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Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped push tech giants, including Microsoft and Nvidia, to new valuation highs and lifted the performance of the stock market at large. On the other hand, not every

The storied past of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its continued relevance today to some segments of the market make it a go-to place for investors searching for industry-leading companies

The U.S. stock market is the largest stock market in the world, accounting for 43% of the $106 trillion global equity market last year. U.S. stocks have created substantial wealth over time

After a stellar performance in 2023 that saw shares rising 90%, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is off to an ominous start in the new year, losing more than 6% of its value as of this writing.

The drop in

Did you know that achieving a 10% return over a period of 25 years would turn a $5,000 investment into more than $54,000? And that's just if you average the S&P 500's long-run return of 10%. If you

Dividends offer people a great answer to the age-old question of how to get rewarded for the risks they take in investing without having to sell the shares they've purchased. Yet if there's a

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares crushed it last year. The tech giant saw its stock climb 58%, as the "Magnificent Seven" businesses all rewarded shareholders with monster gains.

As

When investors closed the book on 2023, many did so with a big smile. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) firmly put the 2022 bear market in the rearview mirror and galloped

The digital ad industry has become a massive business that changed the face of advertising and driven considerable returns in ad stocks such as Alphabet and Meta Platforms.

However, The Trade Desk

Since January 2021, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has made for a fantastic investment, rising 44% during that time. This gain far outpaces the 14% rise of the Nasdaq Composite.

The business, known for its

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) was spun off from eBay back in July 2015, and its investors received one share of PayPal for every share of eBay they owned. PayPal's new shares started trading at $41.63, and

After an epic rally and nearly 200% gains in 2023, it may seem hard to believe that Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) had been all but left for dead by Wall Street in 2022. As 2024 gets underway, share

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian will conduct a financial statement analysis of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock in this brief video.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 18, 2024

It's no secret that Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is among the most successful retailing businesses around. An intense focus on efficiency and price leadership allowed the warehouse club giant to

After delivering staggering top-line growth for investors in 2020 and 2021, Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) growth rates slowed to the single digits in the entirety of 2022 and have remained there in 2023

As the company supplying 80% of the necessary training chips, Nvidia was arguably the biggest winner in 2023's artificial intelligence (AI) boom. That said, it makes sense for investors to diversify

All three major indexes slipped into bear territory in 2022, and ever since, one question has been on investors' minds: When will the next bull market arrive? It's impossible to answer that question

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023 meant potent computer processing power was suddenly in high demand. This was a boon for semiconductor chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:

Has anyone ever asked you to hand them a "Kleenex" instead of a tissue? It's incredible how some brands become so well known that their name often replaces the actual product they sell.

In the case

Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, has been buying shares of oil giant Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) hand over fist. Berkshire currently owns nearly 28% of Occidental's outstanding

Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) don't seem to have much in common as they operate entirely different businesses in completely different industries. The former is a leader in

Nike (NYSE: NKE) has certainly been a household name for a long time. And it has rewarded investors. Shares have increased nearly 12-fold in the last two decades, a gain that crushes the S&P 500 by

My, how time flies when you're having fun -- in space.

It's been less than eight years since I first began writing about SpaceX -- not just as a cool space company, but as a potentially profitable

None of the stocks in this article will jump off the screen at you as blatant "value" opportunities. However, I'd argue that these excellent businesses are justified in commanding premium

With all the attention going to artificial intelligence lately, many investors have probably forgotten about some of the hyped-up technologies from years past. One such fad was the metaverse.