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Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN) reported earnings this week, which should cause some alarms for investors. The value that management claims to have generated may be evaporating before our eyes. In the video

Stock market investors are currently digesting the financial results of some of America's largest companies for the quarter ended March 31. Given the difficult economic conditions, quarterly reports

Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) offers investors an attractive dividend yielding 6.6%. Concerns about its long-term growth potential as the world transitions away from fossil fuels are a big reason the yield

Dividend growth investing revolves around selecting only the most reliable businesses for your portfolio. This can be measured by consecutive years of dividend growth.

With 51 consecutive years of

Dividend stocks have historically beaten the market. During the past 50 years, dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 have delivered an average annual total return of 9.2%, according to data from

While no stock is immune from market swings, investors don't have to worry about short-term dips. Stocks ultimately follow the growth (or lack thereof) of the underlying business. What makes a

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) fell by 20.8% in April, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

This fall may have taken some of the wind out of the electric car company's

For all of General Motors' (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) faults over the years -- and there were plenty -- they have always built highly sought-after larger vehicles and sold them at

In the current economic climate, it's clear that growth stocks have fallen out of favor. Instead, over the past year, defensive options have yielded market-beating returns. And while many top growth

A core aspect of my investing strategy is buying stocks with attractive and growing dividends. I aim to generate enough passive income from dividends and other sources to eventually cover my

The early 2023 results are in from both Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP). And, contrary to many investors' fears, the two consumer staples leaders are seeing no signs of a major

Shares of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) peaked in late 2021 at around $160. Since then, the semiconductor industry has shifted hard from shortages to gluts. Demand for

Following its seizure by the FDIC and subsequent sale of its assets to JPMorgan Chase, First Republic Bank was replaced by Axon Enterprise in the S&P 500 index.

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Online used car retailer Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) made progress in the first quarter, bringing down inventory levels, boosting gross profit per vehicle sold, and inching toward profitability. There's no

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Motley Fool senior analyst Bill Mann, host Alison Southwick, and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp talk about the "new normal" of hybrid work.

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Uber (NYSE: UBER) reported increasing ride-hailing revenue, while its food delivery business remains robust. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian elaborates on what he

Shopify's (NYSE: SHOP) change of direction was an excellent move in the market's eyes. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian discusses the real reason Shopify's stock jumped

Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ: BNGO) might both make gene sequencing devices, but as investments the two couldn't be more different. Whereas Bionano is a new entrant to the

Successful investing depends on the ability to both accurately read the present and extrapolate the future. In other words, you need to gauge where a company is now and where it could be going by

No business survives for more than 100 years, as Clorox (NYSE: CLX) has, without going through some ups and downs along the way. Clorox currently faces some notable headwinds. The question for

It's said that not all that glitters is gold. Similarly, a low share price doesn't mean a stock is cheap. Shares of home goods e-commerce site Wayfair (NYSE: W) have fallen 90% from their high.

Many

Thanks to a pair of late-April earnings updates, investors now have a clearer picture of the health of the consumer staples industry. Despite cost and demand pressures, Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) rose 13.4% in April, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

This rise means that shares of the social media company have nearly doubled

Shares of top data center company Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) tanked on great financial results in the first quarter of 2023. As a new era of computing gets underway, led by generative AI services

Investors have long debated whether Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) should be considered an auto stock or a tech stock. While Tesla's primary products are electric vehicles (EVs), many aspects of its business