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The cloud market has grown steadily over the years, with market leaders Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft launching their respective cloud platforms in 2006 and 2010. However, the COVID-19

Dividend stocks can provide resilience and growth to your portfolio in a wide variety of market environments. When you're looking to boost your stable of income stocks, it's important to focus on

Stag Industrial (NYSE: STAG) could be a very good long-term buy for investors looking for steady monthly income from an established player in an industry that appears to have good prospects going

Earlier this month, GSK's (NYSE: GSK) older-adult vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) moved one step closer to approval. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Vaccines

Despite a volatile market over the past 14 months, Kinsale Capital Group's (NYSE: KNSL) stock has rallied over 40% since the start of 2022. That's no surprise -- the specialty insurance company has

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), the large conglomerate run by legendary investor Warren Buffett, has been a great stock to own since Buffett took over in 1965, transforming it from a

I typically buy several dividend stocks each month as cash flows into my portfolio. I always have a running list of high-quality dividend payers I want to buy. Topping that list this month are 

The tech industry has long been known for its wealth of growth stocks, thanks to companies in a near-constant state of innovation and development. As a result, holding these stocks for the long term

Social Security benefits can go a long way in retirement, especially if your savings are falling short. But there's a sneaky expense that could take a bite out of your monthly checks: taxes.

Even in

I love buying dividend stocks in a market correction because low pricing means I can earn higher yields. Dividend stocks were absolutely shattered last year as rising interest rates and market

A stock market sell-off in 2022 that saw the Nasdaq Composite index slump 33% over 12 months left many companies starting the new year in the doldrums. However, temporary headwinds like economic

Three hundred dollars isn't a fortune in the grand scheme of things. But it could help set the stage for impressive stock returns if invested in the right companies and held there over a long enough

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) has hit a bit of a rough patch. The oil company was red-hot last year, rallying nearly 40%. However, it has cooled off considerably in recent months, falling 27% from its

After declining 19% in 2022, the S&P 500 has risen about 4% this year as investors grew accustomed to inflation, rising interest rates, and other macro headwinds. Bargain hunters also started to

Dollar Tree's (NASDAQ: DLTR) latest earnings report was a mixed bag. The company topped last quarter's sales and earnings estimates, but guidance for the current fiscal year isn't exactly thrilling

To play off of a quip by Ernest Hemingway, disruption can happen gradually, then suddenly. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a slowly percolating aspect of society for many years, but could take

Investors always need to think about the value of their investments, especially when interest rates are rising and growth is slowing in many markets. And given that backdrop, some high-profile

Recession talk seems to be everywhere, and it's not just pundits: 28 of the 48 economists recently surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics expect a recession in the U.S. this

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment firm is known for making large, long-term bets on companies with proven business models that generate mountains of cash. Berkshire has owned shares of

Dividend growth can act as a litmus test for the quality of a business. After all, a company can only grow its dividend over the long haul if its profits are also rising.

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In 1965, Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway. It was a small textile company at the time, seemingly doomed by its dependence on a declining industry, but he quickly shifted its focus

Growth stocks may not be at their zenith as they were in the earlier days of the pandemic, but that doesn't mean that all companies in this space have exhausted their long-term growth potential. On

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) share prices are well down for the past few weeks, and not surprisingly so. In addition to so-so quarterly results from its discount-retailing peers, Dollar General itself

Artificial intelligence (AI) powers some of the most fascinating technological breakthroughs today. You might have heard about OpenAI's ChatGPT. It's basically a natural language processor that can

Banks have generally been a good investment over the past year or so, as they benefited from rising interest rates. While there are macroeconomic concerns for banks as we move through 2023, they