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In the last five years, shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have more than tripled. That impressive gain trounces the 77% rise of the Nasdaq Composite Index.  

Key to this outperformance has been strong

Dollar General (NYSE: DG), a prominent American variety store chain, primarily earns its revenue by offering an assortment of merchandise, including consumables, home goods, and apparel. The

Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) still generates nearly all its revenue from selling its own chips, but that won't remain the case as the company ramps up its foundry business. Intel has its sights

Nike (NYSE: NKE) might get all the attention in the athletic apparel industry, but Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) certainly deserves some appreciation. Thanks to strong underlying business

People aren't splurging in categories that they had prioritized during the pandemic, and this shift is hurting retailers like Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO). Both companies

It's been a rocky couple of years for the stock market, but investors should always remember that the volatility often comes with lower valuations for quality stocks, paving the way for strong

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker and host Deidre Woollard discuss:

Deidre interviews Joel Marcus, CEO of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, about the future of this life sciences real

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma and host Deidre Woollard discuss:

Founders and investors sit on opposite sides of the table, and they don't always agree. Venture capitalist Jerry

Artificial intelligence (AI) investing is one trend you don't want to miss. Although AI has been around for some time, the innovations happening today have the potential to shift how we work

Share prices of social media king Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) are finally getting their pullback after an epic year -- down nearly 15% from their most recent highs, but still up an incredible 140%

While the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has been decades in the making, 2023 could very well be remembered as the year that this incredible technology shift began shaping the stock market

Brookfield Renewable Corporation (NYSE: BEPC) has been a hard stock to love over the past three years. But the business hasn't skipped a beat. Here's why, despite steep losses, investors will

When it comes to picking winning biotech companies, sometimes it pays to go with players who are at the cutting edge of their field. On Oct. 18, regulators at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

This is a good time to be shopping for retailing stocks. Worries over sluggish consumer spending trends have pushed valuations down for most of the sector even though cyclical downturns are a

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted its latest earnings report on Oct. 24. For the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on Sept. 30, the tech giant's revenue rose 13% year over year to $56.5

If you want to receive your standard Social Security benefit, you will need to wait until your full retirement age (FRA) to claim benefits for the first time. Depending on when you were born, FRA

Copper's importance to the clean energy transition and the digital economy can't be overstated. Electric vehicles (EVs) require multiple times more copper than internal combustion engines, and the

Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) period of worsening cash flow and investment in the 5G network is turning around, and the cash flow machine is starting to work in overdrive. Third-quarter 2023 results showed

Large language models capable of writing and refactoring computer code have proliferated over the past year. These tools don't really replace programmers -- writing code is as much art as science

Share prices of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) tumbled following the release late Tuesday of its third-quarter results. Most of its businesses are doing well enough, but its cloud computing

Business-oriented artificial intelligence (AI) expert C3.ai (NYSE: AI) is an enigma wrapped in machine learning code. The stock has more than doubled in 2023 thanks to OpenAI's ChatGPT kicking up a

Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) is usually listed among the top artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the market. It's been doing AI for a long time. Palantir was founded in 2003 as an AI platform

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma and host Dylan Lewis discuss:

Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and analyst Bill Mann check in on Costco -- the business, its potential, and its new food

Saving for retirement is tough, and if you're falling behind, you're not alone. The average retirement account balance is around $113,000 as of 2022, according to Vanguard's most recent "How America

Benjamin Franklin would probably be disappointed that the $100 bill that bears his likeness isn't worth what it used to be. However, there are actually plenty of great stocks to be found that you