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Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is often considered a bellwether of the tech sector. It's the world's largest database software company, its cloud-based transformation enabled it to keep pace with most of its

Up by a whopping 125% year to date, Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) stock has richly rewarded near-term investors. While the language learning app's freemium business model initially looked hard to

The rally in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks greatly benefited Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The stock is up more than 200% since the beginning of the year and sells close to all-time highs.

Thanks to its share price steadily marching higher and paying a dividend that has risen annually for 24 consecutive years, FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS) has delivered total returns of around

Want to invest in stocks that you can buy and forget about? If so, you'll want to consider companies with plenty of long-term growth opportunities and solid financials. Among the best growth

When examined over multidecade periods, Wall Street's three major stock indexes -- the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:

Several of the world's largest tech companies have reached trillion-dollar valuations over the past five years. However, none of the world's leading "pure play" cybersecurity companies have come

Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) have surged in 2023. Many investors may think they've missed the chance to buy. In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro explain why that's

For months on end, seniors on Social Security have been wondering what sort of raise they'd be in line for come 2024. And we recently got an answer.

The official Social Security cost-of-living

Rising interest rates and general economic uncertainty crushed the stock market last year, dragging all three major indexes into bear territory. Those headwinds haven't fully evaporated despite

Monday was one of those trading sessions where a blindfolded investor could throw a dart at a big list of cryptocurrency investments and hit a gainer no matter what. The prices of a great many

A recommendation downgrade from a prominent bank was one factor limiting the share price rise of Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) on Monday. Although the stock advanced during the trading

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Investors had a positive mindset coming out of the weekend, and it showed in big gains for major market benchmarks. Only the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) missed out on a 1% gain

Shares of Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) were stretching to 52-week highs today after the athleisure company was tapped to join the S&P 500, replacing Activision Blizzard after Microsoft's

The crypto industry had a bit of a jolt this morning when it was reported that Blackrock's Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETF had gotten regulatory approval. However, those early reports were false, and

Shares of DexCom (NASDAQ: DXCM) surged higher on Monday, gaining as much as 5.3%. As of 3:04 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 3.6%.

The catalyst that sent the medical device maker higher was bullish

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) were up strongly on the day today, as much as 2.6% in early trading, before reverting to a still-solid 1.9% gain as of 1:55 p.m. ET.

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It's been two weeks since Kellogg split into two companies: WK Kellogg (NYSE: KLG) and Kellanova. But WK Kellogg stock still isn't getting any love from Wall Street. Today, another analyst gave a

Shares of E2open Parent Holdings (NYSE: ETWO) were up 24.5% as of 1:30 p.m. ET Monday after billionaire activist investor Paul Singer took a significant stake in the company through his firm Elliot

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and related stocks soared on Monday morning. The largest cryptocurrency gained as much as 8.4%, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

Shares of Tellurian (NYSEMKT: TELL) were down another 9.2% in today's trading as of 12:34 p.m. ET. The stock is now trading for around $0.80, and its market cap is down to $467 million.

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Shares of semiconductors giants Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) were eking out small gains in early afternoon trading Monday, up 2% and 1.8%, respectively. Meanwhile, tiny rival