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The stock market is in the middle of an important earnings season and companies are giving investors useful insights about how they finished the year amid a challenging economic climate that

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) to answer which is the better AI stock to buy today.

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Things just seem to be getting worse for Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON). The connected fitness company's sales have plummeted, and there's been limited progress under new leadership.

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Investors are told, and rightly so, that long-term investing is an excellent strategy for building wealth in the stock market. But most people may not realize just how ruthless the corporate world

Let's welcome Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) to the dividend club. Last week, the company announced that it's initiating a quarterly dividend for the first time.

The news was warmly received by

You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bull than Warren Buffett. The legendary investor has led Berkshire Hathaway to build a stake in Apple worth over $170 billion. That makes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is home to some of the world's largest companies, including Apple, JPMorgan Chase, and McDonald's. But in 2023, an unsuspecting software company topped the index as

Investor enthusiasm seems to be elevated these days. With both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index in record territory, it's hard not to be optimistic.

Some businesses are doing very well for

Social Security isn't designed to be the primary source of income for retirees. In fact, the program is designed so Social Security benefits replace about 40% of the average worker's salary.

Most

With shares already down by 24% in 2024, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has started the new year on a poor footing. The company's ongoing challenges were laid bare in its fourth-quarter earnings call, where

"Where do I think the next amazing revolution is going to come? There's no question that digital biology is going to be it. For the very first time in human history, biology has the opportunity to

The United States is vast and full of natural resources. The Permian Basin is America's crown jewel for the energy industry, spaning over 86,000 square miles of land along western Texas and parts of

The Nasdaq-100 technology index plunged into a bear market in 2022 on the back of a 33% loss for the year. But in its 37-year history dating back to 1986, the index has only fallen in consecutive

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is one of the world's most recognized healthcare brands. Ironically, the consumer products like Band-Aids and Tylenol that consumers know it for are technically no

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) got off to a solid start in 2024, gaining 1.6% in January. While hopes for a quick interest-rate cut cooled off, generally strong economic data, a solid start to

According to the analysts at Crestmont Research, there hasn't been a rolling 20-year period in the benchmark S&P 500 that didn't generate a positive total return, including dividends, dating back

Investors' mindsets around what stocks to buy change as they age and their portfolios grow. These investors tend to play it safer with their investment choices as they get older because their picks

Tech giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has grown into one of the world's largest companies, expanding beyond semiconductors to enterprise software solutions, punctuated by its recent $61 billion

Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: IOVA) has reached a major turning point in its story as a company. Later this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to issue a decision on what

Since May 1896, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has served as one of the most-watched barometers of Wall Street's health. What was once an index of 12 mostly industrial

Finding stocks that you want to buy and hold for years at a time isn't always easy. And when you're investing in stocks for five, 10, or more years at a time, you should be selective about the

High-yielding dividend stocks are tempting because they can provide you with a lot of recurring income. But when the yields become excessively high, there's usually a good reason they're at those

Living on Social Security alone is far from an optimal situation. Those benefits only replace about 40% of a typical worker's preretirement wages. And most seniors need roughly twice that sum to

Cathie Wood is the chief investment officer at Ark Invest, an asset management company focused on disruptive innovation. The company manages several thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on

The booming demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips has sent shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) flying in the past year, even though the chipmaker's AI-related business had not yet