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Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) fell to a cheap valuation in 2022 and have soared almost 400% over the last two years. However, the stock is still trading at a reasonable 23 times this

Hershey (NYSE: HSY) isn't normally viewed as a high-yield stock, but its dividend yield of 3.2% today is near its highest level ever. Investors can still easily find higher yields on Wall Street

The S&P 500 up over 55% in the last two years. Naturally, investors are likely wondering how much longer the bull market rally can go.

Although no one knows what will definitively happen this year

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) didn't join the S&P 500 until September 2024. But with a staggering gain of 340%, the stock still managed to end the year as the best-performing stock in the

It's official: 2024 is in the books and all eyes are on what this year will bring.

As expected, artificial intelligence (AI) stocks continued to pave the way for market-beating returns last year

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it would increase its capital expenditures to $80 billion in 2025. That's great news for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock investors.

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The technology sector is home to some of the market's best-performing growth stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index has more than doubled in the last five years, but with artificial

The start of a new year always brings with it a question: What will happen in the 12 months ahead? And that's what is on many investors' minds as we roll into 2025. It's useful to look at what's

The stock market has been on quite a tear over the past couple of years, with each major market index hitting new heights in 2024. In fact, as recently as early December, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock has benefited from the rising effectiveness of artificial intelligence.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 1, 2025. The video was published on Jan

The average investor can find potential buying opportunities by looking at what some prominent billionaire hedge fund managers own in their own portfolios. Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one the world's largest publicly traded companies, with a market cap of $3.7 trillion and it continues to attract investor attention as it slowly steps into new areas of

Artificial intelligence (AI) has gotten most of the stock market hype over the past year, but quantum computing burst onto the scene in a big way in 2024. IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) is one of the companies

When the closing bell rang on Dec. 31, professional and everyday investors had reason to cheer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite respectively ended the year higher by

It's hard to think of a business with more iconic brands than PepsiCo. Not only does it own its namesake Pepsi brand, which was launched under the Pepsi-Cola name in 1898, but it also owns big-name

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has struggled to generate growth in recent years.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 1, 2025. The video was published on Jan. 3, 2025.

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Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) stock investors are curious about the valuation and prospects for the healthcare company.

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Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure has been solid over the past couple of years, and that trend is expected to continue in 2025 as well, with market research firm IDC

Investing in profitable companies when their stock prices offer high yields can be very rewarding over the long term. If you have a few hundred dollars that you don't need for reducing debt or

With shares of the popular dividend exchange-traded fund (ETF) Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD), investors are wondering whether it is time to dump the ETF or double up. In today's

The stock market can sometimes feel like a popularity contest. Investors have flocked to Nvidia because it's the dominant supplier of the data center chips powering artificial intelligence (AI)

Training and running advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models requires powerful accelerators, and those accelerators, in turn, require ultra-fast memory chips capable of moving data quickly

The quantum computing landscape is rapidly evolving as major tech giants pour resources into this transformative technology. D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has emerged as a standout player in this

Quantum computing has received some recent investing interest over the past month thanks to Google's breakthrough in its Willow quantum computing chip. This chip beat a benchmark test that would

No one knows for sure what the new year will hold for the market. However, some stocks' chances for success look particularly good.

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