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Cathie Wood isn't known for being a value investor. However, the Ark Invest CEO won't pass up the opportunity to scoop up shares of innovative companies when they're available at a lower price.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is no longer the same company that investors have known for decades. All of the consumer healthcare products that helped make J&J successful through the years --

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Shares in GE Healthcare (NASDAQ: GEHC) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) are trading down more than 16% over the last three months, and the decline is creating a good buying opportunity. Both companies face

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a behemoth in e-commerce, but the company also needs new ways to grow its operations. And in recent years, healthcare is one area that it is focusing on. The U.S. healthcare

The world runs on energy. Most of our energy comes from petroleum-based products such as oil and natural gas. Historically, the United States was a major oil producer but saw production levels fall

Target (NYSE: TGT) shareholders have some good reasons to feel better about their business heading into the holiday shopping season. The retailer managed to protect its profit margins despite a

Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is without a doubt experiencing a notable slowdown. Following a surge in demand and double-digit percentage sales growth in the pandemic-impacted fiscal years 2020 and 2021,

StoneCo (NASDAQ: STNE) is a Brazilian fintech specialist that offers payment processing and other services to small and medium-sized businesses. The company had its initial public offering (IPO) in

Taking a buy-and-hold approach to great stocks can be a path to life-changing returns. To demonstrate the power of long-term investing, two Motley Fool contributors have profiled companies that

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) investors have witnessed a remarkable turnaround in the company's fortunes this year, with shares of the enterprise cloud platform provider jumping an impressive 48% in 2023

Over long periods, Wall Street has proven to be a bona fide wealth creator. But when examined over shorter timelines, directional moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) business has been firing on all cylinders lately. Sales are rising at a double-digit rate, profit margins are near record highs, and customer satisfaction is up. "The

In its long-running quest to keep shareholders sweet, telecom giant Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) declared a dividend raise in early September. Those investors might not have liked the taste of

In many ways, 2023 has been a tale of two markets -- and with apologies to Charles Dickens, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. While many stocks are still reeling from last year's

During the last three years, shares of Cresco Labs (OTC: CRLBF) lost 76% of their value. Shareholders are doubtlessly hoping that the next three years will be a lot better. 

Is that a realistic

Want a quality dividend stock to add to your portfolio? Don't settle for risky high-yielding stocks that have double-digit payouts. Instead, consider investments that balance good yields, manageable

When the going gets tough on Wall Street, investors have a tendency to turn their attention to time-tested businesses with a history of outperformance. For the past decade, the FAANG stocks have fit

Berkshire Hathaway owns a lot of stocks that span numerous industries. But there's one dominant retailer that isn't on the list. 

It might come as a surprise that legendary investor Warren Buffett

Social Security has certain rules, but those aren't necessarily set in stone. The program tends to change from year to year in line with factors like inflation and wage growth.

In 2024, Social

Two diversified industrial giants; two companies whose sales growth has stuttered in recent years; two that underwent piecemeal reorganization that left investors unimpressed; and two stocks that

When Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) CEO Lisa Su took her position, the company was on the brink of bankruptcy, and its stock hovered around $3 a share. However, the company has come a long way

Now would be a great moment to add a few growth stocks to your portfolio. Why? Because we're heading toward a bull market, and that type of economic environment tends to favor these sorts of

C3.ai (NYSE: AI) was the beneficiary of some good news on the government front Tuesday. On the back of the latest Biden administration attempt at tightening restrictions on advanced computer chip

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