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One area that's benefited greatly from the pandemic is the home improvement sector. As a leader in this space, Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) gained tremendously with sales surging more than 24% for

Nike (NYSE: NKE) is struggling with supply chain woes and has lowered its guidance for the current quarter and for fiscal 2022. In this video clip from "Beat & Raise," recorded on Sept. 24, Fool.com

Costco's (NASDAQ: COST) stock has a tendency to look expensive compared to its rivals, but the retailer has so many great things going for it that this may not matter. In this video clip from "Beat

For investors who are uneasy about jumping into complex, fast-growth technology stocks, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a familiar name that could be a wise choice. In this video clip from "Beat & Raise,"

Online selling has long served as a lucrative growth market, so much so that many e-commerce stocks now support stratospheric valuations. While companies such as Sea Limited and Shopify appear

The S&P 500 has seen several market crashes over the last two decades, but the index still climbed 324% over that period, which is equivalent to an annualized return of 7.5% -- not bad. But over the

In 2021, investors in stay-at-home favorites like Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) have been disappointed, with most of these stocks negative for the year while the S&P 500 index has soared

In a recent Fool Live show, Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel revealed that he had added to an already large position in real estate investment trust STORE Capital (NYSE: STOR). In this clip

Dividend stocks are proven wealth creators. Since 1973, the average dividend stock in the S&P 500 has delivered annual total returns of 12.83%, according to data from Ned Davis Research and Hartford

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported its third-quarter results last week, and on the whole, it posted solid numbers. Revenue matched the company's guidance at $7.48 billion. Meanwhile, earnings per share

Digital advertising stocks were slammed on Friday, following news that Snap (NYSE: SNAP) missed top-line expectations for its third quarter and provided a fourth-quarter revenue outlook below

Both Wix.com (NASDAQ: WIX) and Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) have thrived for years by offering consumers website-building software. Wix's is designed to be very easy to use, whereas Squarespace focuses

Kudos to Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Not only did the king of streaming pump up its per-share profits from $1.74 a year ago to $3.19 in the third quarter -- topping estimates of $2.56 in the process --

There are many ways to value a stock. One way is to start by looking at the enterprise value (EV) of the company, or the total value of the business after factoring in the balance sheet. EV is then

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG), with $187 billion in assets, has been on a great run, with the stock up more than 49% in 2021. Like most of the banking industry, the Rhode Island-based lender

When Nike (NYSE: NKE) released its fiscal 2022 first-quarter financial results last month, management lowered revenue guidance for the current quarter and fiscal year primarily as a result of supply

Robinhood Markets' commission-free trading platform has made buying stocks easily accessible and helped push retail-investor participation to record levels. The platform's highly active and

It's getting harder to find an attractive dividend yield in the current environment. Even traditionally higher-yielding investments like real estate investment trusts (REITs) are trading at lower

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) recently reported outstanding fourth-quarter results, despite a tremendously difficult year impacted by COVID-19. In this video clip from "Beat & Raise," recorded on Sept. 24

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ: FANG) has more than doubled in 2021 so far, but there's reason to believe it could keep climbing. In this Motley Fool Live video clip, recorded on Oct. 4, Fool.com

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will release its fiscal 2022 first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Oct. 26, and investors will be looking forward to another solid set of results from the company that

Applying for Social Security at age 62 could mean taking as much as a 30% cut to your monthly benefit. That's because 62 is younger than your designated full retirement age, which is between 66 and

The dawn of the internet changed the business world forever. It created an opportunity for the smallest of merchants to reach the furthest corners of the globe, and for large corporations, it

Consumers are showing their commitment to visiting Vail Resorts' (NYSE: MTN) properties by buying season passes at high numbers, even amid lingering uncertainty about the pandemic. In this video

Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced its third-quarter results on Wednesday. Most of the headlines covering this update focused on the company's better-than-expected revenue and earnings.

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