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The "Magnificent Seven" stocks led the market in 2023, and many believe they will do it again in 2024. This cohort, headlined by the big tech stars, includes: 

Apple is one of the most prominent

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) to determine which is the best artificial intelligence stock to buy in 2024.                        

Most dividend-paying stocks aim to increase their payouts at least once a year. The average growth rate among members of the S&P 500 has been around 6% annually over the last five years.

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Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) and Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) both disappointed investors in similar ways after their public debuts. Both electric vehicle (EV) makers went public by merging with special purpose

Social Security has been around for a long time. Because of this, you might assume that there's no need to keep tabs on the program.

But Social Security's rules actually tend to change a lot from

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) business has exploded over the last decade, with its stock up about 920% since 2014. The company has become a tech behemoth, with growing positions in multiple areas of

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights one of Cathie Wood's most interesting growth stocks and discusses whether investors should follow her to add this skyrocketing stock to their

Is Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) a future feast or a financial famine? Once celebrated as a trailblazer in the plant-based meat revolution, the company has seen its share price shrivel by over 95%

There are a lot of great reasons to invest in Realty Income (NYSE: O), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in standalone locations for businesses like grocery stores, convenience

The trillion-dollar club is certainly rarified air, and one that every company aspires to join. Investors, of course, aspire to find the next candidate with the potential to join such elite company

Inflation has been a hot topic for the past two years. It's measured by the consumer price index (CPI), which tracks the change in price of a basket of goods and services. The U.S. Federal Reserve

The stock market had an excellent year in 2023, but there are still some excellent long-term opportunities available. That's especially true in the financial technology, or fintech, industry.

If you

What a year 2023 was for the Nasdaq Composite index. After the technology-heavy index plunged more than 33% in 2022, it rebounded by soaring more than 43% last year. Since the index launched in

DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) is a sports betting company whose stock price over the past few years has mirrored many high-profile growth stocks. From March 2020 to March 2021, its stock price jumped

There are some widely known ETFs, especially those that track major indices like the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq. But there are hundreds that might not yet be on your radar. In this video, you'll learn

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) to determine which is the best AI stock to buy in 2024.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of

Investors sometimes make the mistake of associating value with an inexpensive valuation. Although valuation is certainly part of the equation, the best value stocks are companies that deliver on

Saving for retirement is never easy, and it's only becoming more challenging. Many jobs no longer offer pensions or other defined benefit plans, and while Social Security can help, it may not be as

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) charged sharply higher in 2023, soaring 57%, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The rally was in sharp contrast to Microsoft's

In some form or another, money has flowed through society since its earliest days. But over time, technology has changed how. And it's still changing today. The world is more digital than it's ever

It's an unhappy new year for Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) shareholders. The stock plunged 56% in 2023. Barely a week into 2024, it's down another 28%.

Last Thursday, Medical Properties Trust

The stock market had a great year in 2023. The S&P 500 index climbed by 26.3% (including dividends), which is more than twice its average annual return going all the way back to 1957. It now trades

When Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was launched on Aug. 1, 2020, it was widely seen as a playful parody of Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), which arrived in 2013 and used the Shiba Inu dog as its mascot.

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At a stock price of around $25 a share, Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) is the lowest-weighted component of the price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average. But years of dividend raises

If you're a dividend investor with a leaning toward value investing, you'll want to do a deep dive on Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN), and, perhaps, even Stanley Black &amp