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The U.S. stock market is often divided into three major indexes, all of which moved higher over the past year as recession fears diminished. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) advanced 27%, the Dow Jones

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) generated quite a splash with several items of news last week. It reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 earnings where the company said its online global fourth-quarter

If you're an income-seeking investor who doesn't plan on retiring soon, I have some great news: The following three dividend stocks have a record of rapidly raising their payouts, and they're poised

With Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) stock hovering near a five-year low, one analyst has just started coverage of the pharmaceutical giant and is telling investors it's time to buy. In a report released last

You may know that while Medicare offers health insurance for older people, Medicaid offers health coverage for low-income folks. As you get older, you may occasionally run across information on Medi

Many investors have seen Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) as a promising recovery story ever since the biotech launched a plan to cut costs to better match the revenue opportunities ahead of it. Once one of

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) firmly believes oil and gas will play a vital role in fueling the global economy in the decades ahead. One factor driving that view is the emergence of carbon capture and

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Alphabet's Google Cloud are the three largest cloud computing platforms in the world, in that order.

They offer hundreds of digital services to help

Over the past three decades, there's always been a next-big-thing trend to captivate investors' attention. For the moment, nothing is causing more excitement within the investing community than the

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) stock has surged recently following a positive earnings report in early February that showed improving profitability in the company's parks and streaming businesses.

But even

Some people see the S&P 500 index reach new heights and worry they're missing out while others worry there's a crash around the corner. Whichever camp you're in, buying more dividend-paying stocks

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) failed to impress investors hoping to hear about a surge in production and sales for the EV maker in 2024. In fact, Rivian told investors in its recent

For nearly six decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been dazzling Wall Street with his investing prowess. Even though he and his team aren't going to be

The name Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) has become synonymous with short-term vacation rentals. Its high brand awareness nearly matches that of its competitor in the hotel space, Hilton Worldwide.

Unlike

Millions of seniors today receive a monthly benefit from Social Security. And once your career comes to an end, you might begin to rely pretty heavily on those benefits for income.

As such, if

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has built a cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment empire that brings in billions of dollars in earnings annually. And just recently, the company demonstrated it could

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) was founded in 1999, and the software company made its public market debut in 2004. The stock has since skyrocketed by 6,730%, and the Salesforce brand has become synonymous

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) bull market is now official by all standards, and the index has soared by a whopping 42% from its low point in October 2022.

That doesn't mean that the best is already

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses what the latest developments could mean for Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) stock investors.

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Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian compares AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) to determine which makes a better buy for long-term investors.

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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian evaluates the latest comments by PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) management team to discuss what it could mean for investors.

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What's the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stock on the market right now? You might think it's Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). After all, the giant chipmaker recently reported blowout fourth-quarter

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights some great news for Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock investors.

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The companies in the Magnificent Seven had an outsized impact on the stock market's 2023 performance. And these stocks may deliver an encore in 2024, given Nvidia's latest outstanding quarterly

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews the latest developments at SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN).

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