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The stock market can do just about anything in the short term. Last year, the S&P 500 lost 19.4% of its value. So far this year, it is up 19%.

Yet through all the volatility, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT)

Over the very long-term, no asset class has outperformed the stock market on an annualized return basis. But over shorter timelines, the performance of the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average

Stocks have rallied this year, but one of the world's most famous pharma companies didn't join the party. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), known for its billion-dollar coronavirus products -- the vaccine

Investors will likely remember 2023 as the year artificial intelligence (AI) hit its stride. While tech giants have utilized the technology for years, investors turned back to these stocks when they

As the year comes to an end, it's time to think about which stocks to sell for tax-loss harvesting. One stock I'm considering letting go is pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). The company's shares have

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Snap (NYSE: SNAP) are competitors in the world of digital marketing. Both are using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to try and increase market share

As 2023 draws to a close, investors might be wondering which companies have the best prospects heading into next year. Among tech stocks, it's hard to ignore the "Magnificent Seven:" Apple

Over long periods, dividend stocks tend to outperform their non-dividend-paying counterparts. There are likely several reasons for this, one of which is that sustaining a dividend program requires a

This year is coming to a close, but there's still time left to buy stocks in top quality businesses, and watch them grow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is an index of 30 top

Luxury retail is reliant on consumers' desire to buy expensive things. In good times, that's not a problem; in hard times, it can be difficult. It looks like consumers may be starting to pull back

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock with Block (NYSE: SQ) stock to determine which he prefers at current valuations.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon

Wall Street is bullish on Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) as it releases a batch of new graphics processing units (GPUs) that are designed to support artificial intelligence (AI). This

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been a wildly successful investment throughout its history. Since going public in 2004, shares have climbed a jaw-dropping 5,360%. This gain is

Investors have pushed Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock to new highs in recent weeks. The tech giant's share price performance is trouncing the wider market, having soared nearly 60% this year. By

The past two years weren't kind to dividend-paying tech stocks. Rising interest rates drove many investors from tech stocks toward more conservative sectors, while rising yields for fixed-income

The stock market's "Magnificent Seven" consists of Apple, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), and Tesla. Grouped together under this banner due to

Streaming pioneer Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is a media giant and no stranger to investors. The growth stock has obliterated the broader stock market over its lifetime, returning more than 39,000% since

Detroit automakers such as Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors are well-known for manufacturing large SUVs and trucks -- it's long been their bread and butter. But nobody's quite sure

Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is investing billions of dollars in building its own foundry business. The real payoff won't come until 2025 at the earliest when its Intel 18A process node, expected

Training and running advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models requires more than just powerful graphics processing units (GPUs). Those GPUs do the heavy lifting, but feeding the ultra-powerful

In December, many investors start thinking about which stocks they'll buy in 2024, which is a great idea. Part of this assessment is examining how a company did during 2023 and seeing if it can turn

It's a good time to be a cryptocurrency investor, and by extension it's good to be an investor in cryptocurrency mining businesses.

The latest proof of that was Marathon Digital Holdings' (NASDAQ:

A potential collaboration with a major tech company sent Paramount Global's (NASDAQ: PARA) stock skyward on the last trading day of the week. The storied entertainment company's share price improved

Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have a lot in common. Both are among the biggest companies in the world by market cap, have delivered amazing returns to longtime

The S&P 500 has already climbed roughly 19% this year amid soaring investor sentiment, but history says there is more gas in the tank. Since 1928, the index has frequently moved higher in December