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Most investors probably wouldn't let a random stranger pick stocks for them. After all, you don't know if that stranger is qualified to make such a call!

What about a few million people, however

One school of thought says the next bull market begins when the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) reaches a new record high. By that standard, the benchmark index is roughly 10 percentage points away from

On Oct. 30, the White House issued its first executive order to help regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It features a sweeping set of directives allocated under eight

Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) stock jumped 4% during after-hours trading on Nov. 1 after the chipmaker posted its latest earnings report. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on Sept. 24

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) index was up as much as 37.2% year-to-date in mid-July, but refreshed economy concerns pumped the brakes on that stellar gain. The same index is

It's been a long and ugly road to recovery for the Android smartphone market, but leading mobile chip giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is signaling that the recovery is finally here. The latest quarter

In this week's video, I cover need-to-know news items related to Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) during the week of Oct. 30. Today's video will focus on Tesla's sales numbers in California, China, and Europe

There's no question that 2023 has been a rough year for Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY).

While other e-commerce stocks like Amazon, Shopify, and Wayfair have bounced back from their post-pandemic lows, Etsy has

Not all dividend stocks are in the same league. Some offer puny yields. Others, though, provide exceptionally high ones plus solid long-term growth prospects.

Three Motley Fool contributors think

The stock market can be a scary place for many people, and that's perfectly normal. The unfortunate reality is that the world has a lot going on at any given time, and it seems like all of it can

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) stock has been hit hard in 2023 and is now down over 20% year to date following its third-quarter results which fell short of expectations. The sell-off has been

Some investing decisions are easier than others. A high-growth stock with increasing profits at a low valuation could be a no-brainer buy. But if you take out the low valuation, it could become a

Michael Lewis knows how to tell a story. He's given color to the characters behind baseball and the finance industry. Now, he paints a portrait of Sam-Bankman Fried, the infamous face of crypto who

Palantir Technologies' (NYSE: PLTR) stock surged 20% on Nov. 2 after the data mining and analytics company posted its third-quarter report. Its revenue rose 17% year over year to $558 million and

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Dylan Lewis and analysts Emily Flippen and Jason Moser discuss:

Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner caught up with Michael Lewis at the ONE: NYC event to

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Ford's (NYSE: F) latest quarterly earnings report and answers if Ford stock is a buy right now.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Nov

It's kind of amazing to see several of my hobby horses joining powers. This week, language-learning expert Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) teamed up with boardgame destination Chess.com for a

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), formerly known as Facebook, has taken shareholders on quite the roller-coaster ride. After losing 64% of its value in 2022, it's up 150% in 2023. That puts it 10%

There's no denying that connected-TV company Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) served up some pleasant surprises in its recent third-quarter report. Chief among them is revenue.

The top line of $912 million is

Buying shares of great businesses that pay dividends to shareholders can lead to substantial dividend income down the road. A lower share price means you get a higher dividend yield. This means more

Biotech stocks are amid a multiyear slump. While it would be easy to lay the blame squarely on the Federal Reserve's dramatic rate hikes, that's not the whole story. Far from it. In reality, many

On the surface, 2023 has been a great year for stocks. The Nasdaq Composite is up about 25% year to date, and the S&P 500 is up around 10%. But dig deeper, and many industries and former market

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the game for the world's economy. Experts believe that AI technology could add more than $15 trillion to the global economy by 2030, more than China and

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) kicked off third-quarter earnings season a few weeks ago. CEO Elon Musk spent most of the earnings call speaking about the company's exploration of artificial intelligence (AI)