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This has been a year investors won't soon forget. During a one-week stretch from the closing bell on April 2 to April 9, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) endured its fifth-steepest two-day

There's no one right approach to investing that everyone should follow. That's true even when you home in on a specific style, like dividend investing. That's why some investors will like the SPDR

Over the past couple of years, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) have both shown their strengths in artificial intelligence (AI) -- and as a result, their earnings and

Over the last century, the stock market has been a surefire moneymaker for patient, long-term-minded investors. Although other asset classes have increased in value over extended periods, including

American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) shares surged 12.7% on Thursday, July 10, to close at $12.94, riding the tailwind of a broader airline sector rally related to positive results and guidance for

Shares of Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU) tumbled 4.5% on Thursday, July 10, to close at $13.03, marking a significant pullback. The Brazilian digital banking platform's stock traded on unusually high

If you're looking for ETFs, a good first stop is typically an S&P 500 index fund.

After all, the benchmark index includes 500 of the largest American companies across every industry, and it has a

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has accomplished a lot in recent years and made plenty of big moves -- from developing the world's highest-performance artificial intelligence (AI) chips to making itself a

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are inching slightly higher today, but shares of hydrogen specialist Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) are rocketing convincingly higher. News about the

In May, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) celebrated its 129th "birthday" since its official inception. Over this time, we've witnessed the Dow blossom from an industrial

Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) shares closed at $2.30, rising 9% in today's session while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both posted mild declines of 0.07% and 0.37%, respectively.

The

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) stock handily outperformed the markets in June, rallying 11.5%, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:

You might still be feeling the effects of the first half of 2025, and you may compare that period to a roller-coaster ride. All three indexes started out the year just fine, then slid in April on

I've written this kind of article before, addressing whether it's smart to buy into the dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite that have the highest dividend yields. There are

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 of the most prominent companies in the country. These mature companies are very profitable, which allows many of them to pay generous dividends. The index

When examined with a wide lens, no asset class has come particularly close to matching or surpassing the annualized return of stocks. But generating life-changing long-term returns in the stock

Last month, AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) was punished by investors more for what it didn't do than for what it actually did. A hoped-for graduation to a top stock index was one of the non-occurrences

June is a sluggish month for some, but it sure was active for next-generation brokerage Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD). The company launched a set of new features on its platform, closed an

For more than a century, Wall Street has been a stomping ground for wealth creation. No other asset class has come particularly close to matching the annualized return of stocks spanning 100 years.

June was another banner month for the stock market as investors reacted to solid economic data, diminishing concerns about the trade war, and an update from the Fed that showed it still planned to

Income investors often focus on a stock's dividend yield, but dividend yield alone doesn't provide anywhere near enough information when it comes to selecting exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

For

The first half of the year has been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride for stocks -- and investors. Though all three major indexes have now crossed into positive territory, that wasn't the story just

Over multiple decades, no asset class has delivered a higher average annual return to investors than stocks. But despite this outperformance, it doesn't mean that Wall Street's major stock indexes

Investors flocked to artificial intelligence (AI) stocks last year, and they drove market gains, leading the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher. Today, these

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks the performance of 30 blue chip stocks. These are some of the world's strongest companies. The index has climbed about 17,000% since 1930.

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