevated oil prices tied to the Iran war. This year, the S&P

One of Wall Street's largest publicly traded companies, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB), has entered a new era. With Warren Buffett officially retiring as CEO on Dec. 31, 2025, after

Cryptocurrencies have had a rough time since October 2025, with most major coins and tokens trading deeply in the red. Not even the industry leaders have escaped the carnage, with Ethereum's native

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock is down 24% from its high amid concerns about how much money the company is spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Investors will get more

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro talk through the latest from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) after earnings guidance sent the stock falling. At a 52-week low, we see

Memory chip makers Micron and Sandisk are two of the hottest artificial intelligence stocks on the market, with shares gaining 720% and 3,200%, respectively, in the past year. But Shopify (NASDAQ:

Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) reported blowout second-quarter results, yet the stock fell after its July 22 report.

The culprit for the sell-off was likely the large increase

Yes -- by the numbers, Wall Street is treating Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) as close to fully valued going into next week's report. The average price target on the stock is $570.60, about 9%

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), better known as SpaceX, has underperformed since its IPO. While the stock initially spiked in the days after going public, it has since sold off and

The memory market is having one of its best historical runs ever, helping lift the stocks of both Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK). Both have seen their revenue soar and