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The stock market sell-off is intensifying, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) down 4.8% in the first three months of the year compared to an over 10% tumble in the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:

Investing in this market isn't fun. Geopolitical tensions are escalating to levels not seen in decades, global trade relationships face unprecedented strain, and persistent inflation continues

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the top-performing artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the market. It's up nearly 400% since the start of 2024 and is actually up around 10%

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is already having a decent year, with its price rising by 9% since Jan. 1. There are ample reasons to consider investing in it, provided you can tolerate the risks and volatility

Right now, there is a lot of uncertainty in the stock market. While stocks have bounced off their recent lows, the major market indices are still well off their highs and prone to volatility

March winds bring April showers. And April showers bring... a great opportunity to buy ultra-high-yield dividend stocks. I suppose they bring mayflowers too, but mayflowers won't make you a lot of

The stock market is looking scary right now as investors worry about the impact of tariffs and the ongoing effort to slash government spending. It can be tempting to stay on the sidelines, but it's

Pharmaceutical powerhouse Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) had a banner year in 2024. The company's sales surged 32% to over $45 billion on massive growth from its GLP-1 agonist products, Mounjaro for treating

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is often considered a resilient stock for long-term investors. It's one of the world's largest beverage and packaged food makers, it consistently buys back its own shares, and

Dividend increases aren't exactly coming thick and fast these days. That's what happens in the periods between earnings seasons, when most companies concentrate on performance rather than payouts.

Paul Singer, the founder and head of Elliott Investment Management, is one of the world's most successful and influential activist investors working today.

With a net worth of around $6 billion

The last six weeks have been a stark reminder to investors that stocks do, on occasion, go down in price. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes fell more than 10% from their all-time highs

The apparel industry is hypercompetitive and participants have to deal with boom and bust cycles, constant new entrants, and changing trends seemingly every year. One sports apparel company has

Even though Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) doesn't pay a dividend, it's clear that CEO Warren Buffett is a big fan of companies that cut investors in on their profits through

For much of the last two-and-a-half years, optimists have been holding the reins on Wall Street. Since bottoming out between late September and mid-October 2022, the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) aren't in direct competition in terms of their target users or their general objectives. But if you're looking to invest $5,000, it makes more sense to

What a difference a few months can make. Beginning Nov. 6, just hours after Donald Trump had been elected as the 47th president, the mature stock-powered Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) tracks the performance of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index, which is made up of 500 companies from 11 different sectors of the economy. It's the most

Are we in a stock market correction or not? The answer seems to change every few days, at least if we're talking about the S&P 500. However, regardless of how much the market is down on any given

Many companies have de-emphasized paying dividends over the years. That's one reason the dividend yield on the S&P 500 is only around 1.3% these days.

However, several companies offer

Dell (NYSE: DELL) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) are leading players in the artificial intelligence (AI) server space. Demand for AI computing has been surging, and each company has been

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) finds itself at a crossroads as it navigates a challenging landscape. Its electric vehicle segment has struggled, and today, the stock trades 33% below its 52-week high