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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is known for containing 30 industry-leading components from a variety of stock market sectors. But even Dow stocks can endure steep sell-offs.

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This week's stock market movement features a lot of fear. Tech stocks sold off heavily, while safe-haven stocks like utilities and pharmaceuticals saw increased interest. The Nasdaq entered

Quantum computing pioneer IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) brings advanced technology to the table, along with a very volatile stock.

Investors with an interest in quantum computing stand at a crossroads today. Is

Given that the S&P 500 is down nearly 7% since its mid-July peak, obviously more than a few investors are jittery. And understandably so. The global economy isn't doing quite as well as recently

Sony (NYSE: SONY) has attracted notice lately for its upcoming stock split. It's cleaving its U.S.-listed American despositary receipts (ADRs) at a rate of 5-for-1, which will kick in on Oct. 1

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Google, owned by Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, indicating that the company has unfairly acted to maintain a monopoly.

The

Semiconductors are among the most essential technologies on the planet. They enable everything from thermostats to smartphones to autonomous vehicles. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) demands even

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While the COVID-19 pandemic is an increasingly distant memory for most investors, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has struggled to move past the overhang of record vaccine sales and earnings in 2021 and 2022

With its iconic franchises and well-known characters, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is a company most people are familiar with today. But that doesn't mean it has turned out to be a great investment. In

The last 12 months have been volatile for Shopify's (NYSE: SHOP) investors. At one point, the stock traded at a low of $45.50, but it then doubled in the next few months to reach $91.57. Today, the

Did you know that millionaires and billionaires get the same size Social Security check as people whose income is a fraction of what they earn? There comes a point when Social Security checks simply

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) has been one of the hottest stocks on the market this year, clocking tremendous gains of 73% as of this writing, but a closer look at the stock's more recent

In typical fashion, it has been an extremely volatile year for Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE). While the cryptocurrency market overall has gained 20% in value, now worth $2 trillion, the dog-themed token

One thing that can help with the treatment of any disease is early detection, and Alzheimer's is no exception to that. And the good news is that in the near future, detecting cases of Alzheimer's

The "Magnificent Seven" stocks -- Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Tesla -- have notably outperformed the stock market over the last five years. For example, the

In recent days, investors have turned increasingly pessimistic about the market. A disappointing jobs report in early August led to massive drops in the indexes, and news that Warren Buffett had

The financial technology, or fintech, industry has been on a wild ride over the past few years. Low interest rates helped spur new products and services from companies, but then the Federal

Living on Social Security alone is not optimal, nor is being in a position where most of your income comes from those monthly benefits. Unfortunately, that's the position a lot of seniors are in

Even after the latest crypto market "flash crash," Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is still up 35% for the year. While Bitcoin is now trading well below its all-time high of $73,750 set earlier this year

Five years ago -- even before its IPO -- small rocket company and SpaceX rival Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) had an announcement to make.

Despite its name, Rocket Lab was primarily a New Zealand

Buying a stock at a discount can potentially set up investors for significant gains in the future. And one way to find undervalued stocks is by looking at their price-to-book ratios. If a stock is

Well, it's official: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google, has lost a landmark antitrust lawsuit in Federal court.

On Aug. 5, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Alphabet

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was already having a rough year before it reported earnings last week. When those numbers came out, the stock's free fall went even deeper. Now, shares of the tech company are

Surprising news has just come out of Omaha, Nebraska. Warren Buffett sold half of Berkshire Hathaway's monster stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), adding tens of billions of dollars to the company's cash