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The S&P 500 index is market-cap-weighted, meaning companies that do well slowly make up more of the index over time. In recent years, a group of prominent technology companies dubbed the

For investors who bought Boeing (NYSE: BA) stock on the theory that it's a leading space company, things are getting down to the wire.

Late last year, I described how Boeing was likely to benefit as

As expected, the Federal Reserve left its benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at its March meeting this week. But the more surprising news came at Fed Chair Jerome Powell's post-meeting press

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In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma and host Mary Long discuss Nvidia's "Super Bowl of AI," plus:

Then, we answer some listener questions about early stock analysis, how healthcare

Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) stock tumbled 11% through the closing bell Friday after "missing" on its fiscal Q4 2025 earnings report and guiding investors to expect further misses throughout fiscal 2026

Wall Street is reacting to last week's news that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has lost the battle to produce the Air Force's next-generation fighter. The commentary is putting new pressure on

The stock market has been pretty turbulent to start this year. That volatility has created a lot of uncertainty among investors. There are concerns that companies might not grow as rapidly as has

Construction materials manufacturer Azek (NYSE: AZEK) is in an agreement to be acquired, and investors are excited about the premium being paid.

Shares of Azek were up 16% as of 10 a.m. ET after the

Dividend investing is awesome. The ultimate goal is to build a portfolio of dividend stocks that pay you enough cash to cover your living expenses while diversifying so that the payouts come from

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the biggest success story of the artificial intelligence (AI) era thus far with the stock jumping more than tenfold from the start of 2023, shortly after ChatGPT came

U.S. stocks have recently come under pressure following President Trump's pivot toward more protectionist economic policies. However, seasoned long-term investors recognize that these sharp market

One area of artificial intelligence (AI) that's beginning to come into the mainstream is a concept known as quantum computing. While it's still years away from becoming commercially adopted, big

There's no such thing as a stock that's worth buying at any price. A no-brainer bargain at one valuation will necessarily be a bad purchase at another, higher one. Yet some stocks are worth owning

The U.S. equity market has had a solid run in the past two years, buoyed by a steadily improving macroeconomic environment and strong uptake of artificial intelligence technologies. The benchmark

Ever since the presidential election in November, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has been on an absolute rocket ship. At its current price of $2.39, XRP is up almost 400% over the past five months. And it

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks on Wall Street, but it has become a bit overheated. This has caused the stock to sell off 30%

The average retired worker who is 69 years old and collects Social Security gets about $1,945 per month, according to the latest edition of the Social Security Statistical Supplements. That's