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Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) investors had a great 2020. The stock beat a rallying market last year and managed to outpace bigger home-improvement giants like Home Depot (NYSE: HD).

That surge was powered by

Since 1926, about half of all the gains in the U.S. stock market were driven by just 86 stocks. That's what a group from the Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business discovered while

You don't have to invest directly in a dispensary operator or a big grow operation to play the marijuana sector.

In this video segment from Motley Fool Live, veteran Motley Fool contributor Eric

Display technology developer Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED) had a head-scratching kind of a day on Friday. The researcher behind most of the patented technologies that go into organic

Semiconductor equipment leader Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) reported earnings last week, and its numbers and outlook were impressive. The stock subsequently spiked over 5% near $120 per share

There's no question that Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is about to have a very good year financially. The biotech has major supply deals lined up for its COVID-19 vaccine and is hard at work cranking out

Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) both provide crucial components for PCs, servers, and other electronics. WD is one of the world's largest producers of platter-based HDDs (hard

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) came through with a blowout financial report on Thursday, even if Wall Street yawned in response. The streaming-video pioneer trounced expectations, but the stock only inched 3%

Package delivery leader United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) had an incredible year, posting record-high revenue and adjusted operating income. While it's easy to attribute the shipping giant's

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP) (NYSE: BEPC) has gone on a monster run over the past year. Since the start of 2020, the renewable-energy producer has generated a more than 90% total return. That

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) stock recently dipped after the data visualization company posted its fourth-quarter earnings. Revenue rose 56% year over year to $178 million, beating estimates by $14

Last year was tumultuous for most of the financial sector. Bank stocks were hit as the COVID-19 pandemic began due to fears that the ensuing recession would lead to massive credit writedowns. Shares

As the world started to go on lockdown a year ago, internet data traffic started to swell. Data traveling across the web has been steadily on the rise since the internet was first commercialized

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is the world's biggest retailer and the world's biggest company by revenue.

The superstore chain is set to bring in more than $550 billion in revenue in 2020, benefiting from

About a year ago, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) CEO Dan Schulman was talking about his aspiration for the digital wallet to reach one billion users transacting on the app daily. The company was coming off a

Target may be the conventional place to register for baby shower gifts, but savvy parents will request college fund donations instead. Those donations, invested today in an ETF positioned for

Renewable energy remains red-hot even after a scorching 2020 where renewables trounced the broader market's gains. From small pure-play wind and solar stocks to large companies looking to diversify

For any software company, retaining and growing customers is a valuable way to drive growth. Existing customers are a great source of new revenue at a low cost of sales and marketing dollars

Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) finished off 2019 with a bang and amazing 75% year-over-year revenue growth. But what a difference a year makes. Its Q4 2020 result only saw revenue grow at a paltry 3%, leaving

Retiring can be a daunting prospect. When you're used to collecting a steady paycheck, the idea of losing it and relying on savings and Social Security can be overwhelming.

The good news? A few

The 5G revolution is just getting started, and growth opportunities in the space combined with explosive gains for companies with relatively high short interest has put Nokia stock in the spotlight

Shares of Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RIGL) recently popped after the company announced a collaboration deal with one of America's largest drugmakers, Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY). Despite more than

In the last year, Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) added 120 million users to its platform to reach almost half a billion. But what's exciting for investors is that this platform has plenty of growth runway

Merck (NYSE: MRK) has won multiple U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals for its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda. However, the big drugmaker seems to have run into a roadblock with its

With the S&P 500 up by about 16% over the past 12 months, but the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, many investors fear another market crash is imminent.

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