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Adobe's (NASDAQ: ADBE) $20 billion acquisition of Figma is off, and it's a big blow to the creative technology company.

In this video, Travis Hoium goes over the breakup and covers why it's such a

Picking winners is important in investing, but avoiding losers is equally so. Connected-fitness company Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), PC and printing giant HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ), and online-car marketplace

It's not everyday companies turn into trillion-dollar megacaps. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have all crossed that threshold

When it comes to capitalizing on the key holiday shopping season, many investors first think of retail stores, e-commerce leaders, or manufacturers of specific products that happen to be popular in

Stocks have been flying higher lately as excitement over new generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and prospects for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve combined to help push

2023 has been a great year for stocks. The S&P 500 has gained around 24%, fueled in part by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that has sent some tech stocks flying. The so-called Magnificent

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Watch will be taken off shelves in the U.S. in less than a week, and it's unclear when it will return. The International Trade Commission has banned the product; without a

The U.S. stock market seems to have heaved a sigh of relief after the Federal Reserve kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged in its latest policy meeting. Further, on the back of a

The S&P 500 is up 23% this year after a tough performance in 2022 when it fell by 19%. The success of growth stocks has been a key reason why the broad index has been doing so well. And three of the

Since ChatGPT was released a year ago, the tech world has been grappling with massive disruption from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. In fact, OpenAI's ChatGPT has the potential to disrupt

One trillion is an enormous number. Indeed, just seeing it written out is jarring: 1,000,000,000,000. So it's no surprise that $1 trillion market caps are a new stock market phenomenon.

The first

Entering the last week of 2023, the S&P 500 is up about 24%, erasing its losses from 2022. Much of those gains are coming from growth stocks that are back in favor with investors, concentrated in

Investing doesn't have to be complicated. You can make a lot of money in the stock market by simply buying and holding the best businesses in the fastest-growing industries.

These two companies are

Shares of coffee house giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) are down roughly 2% over the past 12 months. The stock of tiny competitor Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) is basically flat over that same span

Considering all of the investor interest in PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock, it might be surprising to hear that it's only gained 67% since it spun off from eBay in 2015, or about half of the S&P 500's

Tech stocks fell out of favor in 2022, as spikes in inflation curbed consumer spending and sent the Nasdaq-100 technology sector index plunging 40% throughout the year. However, the market surged in

As 2024 approaches, investors seem to have a sense of optimism. Although it may be premature to label it a bull market, many beaten-down stocks appear to be on the rise.

One of these comeback stocks

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock made an improbable run to all-time highs in 2023. The tech giant's shares approached $200 by mid-December, translating into an over 50% rally on the year.

That spike came

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) have been dividend growth juggernauts over the years. They've increased their dividends every year since initiating those payouts while growing

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has brought in billions of dollars in earnings over time thanks to its leadership in the market for cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment. And along with partner

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian evaluates Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) prospects and answers if the stock is a buy in 2024.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Dec. 18, 2023. The

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) stock posted another day of gains in Wednesday's trading despite a retreat for the broader market. The company's share price closed out the daily session up

Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) were moving higher today on a bullish analyst note, and on reports that it would restructure its ad sales unit to lean more on artificial

Thanks to its outsize business success, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a ridiculously fruitful investment. Its shares have soared a jaw-dropping 363% in just the last five years. This leading FAANG

Artificial intelligence (AI) was a hot investing theme in 2023 and billions of investing dollars found their way into this technology this year, leading to windfall gains for certain companies that