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Given how volatile markets have been of late, and growth stocks in particular, investors are beginning to give so-called value stocks a fresh look.

Value sounds great in theory: The proverbial

The Nasdaq has taken a few hits recently as some investors have shifted their focus away from tech stocks. Investors are trying to figure out what sector will continue growing as the U.S. slowly

This past year has been a wild ride for the stock market. But one of the most incredible stories to come out of the investing world recently is the meteoric rise of GameStop (NYSE: GME).

In late

The market can't seem to make up its mind on how to value tech stocks as the world emerges from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index briefly entered into

Every 30 seconds, a surgeon uses Intuitive Surgical's (NASDAQ: ISRG) flagship system to perform surgery on a patient. If you've had a common procedure such as hernia surgery in recent years, you may

There is more than one way to grow a business, and animal healthcare company Zoetis (NYSE: ZTS) has shown that making acquisitions can be a viable option. Over the past few years, Zoetis has

Big banks are often the target of creative destruction. Upstart companies figure out a way to improve one aspect of the seemingly hundreds of things that banks do and make a whole business out of

Square (NYSE: SQ) announced recently that it's obtained an industrial banking charter. Investors may be wondering what this means for the company and why it made this move. On a Fool Live episode

Tech stocks have been hit hard recently. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index was down as much as 10.5% from its 52-week high earlier this week, and many individual stocks have dropped much more. But that

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has had a rough go of it as management closed its theme parks temporarily due to the coronavirus outbreak. Even with the parks back open, traffic still hasn't returned to

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have fought each other for market share since the late 1970s. At various times, one has appeared to dominate the other. But in recent years, some

The combination of Mylan with Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) Upjohn unit to create Viatris (NASDAQ: VTRS) was supposed to create a cash-generating generic-drug company with the potential for future growth

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) ranked as one of the earliest and biggest investors in Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). But now, the big British drugmaker has reportedly sold all of its shares of the up-and-coming

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Bill Gates, former CEO and founder of Microsoft, loved having cash on the balance sheet. Gates always felt that having a large cash hoard would protect the company from an extended recession or the

Growth at diagnostic testing expert Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH) appears to be slowing down. But the company still expects to put up revenue growth of at least 26% this year, which isn't too shabby

Higher oil prices have made investors interested in energy stocks again. Dual forces of less demand and excess supply that created a rout in oil prices last year seem to have flipped positions this

Square (NYSE: SQ) started out as a way for merchants to capture in-person credit card payments, which has been a foundational growth engine as the company has built out its ecosystem. But since the

Last year was a watershed for cannabis stocks, with several states legalizing marijuana sales in some form, but 2021 has even more potential.

New Jersey will soon roll out adult sales, and there's a

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) makes its money when advertising agencies are buying ad space for their clients. So for this ad tech platform, 2020 was a crazy year. During most of the year

Most gold stocks surged upward in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic led to an unnerving level of uncertainty and volatility in equity markets. Investors seeking safety flocked to gold, driving

So far this year, the market has been on a roller coaster, especially for tech stocks. For investors who have owned stocks for only a little while, the broad pullback in tech stocks can be

Sometime in the next few weeks -- indeed, it could be happening even as you are reading this article -- space company Nanoracks is going to get acquired.

In December last year, privately held space

One of the books on many investors' must-read list is William Thorndike's The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success. It tells the story of eight

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