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There are some restaurant concepts that just click with consumers, and those businesses can turn into long-term growth machines. This has been the case for Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG).

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is widely considered one of the best stock pickers of all time, and for good reason. By focusing primarily on a company's intrinsic value and its competitive

3M (NYSE: MMM) reported earnings this week, and the results were mixed. Margins are down, and guidance was weak enough to cause management to announce layoffs. But despite the challenges, this is a

The good news is that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) added nearly 7.7 million paying customers during the fourth quarter of last year, handily topping expectations. The bad news is that net subscriber

For Motley Fool contributor Jamie Louko, the case for owning Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) comes down to just one metric. And so far, this AI-powered company is delivering.

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Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) is a top healthcare company, and it has generated mild but consistent growth over the years. And during the past decade, its share price has increased by more than 550%. While

We learned in 2022 that some parts (maybe all?) of the cryptocurrency industry are built as a house of cards. When the foundations were found to be flimsy, the collapse didn't take long and several

"Fear of the future is palpable, but crisis can create opportunities." Those were Cathie Wood's words from a letter she wrote and posted on the Ark Invest website earlier this month. Considering the

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks had an atrocious 2022. Unfortunately, much of that was self-inflicted, especially considering the lofty valuations many stocks reached during their late 2021

Shareholders of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CPRX) got a nasty shock on Jan. 23 when the company reported that a competitor, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE: TEVA), was planning to make a

Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) has a growing business but a shrinking stock price. The vacation rental specialist has seen its shares drop over 30% in the year ended in mid-January even though its last few

The slowing economy and the plunging stock market may be at the top of the minds of most businesses, but smart companies with long-term focus are not getting bogged down by these near-term concerns

The past year wasn't short of misery for e-commerce stocks. Thanks to rising inflation and fears of a recession across the United States and parts of Europe, e-commerce companies went from seeing

Investors appear to be back in bull market mode, as markets mounted an impressive recovery from steep losses Wednesday and then built up even more positive momentum. Stock index futures on the

Many investors like to imagine they are contrarians, but going against the crowd isn't easy. As economist John Maynard Keynes once observed, "Markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay

It isn't a stretch to say that the start of the pandemic to today has been one of the most fascinating and gripping periods ever for investors. We went from despair to elation to extreme caution in

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could have an epic year in 2023. To kick things off, it has already announced its new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips for its perennially popular MacBook laptop lineup, as well as the

The S&P 500 finished 2022 down 19% on the year, which was the broad index's first negative year since 2008, a time when the Great Recession was rattling markets and the economy. Last year's return

You don't hear a lot of investors talking about initial public offerings (IPOs) these days. Last year was rough for investors, and it was even harder for a potential Wall Street debutante to get a

Want a way to improve the odds of earning a good return and potentially becoming a millionaire? Consider investing in stocks that have both attractive growth opportunities and that pay an

Texas Instruments' (NASDAQ: TXN) stock has stayed nearly flat over the past 12 months as the S&P 500 has declined 9%. The company also outperformed the benchmark Philadelphia Semiconductor Index

In 2022, Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) stock did exactly what it is supposed to do when the market is down: outperform. The consumer staples behemoth posted a -5% total return, compared to an -18.1%

Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) owns Spam, a meat product that is often the butt of jokes. But that's just one of many brands it owns and, frankly, Spam is a growing business. Before you pass off Spam or

Despite falling 23% in 2022, home improvement retailer Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) has seen its stock climb 448% over the past decade, an outstanding return that doesn't include the company's