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With the S&P 500 averaging an annual return of 14.3% during the 10-year stretch from the start of 2012 through 2021, investors were in for a rude awakening when the broad index of the 500 largest

If the sky-high forward dividend yield of 8.6% is making you consider a purchase of Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) stock, you aren't alone. The future of this hospital real estate business

Stocks with share prices under $5 (aka "penny stocks") are typically too risky to consider. The current economic environment, however, has pushed several intriguing, innovation-oriented companies

Buying on the dip can be frustrating -- especially when you see the stock dip even further after you've bought it. To avoid that frustration, investors would do well to deploy a simplifying strategy

With a yield hovering near 16% at recent prices, mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) is one of the most eye-catching dividend stocks in the market

In 2022, dividends once again became a safe harbor for investors reeling from the broad market's high volatility and rising interest rates. Although many stocks decreased in price, dividend payers

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) stock is on a tear -- or at least it was.

From Dec. 27 through the first trading day of this week, Tuesday, shares of the iconic space tourism stock (that hasn't yet

2023 is expected to be an important year for AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV). The pharmaceutical company is facing its first biosimilar competition in the United States. It's big news because it involves

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) was one of the hottest growth stocks in 2020 and 2021. The cloud-based warehousing company went public at $120 per share in September 2020, and its stock more than doubled to

Shares of McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) performed well in 2022, beating a down market thanks to solid demand in the fast-food industry. The chain enjoyed higher customer traffic in most markets and was

It's been a tough year for investment banks like JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Nobody wants to go public in this market -- at least not with

If you sold Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) stock last year, you're not alone. Shares of the leading streaming platform tumbled 82% last year, and the sell-off in the stock was somewhat deserved. 

After a boom

It's probably an understatement to say the streaming landscape has become incredibly competitive in recent years, with a seemingly endless number of options available for viewers to choose from.

No one knows for sure what the market will do in 2023, but long-term investors do know one thing: The bear market will eventually end, and a new bull market will begin.

That's been the case with

There are some excellent investment opportunities in stocks that most investors know, but sometimes it can pay off nicely to look beyond the household names. There are some great companies --

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) is starting 2023 off with a bang. The oil-field services giant is increasing its dividend by 33% to $0.16 per share each quarter. That will push its dividend yield to 1.6%,

3M (NYSE: MMM) is the kind of stock that I occasionally look at, conclude that the valuation is way too pricey for my tastes, and move on from. But the stock has really taken a beating over the past

Wall Street isn't a fan of e-commerce stocks right now. Most companies in the industry have seen slumping share prices on fears of a growth slowdown ahead as consumer spending trends weaken.

Worries

It's fair to say that 2022 was not a good year for stocks. And many people closed out the year with lower portfolio balances than what they started with.

If you were one of them, you may be itching

T. Rowe Price's (NASDAQ: TROW) stock fell sharply over the past year, dropping more than 25%. Since dividend yield and price move in opposite directions, this is the reason the asset manager's

Tech giants like Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft have been excellent investments over the last decade, and all three stocks could certainly beat the market over the next decade. But investors should

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the world's largest company, Warren Buffett's largest holding, and one of the most successful stocks of this millennium.

However, even with a record that impressive, its

After a sell-off in 2022, the new year has multiple stocks trending upward again. In fact, the Nasdaq Composite index has risen 6% since Jan. 1 as Wall Street grows optimistic over the market's

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and iQiyi (NASDAQ: IQ) are two of the world's largest streaming video platforms. Netflix ended its latest quarter with 231 million paid subscribers, but it's never launched

By all indications, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) is having a tougher time coping with crashing demand for PCs than rival Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). That's the opposite of what Bernstein analyst