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Better Buy: Amazon vs. PayPal
Better Buy: Amazon vs. PayPal

Pandemic reopenings last year sent consumers to brick-and-mortar stores in droves. The e-commerce market took a hit that was then compounded when macroeconomic headwinds in 2022 led to a further

Carnival Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Carnival Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) was decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, as demand became nonexistent due to health concerns, and the business was faced with financial difficulties. Nowadays, however,

This Investment Strategy Has Been Foolproof Since 1900 -- 104 for 104 -- and It's the Closest Thing to a Wall Street Guarantee
This Investment Strategy Has Been Foolproof Since 1900 -- 104 for 104 -- and It's the Closest Thing to a Wall Street Guarantee

One of the hardest things for new investors to come to terms with, and one of the reminders tenured investors regularly need, is that stocks can go down just as easily as they can climb.

In 2021

Best Growth Stock to Buy: PayPal vs. Block
Best Growth Stock to Buy: PayPal vs. Block

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Block (NYSE: SQ) are attracting the interest of investors partly due to their depressed stock prices. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian picks his

Citigroup Plans Spin-out, IPO of Mexico-based Banamex
Citigroup Plans Spin-out, IPO of Mexico-based Banamex

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Why AI Hype Lifted Nvidia but Not Snowflake Stock
Why AI Hype Lifted Nvidia but Not Snowflake Stock

Wall Street kept its eyes squarely on Washington on Wednesday, and investors didn't like what they saw. Without any apparent solution in sight for the debt ceiling problem, stock markets once again

Are Uber and Waymo a Match Made in Heaven?
Are Uber and Waymo a Match Made in Heaven?

After giving up on its own autonomous driving technology years ago, Uber (NYSE: UBER) is now partnering with Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Waymo to bring autonomous vehicles to

Writers' Strike Just Tip of Iceberg?
Writers' Strike Just Tip of Iceberg?

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Why Agilent Technologies Stock Is Sinking Today
Why Agilent Technologies Stock Is Sinking Today

Shares of Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) were sinking 7.9% lower as of 11:34 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The decline came after the life sciences company announced its fiscal 2023 second-quarter results

Jamie Dimon Is Very Concerned About This Fed Policy
Jamie Dimon Is Very Concerned About This Fed Policy

At JPMorgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM) recent investor day, CEO Jamie Dimon provided a lot of insight into how he felt about the banking industry and the economy. One thing Dimon is very concerned about

OpenAI Will Add Microsoft Bing to ChatGPT -- That Spells Trouble for Alphabet's Google
OpenAI Will Add Microsoft Bing to ChatGPT -- That Spells Trouble for Alphabet's Google

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has landed right in the middle of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry in 2023 -- entirely on purpose, of course. Earlier this year, the company made a blockbuster

Why Walt Disney, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discovery Are No-Brainer Buys Right Now
Why Walt Disney, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discovery Are No-Brainer Buys Right Now

According to Yahoo! Finance, entertainment stocks collectively lost $500 billion in 2022. Indeed, 2023 has continued to pile pressure on companies such as Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Netflix (NASDAQ:

Microsoft Stock: Headed to $400?
Microsoft Stock: Headed to $400?

The hype surrounding AI, thanks to OpenAI's ChatGPT, has likely been one of the main factors beyond Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock's 33% gain this year. The company has jumped on the bandwagon in

Does AI Spell Doom for Amazon and Google? Bill Gates Thinks So
Does AI Spell Doom for Amazon and Google? Bill Gates Thinks So

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) show up on nearly every list of leaders in artificial intelligence (AI). And rightly so.

The conventional wisdom is

Netflix Viewers: Check Your Email. The Password Sharing Crackdown Has Begun.
Netflix Viewers: Check Your Email. The Password Sharing Crackdown Has Begun.

Early last year, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) revealed something that many investors already knew: password sharing was rampant on its platform. The company had previously encouraged account sharing as a

Wells Fargo to Present at the 39th Annual Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference
Wells Fargo to Present at the 39th Annual Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference


Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said today that Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf will present at the 39th Annual Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 8:00

2 Dividend Stocks Putting More Money in Investors' Pockets
2 Dividend Stocks Putting More Money in Investors' Pockets

Are you a shareholder of either Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML)? If so, congratulations: You recently became incrementally richer. As is their habit, both companies recently

3 Reasons the Market Yawned at China's Micron Ban
3 Reasons the Market Yawned at China's Micron Ban

The semiconductor space is one of the most exciting and dynamic sectors in the world. However, with the potential exception of oil and other commodity companies, semiconductor companies are perhaps

2 Leading Tech Stocks to Buy in 2023 and Beyond
2 Leading Tech Stocks to Buy in 2023 and Beyond

After a sell-off in 2022, tech stocks are on the rise this year. Markets such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) have caught the eye of Wall

Better Growth Stock: PayPal vs. Adyen
Better Growth Stock: PayPal vs. Adyen

In 2018, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced it would part ways with its former subsidiary PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and transition all of its digital payments to the smaller Dutch company Adyen (OTC: ADYE.Y)

High Inventory Levels and Sluggish Server Shipments Are a Persistent Problem for Memory Chip Stocks
High Inventory Levels and Sluggish Server Shipments Are a Persistent Problem for Memory Chip Stocks

Memory prices continue to decline even as memory companies like Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) decrease shipments. Want to learn more about what is impacting the memory market? Check out the short

2 Robinhood Stocks With Market-Beating Potential
2 Robinhood Stocks With Market-Beating Potential

Robinhood, the online brokerage known for its easy-to-use stock trading app, often attracts a younger cohort of investors looking to get started in the market. And this group of investors has

Nvidia Has Had Numerous Updates Before Earnings -- Here Is What Investors Should Know
Nvidia Has Had Numerous Updates Before Earnings -- Here Is What Investors Should Know

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has announced numerous updates with big tech players like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), and Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL). Want to learn more about

Under-the-Radar AI Beast and Huge Apple News -- Broadcom Stock Analysis
Under-the-Radar AI Beast and Huge Apple News -- Broadcom Stock Analysis

When looking for the best stocks to buy, it's important to look at megatrends and have a vision for the future. Without question, artificial intelligence is the hottest topic of 2023. The obvious

Former OpenAI Execs Secure $450 Million Funding for Google-Backed AI Venture Anthropic -- Should Microsoft Be Worried?
Former OpenAI Execs Secure $450 Million Funding for Google-Backed AI Venture Anthropic -- Should Microsoft Be Worried?

The artificial intelligence (AI) start-up battle is heating up.

While OpenAI, backed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has grabbed much of the attention in the artificial intelligence industry, a team of