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Growth stocks can be fantastic investments if you buy at the right price and hold on for multiple years. Just take a look at the long-term returns of Amazon, Netflix, MercadoLibre, and plenty of

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) is an investment that can look incredibly successful or awful depending on when you bought shares of the company. If it was during the early stages of the pandemic and before

With its share price down by a whopping 80% over the last 12 months, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) has been a big disappointment for its early investors. While a lot of the downside can be blamed

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) investors are happy to put 2022 in the books. 

Share prices of the tech giant plunged 39% last year as tech valuations fell across the board, its revenue

Healthcare stocks that struggled last year could be in for some relief. Now that there's less upheaval due to the pandemic, hospitals are resuming more normal operations, and that may mean better

After two decades of staying privately held, big-data analytics company Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) went public in Sept. 2020. The stock quickly rose as popular technology investor Cathie

B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) is not your typical food company, and conservative investors should probably look at more mainstream fare like General Mills (NYSE: GIS) or Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC). More

Stocks that went public in 2021 have generally done terribly for investors. Whether through a special-purpose acquisition (SPAC) merger or an initial public offering (IPO), if you were new to the

With the U.S. economy slowing down because of rate hikes, the financial sector worried about a looming recession in 2023. A recession will almost certainly increase credit losses, which will be a

If there's one metric that most successful stocks must have, it's margin expansion. In general, investors should avoid businesses with declining profit margins and buy businesses with rising or

The pandemic and record-low interest rates combined to spark a housing market rally that drove home prices and apartment rental rates to unprecedented heights. Now, rising interest rates and

In many ways, investing is like any other discipline. To get better at it, it helps to model what experts are doing. And there aren't many investing specialists that are more recognized than Warren

Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) has come a long way since its late 2019 IPO. When it made its debut as a publicly traded stock, annualized revenue was just shy of $300 million. Just three years later in Q3

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN), one of the most popular cryptocurrency brokerages and exchanges, has been on shareholders' minds lately as a result of all the negativity surrounding the industry.

Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) has been through a wild ride the last three years as it went from market darling to outcast. But a turnaround plan is being executed, and the company actually has a great

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) struck gold with its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services. AWS accounts for around one-third of global cloud infrastructure spending, and it's far more profitable than the

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway couldn't escape the stock market's wrath in 2022. Of the 50 stocks Buffett owns, only 10 stocks gained in value last year. In the third quarter alone, Berkshire

The financial industry is one of the cornerstones of the economy; it's worth nearly $5 trillion in the U.S. alone. But the waters can get choppy at times, including now, as rapidly rising interest

Shares of PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ: PCT) came out strong from the gate to start the new year, and that progress continued this week. Investors' bullish attitude toward the plastic recycling

Just a few weeks ago, stocks looked like they were headed for another bottom. 

In fact, the Nasdaq Composite posted its lowest close of the year on Dec. 28, 2022, after the stock market drifted

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has already caused chaos in the used car market in the first few weeks of 2023. The company lowered prices on new vehicles, which caused a drop in used vehicle values, and the

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) owns a portfolio of stocks worth more than $300 billion, many of which were selected by Warren Buffett himself. In this video, Fool.com contributors

The third-largest U.S. company by market cap, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has been a disappointing investment recently. Since peaking in late 2021, the stock has marched straight down

It's no secret that the market has been struggling over the past year, but it's not all bad news. While nobody knows how long this downturn will last, it's certain that a bull market is on the way

Lately, growth stocks have taken it on the chin. But that presents an opportunity for investors willing to buy and hold. Despite macroeconomic headwinds, many growth stocks are fantastic businesses