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While excitement around artificial intelligence has gone through the roof in 2023, investors shouldn't forget other potential innovations that could still present them with opportunities.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world in unprecedented ways. AI enhances our lives and creates new possibilities, from self-driving cars to smart assistants. But how can investors

Unprofitable clinical-stage biotechs have lost their appeal in the past year, given the challenging economic and market conditions we still haven't entirely left behind. That's why companies such as

I've been slowly whittling down my various investments in advertising-technology platforms over the last few years. Around this time in 2022, I parted ways with Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI). This late

Economic storms blow through every few years. These downturns can affect the earnings of companies with economically sensitive business models. That can affect their ability to pay dividends.

That

Tech stocks have been known to produce great returns in a relatively short amount of time. So much so that they've been almost synonymous with growth stocks for quite some time now. Still, investors

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) made a multi-billion-dollar bet on data and the Internet of Things in 2016 with the acquisition of The Weather Company's business-to-business, mobile, and

The Federal Reserve (Fed) is the U.S.'s central bank, responsible for creating and enforcing monetary policies, overseeing financial institutions, and maintaining the financial system's stability

Timing your Social Security benefits is one of the most important financial decisions in retirement. The best option for your household isn't always obvious, and different resources might provide

When surveying the investment universe for options, income investors need to be careful to avoid yield traps. A yield trap is a company that pays a potentially unsustainable dividend.

A yield trap

Pandemic-era phenom Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM) is slowly turning itself around after the work-from-home tailwind that drove incredible growth in 2020 and 2021 largely vanished. Revenue grew by 3.6% year over

Cannabis companies have been struggling to generate growth in recent years. The pot market isn't opening up (federally) in the U.S. anytime soon, and in Canada, there's an excess of competition

If you've been tightening your budget and have managed to save up $5,000 to invest -- or if you've ended up with $5,000 some other way -- that's great! Your next step is figuring out what to invest

We can say with near certainty that, at some point, the S&P 500 will pick up steam and soar beyond its previous record high, set on Jan. 3, 2022. While the U.S. economy is currently in a tightening

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a wonderful investment in recent years, rising 226% in the past five years (as of Aug. 21), crushing the Nasdaq Composite index's 72% gain during the same time. That

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is a global leader in cybersecurity, and it estimates cybercrime will cause $8 trillion worth of damage this year. As a result, cybersecurity has become a crucial

While artificial intelligence is likely to be a revolutionary technology, not all AI companies are created equal. Paying too high a price for an AI stock that shows a lot of promise can lead to poor

Few companies have put investors on as much of a roller coaster as Twilio (NYSE: TWLO). From the start of 2020 to its peak in early 2021, the stock rose more than 350% before tumbling. Now, it sits

Wall Street is generally bullish on Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY). Most analysts who follow the mortgage REIT have a buy rating on its stock. Some have recently reiterated their bullish

When it comes to growth stocks, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the poster children, up more than 830% in the past decade alone. That hasn't excused the company from taking investors on a

Investors have lost enthusiasm for many e-commerce stocks lately. Most of these businesses are enduring growth hangovers following the huge sales gains they saw during the pandemic. Their earnings

It has paid to be in the home improvement industry. The two industry juggernauts Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) have crushed the market over the last 30 years as they've

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Warren Buffett's value-oriented "forever" approach to selecting stocks may not be everyone's style. There's no denying, however, he's a superb stock picker. Shares of his conglomerate, Berkshire

When companies first go public, they often capture an extra dose of market attention because of the possibility that investors have to get in early on a high-growth opportunity. While some initial