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The price of silver broke a record this week, exceeding $60 an ounce. The white metal has more than doubled in value this year, from about $30 an ounce to over $63 today.

And funds that provide

Tech giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has been investing in artificial intelligence (AI) for decades, and now, these efforts are paying off. Its stock has soared over 40% year to

Both Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) continue to grow as they solidify their positions in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Amid a recent surge

The driving theme in the stock market over the past few years has been artificial intelligence (AI). The biggest winners of the first phase of AI have largely been involved with data center

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) reached a major milestone this year -- and I'm not talking about the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI) product. The AI giant saw its market value soar past $4

Oil prices are having a down year. Brent, the global benchmark price, has fallen 15% to around $63 a barrel. That slump has weighed on the cash flows and stock prices of most oil companies.

There's

Every investor is looking for that magical stock that will take off and set you up for life. The problem is, you'll never know in advance which ones will be the winners, which is one of the reasons

The S&P 500 index is offering investors a tiny 1.2% dividend yield. But you can enjoy significantly higher yields from industry-leading companies in the energy, healthcare, and consumer staples

Telemedicine leader Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) has been struggling for several years. The company's services are no longer experiencing the kind of demand they did during the pandemic years

Although Warren Buffett has never explicitly spelled out his investment approach, he has provided a summary of it. Essentially, Buffett's approach is to buy well-run companies while they are

Visa (NYSE: V) is one of the most profitable companies in the world when measured by the operating profit margin.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Dec. 10, 2025. The video was

Clear Secure (NYSE: YOU), the company behind the Clear traveler verification system that's a common sight at U.S. airports, had an excellent session on the stock exchange Friday. Its share price

"Sacrosanct." That's the word that Daniel Schulman, CEO of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), used to describe his company's 6.6% dividend at its third-quarter earnings conference. Sure enough, the

JPMorgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM) has been enjoying a solid 2025, with the share price up an impressive 31% this year through Monday of this week (Dec. 8). But on Tuesday, the bank's shares tumbled

According to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, shares of Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI) were zooming 8% higher week-to-date as of early Friday afternoon. This followed a similar bull run

It now seems so long ago that Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) became the first company in the biopharmaceutical industry to generate over $100 billion in annual sales. The drugmaker achieved this milestone

Are you looking for the Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) ticker on the New York Stock Exchange?

After more than half a century trading on the NYSE, you'll no longer find Walmart there. The retailing behemoth

Even very well-run companies will eventually fall upon hard times. That's the backstory you need to keep in mind when you examine Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). Here's why

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro break down the deal IBM (NYSE: IBM) just reached to buy Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) for $31 per share.

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The "Magnificent Seven" stocks have captured the spotlight in recent years because their success has driven the S&P 500 to new heights.

Recently, I ranked all seven of these stocks for 2026, with

In the retail world, the two dominant heavyweights remain Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT). In 2025, it was Walmart whose stock outperformed, with it's shares up more than 25%, as of

There's no denying the impact artificial intelligence (AI) has had on the technology landscape over the past several years. Many of the world's most valuable companies by market cap have

Nike (NYSE: NKE) is set to release fiscal second-quarter 2026 earnings after market close on Dec. 18. The company is trading well below its 52-week high of $82 and could see a significant rally if

ASML Holdings (NASDAQ: ASML) is positioned in one of the most lucrative sectors in tech. The Dutch company has spent four decades developing its High-Numerical Aperture (NA) extreme ultraviolet

Modern companies often use multiple providers of cloud services (like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services) in their daily operations. But this means valuable data is stored in several different