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Choosing the right stocks can help investors outperform the S&P 500. Paradoxically, many of the same technology stocks that offer this potential also play an outsized role in driving the index’s

There are no guarantees in the stock market, but there are stocks that look like no-brainer picks. When a company has massive opportunities and is demonstrating the skills and capabilities to

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest-moving technologies in history, and while that creates substantial opportunities for investors, it also breeds volatility. For example, Micron

Many of us are saving and investing for retirement, aiming to retire with a million dollars. But is that the right goal? Can you retire comfortably on $1 million in savings? There's no right answer

Right now, Polymarket traders are giving Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) only a 12% chance of hitting $150,000 by the end of the year. Given Bitcoin's current price of $68,000, there's basically a 1-in-8

Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL) is a relatively small biotech company with big dreams -- to become, as its executives said at a presentation in December, a "top five solid tumor oncology company."

The

When most people think of artificial intelligence (AI), they may immediately think of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The company has emerged as the player driving this industry, and that's thanks to the

Many people assume that once they're able to start getting Social Security, they won't need to work anymore. But in reality, Social Security will only replace about 40% of your wages if you earn an

Although stock market volatility has been a common theme under President Donald Trump, Wall Street's major indexes have thrived during his time in the Oval Office.

In his first, non-consecutive

Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR) didn't reinvent itself in 2025. It didn't launch a flashy new product or make a headline-grabbing acquisition.

Instead, it did something far more critical for

Billionaire Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist that co-founded Palantir Technologies, where he still serves as chairman and owns a substantial stake in the company.

Thiel also

Since January 2023, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) have posted monster returns of 1,170% and 875%, respectively. Yet most Wall Street analysts believe the stocks remain

Fluor (NYSE: FLR) is a large engineering and construction company. It has made material improvements to its business processes over the last few years. And it has made some astute investments in

Shares of Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) are trading at a touch below $10. That's an interesting level because the stock underwent a 1-for-10 reverse split in late August 2025. If that reverse split

The news out of Block (NYSE: XYZ) on Thursday night sent shockwaves through the tech industry.

The Jack Dorsey-run fintech company said it would lay off more than 40% of its employees, citing gains

For good reason, prediction market traders are down on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) right now. The world's most popular cryptocurrency is down a staggering 47% since October, and shows no signs of heading

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When you buy something with cash, you can usually assume, at least in theory, that the transaction is mostly private. In crypto, the opposite is true. Blockchains are, in a sense, public databases

After months of intrigue, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) finally bowed out of the competition for Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD). Though its offer to buy the company's streaming and studio assets was

Suddenly, prediction markets are everywhere. It's not just professional investors attempting to predict the trajectory of the economy or the stock market, it's everyday people attempting to predict

According to a February 17, 2026, SEC filing, Starboard Value LP disclosed a new position in Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN), purchasing 9,959,031 shares. At quarter-end, the holding was valued at

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) fourth-quarter report, released earlier this month, was strong. But shares sold off anyway as the company's expectation for about $200 billion in capital expenditures spooked

Shares of Mara Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) rose on Friday after the digital energy technology provider struck a game-changing partnership with Starwood Capital Group.

By the close of trading, Mara's

Compared to other electric car stocks, Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) shares are undeniably cheap. Tesla stock, for example, trades at 15.8 times sales. Lucid Group, a struggling EV competitor, trades at 3.3

At a current price of $67,000, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is now 46% below its all-time high of $126,000 from October. For more than four months now, there has been steady selling pressure on Bitcoin.

So