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The bull market has sent the S&P 500 up 23% over the last year. But this run has brought the average yield of the index down to just 1.24% -- the lowest yield since 2000.

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Nvidia shares have surged over 180% since January 2024, and the stock accounted for nearly one-quarter of the gains in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) during that period. The company is now worth $3.4

Shares of financial technology company PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) were up 39% in 2024, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, compared to just a 23.3% return for the S&P 500.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was one of the best-performing stocks of 2024. It even dwarfed the returns of the Nasdaq Composite index in a year the index itself returned an amazing 28.6%. Its stock price

Shares of Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) surged 35.5% in 2024, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Alphabet entered 2024 under a cloud of skepticism

Sometimes, a new CEO can be a game-changer for a company. Alex Chriss, formerly of Intuit, took the reins at PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) in September 2023. Since then, the stock has appreciated

Shares of energy drink company Celsius (NASDAQ: CELH) plunged 51.7% in 2024, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, which is bad enough. But in the opening months of the year

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is composed of 30 industry-leading blue-chip businesses that represent the broader market. Many of these companies also pay growing dividends.

Dan Ives is one of the most closely followed personalities on Wall Street. Ives leads global technology research for Wedbush Securities, and can often be found touting bullish narratives and

One area where Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has seriously dropped the ball has been artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia essentially owns the market for AI accelerator chips, and AMD is at least competitive

How would you like to get paid to sit back and watch a stock you own take off? That's a scenario most investors would love. But is it unrealistic? Nope, not with the right dividend stocks. Analysts

Wall Street was enamored with tech stocks in 2024, choosing to leave many dividend stocks behind as a result. The dividend-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) underperformed the

2024 could be dubbed the year of artificial intelligence (AI), as the latest advances involving generative AI made their way into mainstream usage and AI-associated stocks helped power the market to

Investors piled into artificial intelligence (AI) stocks last year, which helped all three benchmarks advance in the double digits. The S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) in November 2024. So, technically, it was only in the index for a small portion of the year. But it was still

Almost everyone knows Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Many millions of us have the company's devices in our pockets, handbags, or desktops, and many millions send Apple lots of money every year. Indeed, in

Artificial intelligence (AI) innovations have helped push top tech stocks like Nvidia and Palantir Technologies to trade at elevated valuations. The massive gains many AI stocks experienced over a

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to bring significant advances to the global economy, which could result in higher worker productivity, faster product development, and more efficient supply

When 2024 came to a close, investors had every reason to smile. The iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-powered Nasdaq

Earning a great return in the stock market doesn't necessarily mean you have to be great at picking individual stocks. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can give you a simpler way of investing, and the

The Russell 2000 index is home to approximately 2,000 of the smallest companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. While the major market indexes like the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) have soared to new

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has been a significant player in the semiconductor space for years, designing chips for everything from PCs to data centers. While many other semiconductor

Stock splits have been in fashion in recent years in the technology sector as high-flying tech stocks have opted to go down this route in a bid to lower their share prices. Nvidia, Alphabet, Tesla

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is set to continue at a rapid pace in 2025: Market research firm IDC estimates that investments in data center infrastructure, AI agents, and

2024 saw Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) briefly take the title of the largest company in the world, as measured by market capitalization, before seeding the position back to Apple. Microsoft was also a