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Dividend growth is quietly accelerating across key sectors, offering investors rare chances to lock in strong yields at a time when market volatility is shaking up portfolios. From healthcare and

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has rarely lacked ambition, but its latest initiative is one of its most direct shots yet at redefining everyday convenience. Amazon Now, launched at the start of

The Russell 2000 is ending the year on a strong note. As of Dec. 18, the small cap index is up about 11% for the year. That can make investors hesitant to chase these stocks higher, but small caps

Sometimes it pays for investors to take a contrarian approach, moving in the opposite direction of the prevailing sentiment surrounding a stock. After all, the Oracle of Omaha himself, Warren

The northeast United States wasn’t the only region gripped by bitter cold this month—a new winter has also hit the cryptocurrency market. Weak sentiment and choppy trading threaten Bitcoin with

A single analyst's rating and price target, the consensus rating and price target, for that matter, have little value to investors without the proper context. The context is the sentiment strength

While artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated headlines for much of the year, and sent many tech stocks soaring, some of the strongest performance across equities has come from far less

The S&P 500 Index is indisputably the most referenced benchmark for tracking the performance of large-cap U.S. stocks. Each quarter, the S&P 500 Index Committee (a committee within S&P Dow Jones

After finishing 2024 with the third-best performance of the S&P 500’s 100 sectors, the financial sector is wrapping up 2025 with strong momentum that could carry into 2026.

Over the past month

The markets were moving higher to end the week, but will it be enough to bring about the hoped-for Santa Claus rally? The belated November inflation reading helped, as did a jobs number that

The last three years have not been kind to U.S. apparel giant Nike (NYSE: NKE). As of the Dec. 18 close, shares had dropped approximately 34%, with sales, margins, and profits all down

As 2025 winds down, tech investors are facing a familiar mix of excitement and anxiety. With AI stock valuations at historic highs, the question heading into 2026 is no longer whether AI is

Hundreds of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in the last year alone, further crowding an already-dense field and making it more difficult for investors to assess which might be a good fit for

The last few months of 2025 haven’t brought what investors in Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) hoped for. Through late October, shares were up around 28% on the year. Since then, the stock has given

Reddit Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) is ending the year on a high note, having returned about 37% in 2025, relaunching a rally that seemed to flatline earlier in the fall.

The online content-sharing

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has once again reminded investors why it remains one of the most closely watched names in the public space industry. Despite bouts of sharp volatility along the way, the

Jabil (NYSE: JBL) stock is on track to move higher in 2026, set a new all-time high, and continue trending higher through the year’s end. The reasons this move will reach the 25% to 50% upside

Shares of Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) were trading just over $176 on the morning of Dec. 18, extending a run that has been easy to overlook in a market obsessed with mega-cap tech and artificial

Since reporting earnings on Dec. 11, investors have hit shares of semiconductor giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) with a tidal wave of selling. On Dec. 17, Broadcom shares closed near $326. This

In mid-December 2025, the stock market experienced a significant psychological shift. High-flying semiconductor stocks, which had led the market for months, faced heavy selling pressure following

After reporting Q3 fiscal year 2026 (FY2026) results on Dec. 1, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) is seeing sentiment improve following pressure in Q1 and early Q2. The data tracked by MarketBeat shows that

Dollar General’s (NYSE: DG) turnaround efforts are gaining traction, and analysts like what they see. The latest activity includes numerous price target increases and upgrades, culminating with an

Tech titan AppLovin Corp. (NASDAQ: APP) is one of the more unusual stories in the market right now. The $230 billion company operates an advertising platform that helps app developers drive

Fears of an artificial intelligence bubble may linger.

However, Micron’s (NASDAQ: MU) recent earnings results suggest the rally is far from over.

The company delivered standout fiscal Q1

If analysts are correct, lower interest rates today will bring an unwelcome spike in inflation in 2026.

While it may not be anything like the 7% to 8% inflation rate of 2022 and 2023, the