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One of the coolest aspects of my job is keeping tabs on all of the stock market's most important growth names. Not all of them are always worth buying, or even holding. They're all always fun to

Most investors think of artificial intelligence (AI) as a software story -- better models, smarter tools, and new applications. But behind every AI system sits something far more important

Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) stock powered some 7% higher on Wednesday after an apparent ceasefire in the war in Iran was reached between the U.S., Iran, and Israel.

It was a welcomed development for

From 2023 to 2025, investors didn't really need a complex strategy to make money. By simply putting their money in an S&P 500-mirroring exchange-traded fund (ETF), such as the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Arguably, no game-changing innovation has captured the attention and capital of investors quite like the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). Empowering software and systems with the tools to

It is earnings season and next week, two of the leading players in investment banking and mergers and acquisitions -- Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) -- will report their

Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) just locked in huge AI contracts, gained Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) as a strategic investor, and raised billions at unusually cheap rates. This video breaks down why the market

Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) may not be a name you think of in artificial intelligence, but it should be. The company is building AI tools to help people be healthier, and there's a lot of optionality

Despite its iconic swoosh, Nike (NYSE: NKE) continues to sprint against a brutal headwind. Sales are expected to fall on a constant currency basis again this year as a cooling Chinese market and

While metrics like revenue, net income, and earnings per share are important indicators of a stock's performance, it is also critical to look at return on equity (ROE) -- especially for banks.

ROE

If you ever come across the phrase "quality of earnings" and wonder what it means, then UPS (NYSE: UPS) in 2025 is a good place to start thinking about it. Or rather, in this case, the quality of

Getting started in the stock market can feel overwhelming. With thousands of companies to choose from, it's hard to know where to begin, especially if you're investing your first $500 or $1,000.

One

A lot of artificial intelligence (AI) talk centers on promises of future returns, but some companies are generating sales today in areas like the AI agent voice market.

It's currently a small

Even after some big valuation pullbacks in 2026, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock has been one of the tech sector's biggest winners over the past five years. The company's leading

Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) just cleared a major regulatory hurdle, opened a possible path to near-term revenue, and kept expanding a pipeline that looks far bigger than the market may realize. This video

The U.S. Federal Reserve has a dual mandate. It aims to keep the inflation rate steady at around 2% per year, as measured by the core Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), and to keep

It's difficult to know what's going to happen in the stock market tomorrow, let alone 10 years from now.

Even though no one has an investing crystal ball, the good news is that there are still

After paying into Social Security your entire career, it's natural to want to claim those retirement benefits as soon as possible. And the earliest age you can do that is 62.

Not surprisingly, 62

When a recession hits, investors tend to take their money out of speculative, high-risk stocks and put it into safer companies, those with businesses built to perform relatively well across the

Poised to extend the 7.9% climb they experienced last week, shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) have been climbing during this, the first full week of trading in April. In addition to the prospect

Any prediction about stocks' future performance should be taken with a grain of salt. The following prediction is no exception (but it is an educated guess). I think the one sector best positioned

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has a market cap of $82 billion, and it's backed by Ripple, a company that spent over $2.4 billion on acquisitions in 2025. It's a blockchain that's effectively a financial

Income investors are drawn to dividend stocks for their steady stream of income. But dividend stocks are appealing for another reason: They tend to outperform non-dividend payers over long time

With the Nasdaq Composite recently hitting correction territory, many investors fear that we will enter a full-blown bear market relatively soon. These worries are somewhat justified. While some

I think I speak for most people when I say it's a goal to be able to leave something behind for your loved ones after you've passed away. Whether it's jewelry, a house, cash, or investments, leaving