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When you dig into fintech stocks, you often run into vague payment platforms or generic lending marketplaces. Toast (NYSE: TOST) is different. It's a system many of us interact with every day

It's impossible to reliably and consistently predict stock market crashes. Anyone who could pull that off would be the richest person on Earth. However, we can make educated guesses based on data

Shares of drone-maker Aerovironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) were on the move last month as the stock soared in the first half of January before giving up most of those gains in the second half of the month.

Shares of Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD) rose on Tuesday after the aerospace and defense supplier reported strong quarterly growth metrics.

By the close of trading, Woodward's stock price was up more than

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE: BHC) shares have struggled for many year, and 2026 is not currently off to a good start. Since the start of the year, Bausch Health has fallen by 17%. There are

When Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) first came on the scene with its Air electric sports sedan in 2021, it looked for a moment as if Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) had met its match.

The Air was priced

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), better known as UPS, is one of the most widely followed high-yield dividend stocks. Although shares sport an above-average forward yield, there has been some

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) crashed last week following the tech giant's latest earnings report. Investors were likely uneasy about a slowdown in cloud growth, a massive increase in AI

Shares of Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) plunged 23.6% lower in January 2026, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The price drop continued a downtrend that started in 2025. The stock has

By now, every investor knows that AI stocks are driving the latest boom in the stock market.

Plenty of ink has been spilled on companies like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and OpenAI, which are leading the

Shares of Figma (Nasdaq: FIG) continued to fall last month even though there was little news out on the design-focused cloud software stock. Instead, Figma, like other software-as-a-service (SaaS)

Shares of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) have been crashing for multiple years. The last time it posted a positive gain was in 2021, when it rose by more than 60%. Back then, business was

Amid heightened volatility in the stock market, investors sought shelter in defensive stocks on Tuesday.

By the close of trading, Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and Altria (NYSE: MO) all

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is, by far, the dominant maker of artificial intelligence (AI) chips and related technology. Indeed, the AI revolution is largely being fueled by the company's AI-enabling

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a stock that looks to be in deep trouble. As of the end of January, it was already down 13% in 2026. And that's after an already brutal year in 2025, when it fell

In February 2025, Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) spun off from Western Digital, becoming a stand-alone, public company for the second time. Since then, it has been the hottest stock in the S&P 500, up

Oil and natural gas are volatile commodities. They are also vitally important energy sources for a world that demands more energy each year. Even conservative dividend investors should probably have

Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) had a wild 2025, with shares falling hard to begin the year before skyrocketing more than 500% from their low in April before falling by more than half before the

In this podcast, Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross and analyst Asit Sharma talk with Denny Fish about the investing landscape, AI, CES, and building resilient portfolios.

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The only design many investors had on Figma (NYSE: FIG) stock on Tuesday was to sell it aggressively. On the back of a drastic price target cut by an analyst tracking the design software company

Much of Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY) recent popularity as a stock is due to its obesity drug Zepbound. While it's understandable that investors are excited about how quickly and effectively the company

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Shares of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) plunged on Tuesday after the payment processor warned that its profits could fall in 2026.

By the close of trading, PayPal's stock price was down more than 20%.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been one of the best tech stocks to own over the past five years. Although its performance during that stretch doesn't stack up to Nvidia's, it has still done quite

Shares of fast-casual burrito chain Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) took a hit in after-hours trading on Tuesday, following the company's fourth-quarter earnings report. The report likely has some investors