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Social media giant Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) surprised Wall Street last week when it announced in its fourth-quarter financial report that it was initiating a quarterly dividend. A dividend is a

On Feb. 1, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) reported its biggest and most profitable quarter in history. Its "family of apps" includes Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And this trio absolutely

Barely 18 months ago, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) was in crisis. Its stock price suffered a peak-to-trough decline of 76% between 2021 and 2022 (bottoming at around $90 a share). The social media

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are both blue-chip tech stocks, but they went in different directions over the past 10 years. IBM's shares rose just 10% as the sluggish growth of its

With Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) skyrocketing to $475 per share following its fourth-quarter earnings, it's incredible to think such a widely followed stock was bottoming at just $89 a mere 15

It took nearly two years, but Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finally got its mega-acquisition of top video game publisher Activision Blizzard (ATVI) across the finish line in October 2023. That means the

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META)  is seeing its shares surge thanks to strong fourth-quarter 2023 financial results. Revenue in the last three months of the year totaled $40.1 billion, good for a 25%

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) latest quarterly earnings report and lets you know if the artificial intelligence stock is a buy.

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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses why this cost-cutting move by PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) management is a good decision for shareholders.                          

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Few other companies (let alone automakers) made as big of a public debut as Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN). Raising more than $12 billion in 2021, Rivian's IPO was the largest of any American company since

Many factors have gone into Costco's (NASDAQ: COST) success as a business and as a stock investment. The warehouse giant has been picking up market share for decades, for one, mainly thanks to its

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted its latest earnings report on Jan. 30. For the second quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on Dec. 31, its revenue rose 18% year over year to $62 billion and exceeded

Artificial intelligence (AI) is captivating the investment community right now. Aside from the "Magnificent Seven" stocks, investors are seeking other opportunities that may provide similarly

The big surprise in Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: META) fourth-quarter earnings report last week was the initiation of the social media giant's first-ever dividend. Meta will pay $0.50 per share to

During the first and second quarters of 2022, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported a combined loss of 1.2 million subscribers, a shocking occurrence for the streaming industry leader. After years of

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) represents one of the most straightforward ways to invest in the booming artificial intelligence (AI) market. Most of the world's top AI companies -- including Microsoft

Though we are in a bull market, some companies are failing to keep up the pace for various reasons. For instance, medical device specialist Tandem Diabetes Care (NASDAQ: TNDM) encountered economic

Sometimes, it's a smart idea to look at previous winners to identify attractive investment opportunities. The thinking is that past winners should keep winning well into the future.

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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: META) earnings results and updates his recommendation of Meta Platforms stock.

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In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down how Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) just announced something that's worth an extra $697.5 million per year to founder and CEO Mark

After the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) fell by over 19% in 2022, the stock market's most popular index has been on an impressive run since the beginning of 2023. It finished 2023 up by over 24%, and

In 2023, the major story wasn't recession or inflation; it was the buildup of artificial intelligence (AI) and big tech stocks. It spawned the idea of the "Magnificent Seven," a group of mega-cap

Right now, only two U.S. companies have market caps greater than $2 trillion, Microsoft and Apple. As of Jan. 31, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the fifth-largest U.S. company (sixth-largest globally)

Shares of International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) rose by 12.3% in January 2024, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The centennial computing giant soared on the wings of a

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) appears to be back in the good graces of Wall Street after its stock price recently surpassed all-time highs set back in mid-2021. Investors piled back into the stock