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The fourth quarter was supposed to be GoPro's (NASDAQ: GPRO) best quarter, but the company disappointed investors once again. The question now becomes, Where does GoPro go from here? In this video

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has used artificial intelligence (AI) for longer than nearly any other company. As a result, it already has a strong foothold in this space, making it a go-to

Arguably the most important quality for any stock is whether or not it beats the market. If it doesn't, you'd be better off putting your money in an index fund.

Three Motley Fool contributors think

After a tumultuous 2022 that preceded a monster bounce-back year in 2023, it looks like cryptocurrencies are back in style among the investment community. The asset class's current market cap of

Shares of British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) are down about 33% since peaking in early 2022, and they're down nearly 60% from their all-time high. On the surface, this poor performance makes

Most people like bargains, even when the bargain in question is a stock. But it's only a bargain if it's actually worth owing at any price.

That's the rub for investors eyeing shares of Nike (NYSE:

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) just delivered one of the best earnings reports in the industrial sector this earnings season. As the chart below demonstrates, its stock price continues to rise. However

On Feb. 2, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported its second-highest year of earnings over the last decade. And there could be even more growth to come in the years ahead.

Exxon's record earnings in 2022

The artificial intelligence (AI) gravy train has given several stocks a big boost over the past year, notably Nvidia, which has capitalized on the booming demand for AI chips and enjoyed an

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) 2022 re-entry into a position in oil giant Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) wasn't exactly expected. But investors didn't balk, either. Warren

Stocks have kept investors on a roller-coaster over the last few years, but great businesses with long-term growth potential haven't gone anywhere. Meanwhile, 2024 is already off to a strong start

In 2023, Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) was one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies, up more than 1,000% for the year at one point. While that performance might be impossible to top in 2024, there's

The residential real estate market tightened up in 2022 and 2023. Many homeowners -- sitting on low-interest-rate mortgages -- decided against selling their homes after the Federal Reserve went

Dividends are nice, but a high dividend that is safe, has room to grow, and is paid by a business with lots of long-term potential to expand is the trifecta. One company that checks all these boxes

Many people dream of being able to pull off an early retirement. And if you save consistently for many years and invest your assets wisely, you may find that you're able to make a workforce exit at

Ernest Scheyder is a Reuters reporter covering the clean energy transition and author of the new book, The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives.

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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights one cheap stock for bargain-hunting investors to buy in bunches in 2024.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 7, 2024. The video

One of the most enduring debates in investing is whether to favor growth or value stocks. Growth stocks have enjoyed a long period of outperformance since the global financial crisis of 2008, but

Pick a category. You'll find some members of that category that especially stand above the rest of the pack.

In the category of dividend stocks, I think Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) serves as a great

Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) has crushed the market in recent years. The stock of the fast-growing energy drink brand is up 3,900% in the last five years, while the S&P 500 has produced less than

During the meme coin mania of 2020-21, Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) captured the imagination of crypto investors by offering a potential path to millionaire status. And indeed, there are some crypto

"A $1 trillion industry by the end of the decade." That's what global consulting firm McKinsey & Company projects for semiconductors. It's not an outlandish prediction at all, considering that the

Unsurprisingly, a lot of attention these days goes to the "Magnificent Seven" stocks. They dominate market trends and are some of the most valuable enterprises on the face of the planet. And thanks

There's a good chance that looking forward to retirement, when you won't have to punch a clock, give a PowerPoint presentation, teach a class, answer customer service calls, insert catheters, or

Well, the Fed hasn't begun dropping interest rates yet, instead keeping the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged for the fourth straight meeting when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met