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Dividend-paying stocks can be a popular investment option because they often combine incredibly healthy balance sheets with higher-than-average yields and reward investors with steady incomes. That

The last decade has been very good for stock investors. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has produced a total return of more than 300% since September 2015. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has advanced 725% in the last three years, with most of those gains coming in the last 12 months following President Trump's election and the SEC's decision to end its lawsuit

While the advent and proliferation of the internet in the mid-1990s is credited with opening new doors for corporate America, it also paved the way for the rise of the retail investor.

Prior to the

Cathie Wood is known for seizing opportunities. The founder of Ark Invest doesn't worry when one of the stocks she's invested in drops, and instead, she looks at the movement as a chance to increase

Social Security serves as a financial lifeline for millions of retired Americans. Without those monthly benefits, a large number of seniors would be unable to cover their basic needs.

But Social

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) clearly emerged as the winner of the early phases of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. The company focused the development of its chips on serving the AI market, and this

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) lit up after-hours trading on Sept. 9 after reporting a massive jump in its booked work tied to cloud infrastructure. The database giant turned cloud platform is benefiting

Shares of ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) have fallen about 10% from their 52-week high, mainly because of lower oil prices. This decline comes as the S&P 500 has been hitting new all-time highs.

While Exxo

For more than a century, Wall Street has served as a bona fide wealth creator. Though other asset classes have helped investors grow their nominal wealth, nothing has been able to match the average

This time last year, Donald Trump was on the campaign trail. Central pillars of his economic platform involved reviving U.S. manufacturing, expanding domestic energy production, and rebuilding

Since the dawn of the artificial intelligence (AI) era, a number of players have been at the leading edge of the technology. Perhaps no company has exemplified the vast potential of AI more than

It's been a wild ride for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) investors over the past few years. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in early 2023 represented an unprecedented opportunity for the

After turning in two straight years of triple-digit returns in 2023 and 2024, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is on track in 2025 for its weakest performance since 2022. The world's most popular

Cryptocurrencies can be confusing. So can exchange-traded funds (ETFs). And when you combine the two concepts into crypto-based ETFs, there are so many dark corners and financial enigmas to explore.

Carnival (NYSE: CCL) was once sailing in very choppy waters. The company was facing a lot of uncertainty when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. However, it has been nothing but a smooth trip in recent

There are few things income investors like more than a meaty dividend raise. Argan (NYSE: AGX) declared one on Wednesday, and the market rewarded the construction company with a nearly 4% bump in

Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) stock suffered a big valuation pullback in Wednesday's trading. The company's share price sank 18.1% the day of trading following the release of its second-quarter report.

Rubrik

Culp (NYSE:CULP), a textile manufacturer specializing in mattress and upholstery fabrics, reported its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 on September 10, 2025. The key development was a

Explore the exciting world of Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock saw a significant sell-off in Wednesday's trading. The tech giant's share price fell 3.2% in a daily session that saw the S&P 500 index rise 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite

GameStop (NYSE: GME), the poster boy for meme stocks, rose on its own merit in Wednesday's trading session. The video game retailer reported its second-quarter results after market close the

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) investors have had quite a ride this year, with the stock surging 114% in 2025 as of market close Sept. 9. The company sits at the center of the artificial intelligence (AI)

Investors were energetically bullish about energy stock APA (NASDAQ: APA) on Wednesday. They were cheered by the company's latest dividend declaration, not to mention an analyst's price-target

Chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been generating monstrous growth in recent years. Its artificial intelligence (AI) chips have been a necessity for tech companies investing in AI and next-gen