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To be included in the S&P 500 index, a company needs to be based in the United States. Since it's a constituent of the S&P 500, many people think of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) as a U.S. company

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) posted its fourth-quarter earnings report on Feb. 9. The beverage and packaged food maker's revenue rose 11% year over year to $28.0 billion, and beat analysts' estimates by

Investing successfully is a difficult endeavor. Not only do you need to find the right companies to buy, but you must also deal with your own emotions. And these days, in a world dominated by a

The tech space may be facing its share of afflictions at the moment as a decline in customer and enterprise business spending spurred on by the ongoing challenges of the macro environment have taken

The volatile nature of the markets over the past year demonstrates how difficult it is to time the market. If you bought stocks last January, you probably struggled, but if you bought in the summer

After an absolutely brutal year, 2023 is off to a strong start. The S&P 500, the index widely regarded as the benchmark for the entire stock market, is up over 8% at this writing. No one truly knows

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long been the stock Wall Street loves to hate. Sure, there is plenty of love for the iPhone maker, but as soon as any headwinds appear, analysts seem to scatter like

Growth stocks were hit particularly hard in the downturn equity markets experienced last year. Considering the market is far from fully recovered, there are still plenty of growth-oriented companies

While not always a guarantee, stocks with a rich history of dividend growth are generally a great way for shareholders to build passive income over time. This is because hiking a payout to

Investors are more cautious than ever following a difficult and volatile year for the stock market. People are eager to invest for a potential market recovery, but it's hard to figure out which

The management of Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) had a lot of great news for investors with its fourth-quarter results, but some might still feel disappointed.

Spotify finished 2022 with 10 million

After a terrible 2022, when the overall cryptocurrency market shed about two-thirds of its value, investors are starting to warm up to the industry again. This is a surprising turn of events, given

Advertising-technology company The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) went public in September 2016 at $18 per share. The company's initial public offering (IPO) was in hot demand and it immediately started

In 2022, economic uncertainty sent the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite tumbling into a bear market, and all five FAANG stocks delivered their worst performances in more than a decade. The silver

Not only is Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce business slowing, but it still hasn't figured out how to do physical retail yet. The online retailer announced it was shutting down a number of its

Investors are on a seemingly endless chase, looking for the next big thing. Artificial intelligence (AI) appears to be Wall Street's hottest topic in 2023. As technology's most prominent companies

After a brutal year for the markets, the growth-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up 14% year to date. Buying growing companies when they are on sale is a great way to boost your returns, but even as the

Thus far in 2023, Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) has been one of the standout performers in the crypto market. It is up 76.38% over the past 30 days, and currently trades at $23.34. 

That's welcome news for

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser discusses:

Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp talks with former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Jonathan Scott about playing in

As the world's most valuable company with a market cap of $2.39 trillion, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock might seem well past the best time to buy. However, the tech industry is made up of dozens of

The past year was tough for investors. 2022 was marked by historically high inflation, rising interest rates, and the worst market downturn in over a decade. Each of the three major market indexes

Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) is one of the largest REITs in the world, and has delivered excellent long-term returns to investors. However, as Fool.com contributor Tyler Crowe points out in this video

A major source of growth for Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) comes from its existing customer base. By convincing customers to increase usage and pay for additional products, the company can grow

If you like, dividends, dividend growth, and the prospects of technological innovation, analog and embedded semiconductor stocks are a great place to look.

Analog and embedded chip companies are

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) is best known as a play on copper, and rightly so. The industrial metal is its most essential earnings generator, and that won't change anytime soon. However, it's often