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Artificial intelligence (AI) goes beyond what you type into an app. Using it in the real world means speaking to technology and having it understand and talk back. That's the opportunity in

The PHLX Semiconductor Sector index has been in rip-roaring form on the market over the past year, clocking outstanding gains of 60% as of this writing and handsomely outpacing the 28% gains that

Realty Income (NYSE: O) is one of the most popular real estate investment trusts, or REITs, in the stock market. Since REITs are best known for their income potential, here are the key facts

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock has delivered impressive returns to investors recently, clocking gains of 95% since the beginning of last year. This solid surge has been driven by an acceleration in

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser and host Mary Long discuss Tesla's delivery numbers, how personal care companies are dealing with declining sales, and a mattress merger that might

Growth stocks are all the rage on Wall Street right now, with stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft driving the markets toward record highs. They aren't alone. Growth stocks like CrowdStrike and Arm

Not all major indices have performed equally well so far in 2024. Year to date, the Nasdaq Composite is up 22.3%, while the S&P 500 index has delivered a solid 16.7%. However, the Dow Jones

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock skyrocketed 150% in the first half of 2024. (Shares are up 165% through July 9.) That performance clinched the artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader the silver medal

Artificial intelligence (AI) is by no means a new concept, as the technology was in some form of development for at least the last four decades. However, the debut of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022

2024 has generally been a great time to own tech stocks. For example, owning well-established companies like Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet would have given investors 30% to 150% returns in just the

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of the most closely watched companies in the world. It was once primarily known as a top supplier of gaming GPUs for PCs, but it subsequently evolved into the dominant

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has had a strong 2024, with the stock up more than 60% so far. That means it's more than halfway to a double, so the question becomes, could Palantir double over

The trend is not the friend for Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) shareholders. China's iconic search engine finds its stock trading 20% lower in the otherwise buoyant 2024, off a blistering 33% over the past

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the latest additions to the $2 trillion valuation club. This exclusive group comprises only five companies, but these also happen to be some of the most dominant

The market has soared since the beginning of 2023. The S&P 500 index has posted a total return level of 48% over that time frame, pushing the index's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of nearly 29.

This

Saving for retirement can be incredibly difficult, and there's no silver bullet to help you save millions overnight. There's one simple move, though, that can supercharge your savings with little

Quantum computing expert IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) is going through a tricky growth spurt. First-quarter revenues rose by 77% year over year, but the company is burning lots of cash. Meanwhile, investors

Demand for the iPhone sent Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock up nearly 10-fold during the past 10 years, making Apple one of the world's most valuable companies, with a market value of $3.5 trillion

Altimmune (NASDAQ: ALT) and Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) are a pair of biotechs planning to follow in the footsteps of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and develop GLP-1-targeted medicines for

Long-term investing is the key to generating sustainable returns in the stock market. Perhaps few will understand this better than Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shareholders, who have enjoyed total returns

Buying a stock on weakness can be a dangerous idea. Imagine a stock that you think may be a decent buy falls to a new 52-week low. Then a few weeks later, it hits a new low. Then another. And after

Warren Buffett doesn't own every stock he likes or that would fit with his investing strategy. There are simply too many stocks out there.

Many investors, however, will still mimic the moves his

Equities performed well over the past few years, but that will be cold comfort to Fiverr's (NYSE: FVRR) shareholders. The tech company has seen its shares plunge by a whopping 90% in the past three

If you buy and hold a quality stock for the long term, you expect to earn a good return. But often, I see investors dismiss valuations because the argument is that everything will sort itself out in

Realty Income (NYSE: O) is one of the largest and most popular real estate investment trusts, or REITs, in the market. The company owns a portfolio of nearly 15,500 properties in the United States