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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made headlines late last week when it announced it would spend $80 billion this year building data centers that would train artificial intelligence (AI) models and handle AI

Dominant tech businesses generate all the buzz from the investment community. In the past, they've been able to produce tremendous returns for shareholders.

Two examples are Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) an

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller of Duquesne Family Office outperformed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by 50 percentage points during the last three years. He purchased 239,980 shares of Broadcom

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) soared last year as the "Magnificent Seven" stock cracked the trillion-dollar mark once again.

Like other tech stocks, Meta Platforms jumped on the broader AI

Despite the market's dour mood on Friday, shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) rallied, gaining as much as 3.1%. As of 3:03 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 1.9%.

It was not one catalyst that sent

The market ended the week on a somber note as the economy once again took center stage. Investors were digesting a surprisingly robust jobs report that highlighted the Federal Reserve's ongoing

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ: CEG) stock dominated headlines in 2024 with its announcement of a plan to reopen Three Mile Island and supply nuclear power to Microsoft server farms. Constellation is

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock is losing ground in Friday's trading. The semiconductor company's share price was down 4.6% as of 11:40 a.m. ET amid the backdrop of a 1.6% decline for the S&P 500 index

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock is losing ground in Friday's trading. The semiconductor company's share price was down 5.2% as of 11:15 a.m. ET. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index had fallen

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst David Meier and host Mary Long discuss Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's CES keynote, plus:

Then, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser joins the podcast for a closer look at

Billionaire Bill Gates is one of the most respected business leaders in the world. Gates co-founded Microsoft and was its CEO through its most rapid growth years in the '80s and '90s as Microsoft

President-elect Donald Trump promised tariffs for months. In less than two weeks, he can begin to implement them. Investors expect Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on many countries, including

There isn't a prize for being the largest company in the world by market cap, but it's a position that many companies envy. Right now, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest, although Nvidia (NASDAQ:

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The U.S. economy has a remarkable track record of producing the world's most valuable companies:

Apple is still the world's largest company, with a market capitalization of $3.7 trillion. But since

Of course, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) are excellent artificial intelligence stocks, but this list will include five other AI stocks you can add to your portfolio in 2025.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been among the best-performing stocks of 2024, and it's easy to see why. The company provides the graphics processing units (GPUs) that quickly became the gold standard for

All investors want to find winning stock picks. The ideal situation is for a business to deliver such robust growth that it can eventually turn a relatively modest investment into a

The past three years have been forgettable for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) investors. Shares of the chipmaker have declined 5% during this period, while the PHLX Semiconductor Sector index

Shares of Micron (NASDAQ: MU) were among the winners this week after the memory-chip specialist benefited from general excitement about the chip sector and artificial intelligence (AI) with the

Bill Gates would be worth well over $1 trillion today if he never gave up a single share of the 45% stake in Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) he held just after the company's 1986 initial public offering

Financial technology (fintech) is a fast-growing segment of the broader financial sector, and revenue generated by companies in this space could be massive. Estimates from BCG put the global fintech

Following Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) presentation at CES 2025, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya reiterated a bullish view on Nvidia's growth trajectory and stock appreciation potential.

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Based on nothing more than the numbers, shares of consumer-technology titan Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) should have barely budged in 2024. The top line only improved to the tune of 2% for the fiscal year