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While it can be tempting to bet on flashy, smaller companies, blue chip behemoths like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) might also have a place in your portfolio. The technology conglomerate is far from its

By now you've heard the news: Last week, NASA awarded Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) a contract to provide "GEO to Cislunar Relay Services" that will relay communications from Earth satellites

The S&P 500 index has averaged 10% annualized returns during the past half-century, but it's not that difficult to outperform that target if you invest in a group of well-chosen growth stocks.

To

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) evolution over the past 15 years has been nothing short of extraordinary. If you had told someone when Bitcoin first launched in 2009 that the world's largest asset manager

On Sept. 13, 2024, history repeated itself.

For the first time in 16 years, contract negotiations between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its International Association of Machinists (IAM) labor union broke

Nearly everyone likes an underdog. They're the ones who don't get the respect they deserve but often deliver pleasant surprises.

Three Motley Fool contributors think they've identified a handful of

Do you like buying good stocks at discounted prices? Most investors do. After all, why pay more for a stock worth owning when you can pay less? The key, of course, is figuring out which stocks are

There have officially been eight non-state-owned companies to have reached a market cap of $1 trillion. These include the "Magnificent Seven" technology companies and, most recently, Berkshire

The market could potentially see the emergence of new biotech industry leaders. Since the year started, Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) and Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SMMT), two clinical-stage

"Magnificent Seven" stocks refers to a phrase coined by Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett to describe the cohort leading the market. They are:

Tesla lagged behind the others this year due to

The S&P 500 just hit an all-time high, but only one "Magnificent Seven" stock is there with it.

That's Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), which has gone from a disaster just two years ago with a

Buying dividend stocks is an excellent way to make passive income. However, with so many companies paying dividends, it can be hard to know where to start.

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF

I own dozens of stocks, but the 10 largest positions in my brokerage account make up nearly half of its total value. In this video, I not only break down what my top 10 stocks are but discuss

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is recognized for its high-quality fundamentals as the only energy sector constituent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Part of the attraction of this integrated oil and gas

Few cosmetic companies are taking market share at the pace that e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) is. But the stock has, counterintuitively, dropped about 50% in recent months. And Wall Street seems to

When it comes to stock picking, perhaps no investor has consistently done better than Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway over such a long period. Between 1965 and 2023, the conglomerate's portfolio

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC)(NYSE: BIP) recently held its annual investor day. The global infrastructure company highlighted at the event that its top priority is to create value for

Winter is coming to the automotive industry. Except winter in this instance isn't the approaching weather, or zombies, it's the coming onslaught of highly subsidized, innovative, affordable, and

On Sept. 18, the Federal Reserve lowered the target range for the federal funds rate by a half-percentage point, marking the first rate cut in more than four years.

Lower interest rates can spur

Because millions of older Americans rely on Social Security to make ends meet, the program's annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are an important thing. COLAs are what enable benefits to keep

The Federal Reserve recently lowered the target range of its federal funds rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5%, much to the delight of the market, which is now trading at or near

The group of $1 trillion market cap stocks is tiny, and pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) isn't a member yet, though it is within striking distance at about $820 billion.

However, the

Realty Income (NYSE: O) is one of the more popular real estate investment trusts (REITs), and it's easy to see why. The company has been a dividend-paying machine over the years. It has paid 651

The hype behind AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) has been incredible in 2024. The stock is up 300% this year, even though its nascent internet satellite network has yet to begin offering commercial

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently jumped into the fast-growing market for smartphones capable of running generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Even though the latest iPhone models won't