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Are you seeking the safety of everyday essentials or the potential of a corporate turnaround? Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) and Kimberly-Clark (NASDAQ:KMB) represent two very different ways to play the

The obvious dividend names in consumer goods -- the colas, the ketchups, the toothpaste giants -- are picked over, written about endlessly, and their stocks are priced accordingly. I'd rather look

It's been a rough stretch for energy-drink darling Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH), whose stock has fallen roughly 36% so far in 2026 and now trades well below where it started the year.

That kind

What's going on with Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) stock? The space stock was the largest initial public offering (IPO) ever when it went public less than a month ago, and instead of

Let's be real. The vast majority of investors aren't hoping for another crash or bear market. But as Benjamin Franklin supposedly said, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. In investment terms,

In 2026, choosing between industrial giants depends on your preference for global scale versus specialized government contracts. For investors evaluating heavy machinery, Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and

Could a stock market correction, or even a crash, be coming soon? The answer is an unequivocal yes -- because corrections or crashes happen every few years. They're to be expected.

Given that, we

The S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has generated a total return of 22% in the past 12 months (as of July 9). Compared to the benchmark's historical average annualized gain of 10%, this is a superb

In the stock market, many things are true, and new investors can and do learn at least two of them. First, stocks offer significant potential for growing wealth. Second, there is no free lunch.

It's

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been developing its own Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) for years. But it wasn't until recently that the company started to see these processors not just

If you're counting on Social Security to cover a large share of your retirement expenses, the thought of a 22% benefit cut in six years should be terrifying.

But that is precisely what the numbers

When it comes to investing in dividend stocks, there are two broad strategies you can choose from: dividend growth stocks or high-yield stocks.

Each strategy has its advantages and disadvantages.

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution turned Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) into a household name virtually overnight. Since the public launch of ChatGPT in late November 2022, Nvidia stock has risen

The stocks of the big three cloud computing companies, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), have had mixed performances in 2026 thus far

Shares of Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) have lagged the S&P 500 average this year, rising only 9% despite strong financials and a pipeline that promises to elevate the pharmaceutical company's base

Most of the attention in the AI chip boom lands on Nvidia and its graphics processing units. But there's an arguably more interesting corner of the market where two companies are building the chips

Despite a bumpy March, 2026 has turned into a phenomenal year for optimists. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite

Just three companies in the world have market capitalizations above $3 trillion, and another three are within shouting distance of that milestone. Microsoft has a market value of roughly $2.8

For years, AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) was a great story with almost nothing to show for it. It had a plan to beam broadband straight to an ordinary, unmodified smartphone from space. In 2026

As of market close on July 9, the seven best-performing S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stocks year to date are Sandisk, Dell Technologies, Micron Technology, Western Digital, Seagate Technology Holdings

I'd love to be one of those cool, calm investors. But the truth is, I'm a natural worrywart. While I have no interest in putting the brakes on my overall portfolio, I look for ways to minimize

Shares of European AI neocloud Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ: NBIS) rallied 229.9% in the first half of 2026, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

It was a stellar first half of the

U.S. airstrikes on Iran kept markets on edge last week, even as stocks near record highs mostly held their ground. For anyone wondering how the market's most disciplined capital allocator is set up

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is the classic dividend stock. It typically has a high yield, it's as dependable as they come, and it has raised its dividend annually for the past 64 years. Here's how much

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been the driving force in the market over the last several years, but this summer, these names have started to come under some pressure. While there have