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A prominent investment theme of the past year is the outperformance of profitable companies with a unique competitive advantage.

Obvious examples of stocks in that category include Nvidia Corp.

Every market brings you a cycle to take advantage of, that is for sure, and there will always be cycles to come. Warren Buffett has been quoted saying that timing the market can turn out to be a

Medicare Advantage plans have been making headlines in 2024, but not in a positive light, at least for health insurance companies. Medicare is a government-sponsored health insurance benefit

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) issued a decent FQ2 report but guided lower for Q3, leaving the market less than inspired. However cold the guide, someone is stepping into the buy the dip, and it

Arista Networks Inc. (NYSE: ANET) may not be as well known among tech investors as Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), but it's outperformed its larger rival by a wide margin in the past year.

Arista posted

For shareholders of the multinational biotech giant Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), it might feel like the stock's all-time highs set during the pandemic were centuries ago. After making its

Quick-service restaurant company Restaurant Brands Inc. (NYSE: QSR) owns four well-known fast food brands, including Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Firehouse Subs. 

The

There are many ways to collect income from the stocks. Dividends first come to mind as they pay out a small percentage of the stock price and the number of shares you own in cash, usually on a

As the overall market continues to ramp up and trade near all-time highs, one sector has quietly consolidated. The energy sector remains close to flat this year despite the recent melt-up

At Friday’s annual Groundhog Day ceremony in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil predicted that we are in for an early spring for the first time since 2020. 

The U.S. stock market has come a long way

As sketchy as the outlook for oil prices, a floor has been in place for over a year and is unlikely to be broken. Persistent demand and OPEC help to support the price, while rising production

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) stock surged more than 5% following its Q4 release, extending the 2023 rally to 100% and the gains since the 2020 lows to 250%, setting up an attractive selling

Nowadays, the market sends mixed signals to virtually every investor attempting to participate today, squeezing out a few percentage points of gains from the stock movements. With the Federal

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) had a solid quarter, but headwinds cut into the top line and will persist for the foreseeable future. The headwinds include war in the Middle East and consumer pull-back in

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) are among the highest-yielding components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. 

Are these

Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) share price is driven by its growing position in the cloud. Late to the game, Microsoft has leaned hard into cloud and cloud services and AI, gaining share from Amazon

You don't hear as much about the Dow Jones Industrial Average as investors did a few decades ago, as the broad consensus has deemed the S&P 500 a better indicator of market conditions.

But the

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) stock is trading at its best levels in nearly 10 years. 

Take a look at the IBM chart: The stock is up 14.42% in the past month and up 32.47% in the

The whole world has turned its attention to the escalating conflicts in the Red Sea involving United States and United Kingdom military personnel. While the media may underplay the significance of

Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) Q4 results and guidance for Q1 were mixed, to say the least, giving ample reason for the market to sell off, but the depths of the correction may have already been plumbed

The overall market continues to trade at all-time highs, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) already up an impressive 2.5% year-to-date and over 16% during the previous three months. The

For a stock that could do nothing wrong for a long time, it's been a tough couple of months for Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE). A dodgy earnings report last month, including the dreaded weak forward

Now that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) has pivoted its strategy to the opposite end of where it had been throughout 2023, meaning they are now proposing to cut interest rates after an aggressive

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) have presented value and yield to investors for years. 

However, they failed to sustain interest in their stocks, creating a drag on

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently overtook Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as the world's most valuable company while also setting its all-time high; expectations are high for Apple to make