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Volatility has returned to the stock market in recent weeks, pushing the S&P 500 down more than 5% below its all-time high at one point. While that's not a major sell-off, it's the biggest decline

Supply chain woes and the Delta variant have captured headlines causing some fears that the holiday season could be torched again for retailers.

However, Fool contributors Jeremy Bowman, Brian

Things are generally going well for a company when it's being compared positively to PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP). 

In this Backstage Pass video, which

Chances are you've heard a lot of talk about the metaverse. But what does that term mean? And how does it differ from technologies like augmented and virtual reality? In this Backstage Pass video

Finding the best companies to invest your hard-earned money in isn't always easy. With so many stocks to pick from, finding the right investment choices that align with your portfolio and long-term

September wasn't a great month on Wall Street. The S&P 500 dropped almost 5%, and plenty of stocks performed significantly worse. For instance, shares of biotech giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has done an excellent job of returning cash to shareholders over the past three years, and the coming year is not expected to be any different. Management sees a positive

Following the crowd isn't always a good idea -- and that's as true in the investing world as it is anywhere else. Sometimes, a stock that's popular at one moment can turn out to be a dud business

This year's rally in the stock market has pushed the dividend yield on stocks in the S&P 500 down to a mere 1.3%. That's its lowest level in roughly two decades.  

While there are stocks out there

It's one of the toughest questions investors must ask themselves over and over again: Do I accept higher risks for the bigger rewards that only individual stocks can offer, or do I seek the safety

Audiences are starting to head back to the cinemas, and companies like AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) -- the world's largest theater chain -- are bringing in revenue again. But a new hybrid model of

Since the beginning of last year, General Motors (NYSE: GM) has aggressively increased its investment plans for the electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle markets. At an investor event this week

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is best known for its industry-leading search engine, Google. But even though this tool has seen widespread adoption across the globe, most people probably

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) walled garden is finally starting to show cracks. Legal challenges and regulatory threats are starting to put Apple's 30% App Store commissions in jeopardy. 

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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a popular choice among big tech stocks, but Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has a number of advantages over its fellow FAANG stock. It's cheaper, it's growing faster, and its

Wix.com (NASDAQ: WIX), an international leader in no-code website development, has seen its stock price cut in half since reaching an all-time high in February. Though the company revised its

Salesforce.com's (NYSE: CRM) recent investor day presentation highlighted the various ways the software-as-a-service company incorporates its social, community, and environmental ideals into its

Terms like artificial intelligence and machine learning are often used interchangeably, but they refer to slightly different technologies. Specifically, machine learning is a subtype of artificial

Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) CEO Nima Ghamsari joined the show to talk about how the company fits into the financial services ecosystem and why he thinks the usage-based software model is the future.

To

After an incredible 18 months of growth, the stock market has been shaky over the past few weeks. September is historically a rough month for the stock market, and prices continued falling early in

Shares of UiPath (NYSE: PATH) fell 16.8% in September, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The business process automation software company just hit the public markets back in

I have written frequently about why I think the megabank Citigroup (NYSE: C) at the past few months' levels. Over the long term, I expect shares to rise substantially as the bank executes its

Investors had some concerns heading into the third-quarter earnings report by Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI). Peers in the apparel industry have been complaining all summer about inflation and supply

Chances are good Social Security benefits will be very important to you in retirement. Obviously, you'll need to know how much income those benefits will provide so you can make a realistic

Last week, Morgan Stanley analyst Ken Zerbe began covering the crypto bank Silvergate Capital (NYSE: SI) with an "overweight" rating, meaning he expects Silvergate to outperform the banking sector