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As investors ready to ring in the new year, they have to be thrilled with Wall Street's performance in 2023. The iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) recently climbed to a record

After the bear market in 2022, 2023 brought a pleasant surprise for many investors. Big gains in the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 led to closes for the year near record levels.

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Semiconductor stocks outperformed the broader market by a wide margin in 2023, which is evident from the 66% gain clocked by the PHLX Semiconductor Sector index as compared to the 24% gain of the

The explosive growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) market, which had largely been driven by the feverish expansion of generative AI platforms like OpenAI's ChatGPT, lit a fire under many tech

Digital advertising company Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) highly influential brands such as Google, YouTube, Google Cloud, and Chrome are being used extensively by billions of users

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If you're looking at dividend stocks to add to your portfolio, you should prioritize ones that increase their payouts. As investors and consumers know all too well by now, inflation has the ability

Inflation is arguably the top economic story of the last couple of years. Indeed, consumer purchasing power is down 16% since the beginning of 2020. That means $1,500 would only buy $1,260 worth of

With the launch of its first gene therapy that's near-curative for sickle cell disease (SCD), everyone's talking about CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) and its collaboration partner Vertex

Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has skyrocketed this year, prompted by the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022.

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A new generation of semiconductors will begin cooking in 2024. Ultraviolet lithography specialist ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML), a crucial provider of equipment used to manufacture chips, began

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has had a terrible year. As of Dec. 28, the stock is down 11% in 2023, a huge disappointment compared with the impressive gains of the major market indexes.

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For investors looking at the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, 2024 is shaping up to be a landmark year. So it's high time to set your portfolio up for the new year, and you don't have to do it

The Dow Jones Industrial Average delivered a bounce-back year in 2023. The iconic stock market benchmark rallied roughly 14% (recovering from a nearly 11% slide in 2022).

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Technology stocks roared back in 2023 thanks to multiple tailwinds such as cooling inflation and the booming popularity of artificial intelligence (AI), which explains why the tech-laden Nasdaq 100

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Artificial intelligence (AI) swept investors into a frenzy in 2023. It all started with Microsoft's $10 billion bet in January on generative AI start-up OpenAI, which develops the famous ChatGPT

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There's a long list of reasons why an investor might want to avoid Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) stock right now. The plant-based meat specialist's sales are falling and there's no clear pathway back

The S&P 500 has climbed about 24% in 2023, hovering right around its all-time high. The Nasdaq Composite is up 44%, although the tech-heavy index still has some ground to cover before it starts

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The stock market is full of companies involved with artificial intelligence (AI). However, some of them are riskier picks than others. As a result, if I were allowed to pick only one, I wouldn't go

Finding stocks that are huge winners is easy, in retrospect. Doing so before they take off is an entirely different story. However, it's not an impossible task.

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Only six companies worldwide now have a market cap of more than $1 trillion. If Visa (NYSE: V) reached this threshold, it would be a big deal. However, with Visa worth about $535 billion now, it