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Despite a recent uptick, the stock market remains below its all-time highs. With wars in both Europe and the Middle East, inflation remaining stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's target, and some

Investors should focus on the long term when considering stocks they want to own. But they also can't ignore the realities of what's happening around the economy right now.

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Now that Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is offering certain primary care services to its members, CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance have a new competitor on the block. While its entry into

Are you one of the millions of U.S. residents doing some sort of side work to supplement your regular income? Or perhaps a "gig" job is your primary source of income. Maybe you're a contractor with

With nothing more than a glance at the stock's recent performance, it's easy to presume the worst for Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC). Its shares are 30% below their mid-2022 peak and down nearly 70% from

Broadly speaking, higher interest rates are supposed to be beneficial to the financial sector. A handful of big banks reported sizable increases in last quarter's net interest income, for instance

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest believes disruptive innovation is a key driver of long-term capital appreciation, and the firm is particularly focused on technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). In

VinFast Auto was worth close to $190 billion in August, making it the third most valuable carmaker in the world. Since then, VFS stock is down 92% and there might be more pain on the horizon. In

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses the main ideas of business competition and highlights two growth stocks with favorable competitive dynamics that investors can buy now.  

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Diabetes care and aesthetics. Those are two areas of healthcare that should provide investors with ample growth opportunities in the long run. Two companies that are in solid positions to capitalize

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) needs a way to convince investors that it has a plan to turn things around. The business isn't doing well. There are doubts surrounding its dividend

If dividends are your thing, you're most likely a long-term investor. After all, the dividend snowball takes time. You're probably looking for the compounding effect that creates massive wealth

Biotech stocks, especially those that don't have a medicine on the market yet, tend to be among the riskiest investments available. Even under the best of conditions, clinical trials can fail to pan

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is a defensive investor at heart. As a result, Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio is heavily tilted toward dyed-in-the-wool value stocks

In the first three quarters of 2023, shares of tech giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and social media behemoth Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) -- in that order -- were the two best performers among 500

Consumer spending makes up a huge fraction of the overall economy. Investors are therefore always looking at consumers to try to gauge whether their financial condition remains healthy. That's a big

A recent survey by Nationwide, the financial services firm, found that over three-quarters of both Gen Z and millennials expect they will need to continue working into their retirement years because

It's no secret that Cathie Wood has long been a fan of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The founder and CEO of Ark Investment Management first bought the stock in 2016 and has since made the electric vehicle

In mid-July, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) briefly broke through the $2,000 price level and crypto investors began to anticipate another bull market rally heading into 2024. But since then, Ethereum seems

ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) is often considered a linchpin of the semiconductor market for two reasons. First, the Dutch company is the world's largest manufacturer of lithography systems, which are

Amid economic uncertainty and inflation, many investors may struggle to see consumer stocks as "unstoppable" these days. Additionally, the front-loading of growth during the pandemic led to a

The stock market has shown a typical level of volatility in October, as market indexes have tried to rebound from steep losses in September. Yet there's plenty of uncertainty still out there, and

Memory chip manufacturer Micron (NASDAQ: MU) is still in the depths of a severe downturn. In the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended on Aug. 31, the company booked a 49% year-over-year decline in

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have driven the market in 2023 and for good reason. There are billions of dollars being invested in new hardware and software technologies that could change how

Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL) is not exactly a household name in the biotech industry, but that hasn't stopped the company from crushing the market this year -- rising over 30%. Perhaps one key reason