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Semiconductors are the building blocks of modern technology and the world can't get enough of them right now. A global chip shortage began during the pandemic, and with supply chain disruptions

The state of the PC market worsened in the fourth quarter of 2022. While global shipments plunged 19.5% year over year in the third quarter, according to Gartner, Q4 saw a larger 28.5% drop from the

According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, companies and funds with direct ties to the crypto market are having a great week as the leading cryptocurrency finally had some good news to

Media companies are facing a lot of pressure in 2023.

Cord cutting is accelerating and ad spending on linear networks is expected to decline. That's putting pressure on businesses with significant

Shares of handcrafted-goods marketplace Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) are down 55% from their all-time high. But  they're also up 78% from their 52-week low, reminding investors how important perspective is

For a large part of the 2010s and beyond, software was "eating the world," as Marc Andreessen famously said. But in 2022 these stocks that dominated the previous decade started to suffer from

The market downturn has been brutal. The Nasdaq Composite index fell 27% over the last year. As frustrating as these steep declines can be, history shows that investors get their best returns by

According to many market analysts, it's high time to prepare for a recession. That doesn't mean you should panic, sell all your stocks, and hunker down in a fallout shelter with three pallets of

Global shipments of PCs tumbled 28.5% year over year in the fourth quarter, according to Gartner, marking the largest quarterly decline in at least two decades. No geographic region, market segment

Coming into 2022, Berkshire Hathaway was sitting on its biggest cash pile on record. The conglomerate has used the bear market to snap up stocks, and one stock that Warren Buffett and his team added

When investors think of owning shares in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), they often think of owning shares in a company that will eventually dominate the automotive industry.

In a way, that's fair, because

This past October, seniors on Social Security learned that their benefits would be rising by 8.7% in 2023. That's one of the highest cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) on record.

Of course, the

In today's video, Jose Najarro and Nick Rossolillo discuss Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and why Nick might not be too worried about Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) designing its chips, but Jose might need some

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been locked in a relatively tight trading range of $16,000 to $18,000 for months now, making this crypto much less volatile than it has been in some time. In fact

Quantum computing involves using the power of quantum mechanics to increase computing power. The faster processing power of quantum computing can bring benefits across numerous industries. For

Gambling is becoming more common in the sports world. There are specific shows dedicated to discussing lines and odds on major television, a massive departure from how sports gambling used to be

The goal of investing is to increase your wealth over time. Growth stocks are a great way to do this, but income stocks are also valuable moneymakers over long periods. Thanks to the power of

Nobody wanted to own Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) stock in 2022. After a huge run-up in late 2020 and early 2021, investors started to sour on the music streamer due to a lack of profitability. The company

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) could benefit from consumer trading-down behavior should economic growth worsen or turn negative. This video will answer if Walmart is a good defensive stock to buy.

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In investing, there are no points for originality, so it often pays to follow the smartest investors out there.

Bill Miller, the chairman and chief investment officer of Miller Value Partners, a

General Electric (NYSE: GE) has completed the first part of its breakup, and GE shareholders are now owners of GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ: GEHC). But what should you make of the change, and

The crypto asset class was dominated by controversy for most of 2022 and contrary to popular belief, there actually were some good things that happened. At the top of this list was Ethereum's

Thanks to the 2022 market decline, there are some excellent dividend yields in the stock market. In this video, Fool.com contributors Matt Frankel, CFP®, and Tyler Crowe discuss a pair of their

EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR), a relatively small real estate investment trust, or REIT, was outperforming the stock market during most of 2022. However, in the latter half of the year, the parent

Most investors are probably excited to put 2022 in the rearview mirror. The S&P 500, which is a broad index of the 500 largest companies by market cap in the U.S., ended the year down 19%, its worst