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What if you only had $1,000 to invest in stocks and had to put the money to work today? Which stocks would you buy? That's admittedly not an easy question to answer. I can think of lots of stocks

Most people love a bargain; investors do too. Purchasing shares of companies that can perform well over long periods is already pretty exciting, but it's even more so when they can be scooped up

One of the good things about the healthcare sector is that most medical care isn't optional. This is the foundation behind the sector, but on that foundation sits the growth opportunity that comes

If you're an income-seeking investor, a buoyant stock market near its all-time high is actually a problem. At recent prices, the average stock in the benchmark S&P 500 index offers an itty-bitty

Generating passive income is great for investors, and holding dividend-paying stocks is an excellent way to do that. However, not all corporations that pay dividends will be attractive to income

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is a data analytics company that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to provide its customers with many opportunities to cut cost and add efficiency to their

Publicly traded corporations are under no obligation to pay dividends. Among those that do, many are rather subpar in the exercise, particularly with how often they raise their payouts. That's why

The stock market has been choppy in 2025, but overall by the midway point the S&P 500 index was up 5.5%. And it has recently hit a new all-time high, putting into question just how much higher it

Normally, a buy-and-hold strategy pays off, and investors expect to see strong gains from their investments. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has risen by 200% over the past decade, and mirroring the

Don't let the summer heat keep you from making money. July is a great time to invest in the stocks of top-tier companies.

Three Motley Fool contributors think they've found no-brainer stocks to buy

One of Warren Buffett's famous pieces of investing advice is to be greedy when others are fearful. One way to apply this wisdom is to look for companies that have lagged the market recently but

In 2013, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) became a publicly traded corporation after splitting from its former parent company, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT). Since then, both have produced strong returns and

For investors focused on the long game, there is little reason to sell -- at least, so long as a company generates solid returns through consistently improving financial results, regularly increases

Equity markets have been volatile throughout the year. We may or may not be out of the woods, but focusing on the short-term performance of stocks is not the best strategy. Regardless of what

One formula to generate strong returns on equity markets involves investing small amounts of money in top stocks regularly over long periods. Buying fractional shares is one way to apply this

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) might soon be on the hook for an eventual 11-figure payout, and investors weren't all that comfortable with this. A Bloomberg article published Thursday morning said that

When it comes to your hard-earned money, you have a lot of choices about where to spend it. If your physician prescribes a new branded drug, though, you and your insurance company have few options.

Shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) are falling today, down 4.5% as of 2:41 p.m. ET. The drop comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC)

Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) and UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) suffered huge stock price decreases that attracted investors looking to buy the dip.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of June 28

The threat of tariffs and trade wars sank many stocks back in April, but the market managed a sharp turnaround since then, reminiscent of the brief pandemic crash five years earlier. Many stocks are

There are a lot of healthcare companies that are investing in GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Today, the leaders in that space are Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. But it could get much more crowded in the

Following quite encouraging news from the laboratory on Monday, Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) was something of a stock market favorite the following day. Its shares closed the trading session more than 4%

Trading in AstraZeneca's (NASDAQ: AZN) American Depositary Shares (ADSes) was lively on Tuesday, on news that its leadership intends to directly list its sock on a U.S. exchange. Investors clearly

Over the past year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), two well-established companies that are part of the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, have faced significant headwinds. Apple is

When it comes to popular healthcare stocks, investors have focused a lot of attention lately on Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk and the potential of their blockbuster weight management treatments