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This AI Innovator Will Be the Next Company to Join the $1 Trillion Club: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749412/gettyimages-artificial-intellgence-chip.jpeg
This AI Innovator Will Be the Next Company to Join the $1 Trillion Club

The $1 trillion club is full of artificial intelligence (AI) innovators and facilitators. The next company likely to join the group just showcased some of its newest generative AI capabilities.

Meta

Can PayPal Be a Trillion-Dollar Stock by 2040?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749353/thinking-in-front-of-trading-screens.jpg
Can PayPal Be a Trillion-Dollar Stock by 2040?

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) shareholders are really hoping that things turn around. The stock price of the leading digital payments enterprise is currently 81% below its all-time high, despite financial

3 Things About Microsoft That Smart Investors Know: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749487/happy-trader-investing-growth-profit-buy-stock-celebrate.jpg
3 Things About Microsoft That Smart Investors Know

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have climbed about 33% year to date, rallying investors with a growing position in artificial intelligence (AI) and a business that appears to be far less

Did Microsoft Just Give a Big Hint That Nvidia's Remarkable Run Could Soon Be Over?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749385/data-center-infrastructure-information-technology.jpg
Did Microsoft Just Give a Big Hint That Nvidia's Remarkable Run Could Soon Be Over?

There's no question which stock is most likely at this point to be the S&P 500's best performer of 2023. Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) share price has close to tripled year to date. The No. 2 S&P 500

3 Stocks That Could Create Lasting Generational Wealth: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749474/woman-piggy-bank.jpg
3 Stocks That Could Create Lasting Generational Wealth

The legendary investor Peter Lynch once famously said: "Everybody in the world is a long-term investor until the market goes down." That's why investors often claim they'll hold a stock forever and

Where Will Microsoft Stock Be in 3 Years?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749163/businessman-working-on-laptop-with-diagram-graph-on-computer.jpg
Where Will Microsoft Stock Be in 3 Years?

The speed at which the tech industry moves makes it hard for almost any business to create an enduring competitive position. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a major exception, as evidenced by its

The AI Hype Might Be Real for Adobe, But Is the Stock a Buy?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749292/person-using-photoshop-on-computer.jpg
The AI Hype Might Be Real for Adobe, But Is the Stock a Buy?

Since the release of generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic just about everywhere. Within the world of investing it has been especially prominent as

Microsoft is Creating an AI-Powered Factory Floor: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749543/featured-daily-upside-image.png
Microsoft is Creating an AI-Powered Factory Floor

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Microsoft wants

4 Super Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for the Artificial Intelligence Boom: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749285/a-digital-rendering-of-a-circuit-board-with-a-chip-embossed-with-the-letters-ai.jpg
4 Super Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for the Artificial Intelligence Boom

What is a data center? It's a dedicated building filled mostly with clusters of computer servers working in unison to complete tasks, and it's typically managed by tech giants like Microsoft and

Now That Amazon Just Raised Prices, Streaming's Set to Get Even More Expensive: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749349/gettyimages-shock-looking-at-bill.jpeg
Now That Amazon Just Raised Prices, Streaming's Set to Get Even More Expensive

Consumers are already increasingly frustrated with the rising price of streaming services, but more price increases may be yet to come.

Earlier this week, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) raised the price of

Better AI Stock: Applied Digital vs. SentinelOne: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749157/androids-business-suits.jpg
Better AI Stock: Applied Digital vs. SentinelOne

Many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks soared over the past year as the bulls touted the growth potential of generative AI platforms like OpenAI's ChatGPT. That rising tide lifted stocks like

2 Brilliant Growth Stocks to Invest $2,000 in Right Now: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748860/family-saving-money-generational-wealth.jpg
2 Brilliant Growth Stocks to Invest $2,000 in Right Now

Investor Ben Graham -- mentor to the Oracle of Omaha himself, Warren Buffett -- was once quoted as saying: "The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator."

3 Things About PayPal the Smartest Investors Know: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749064/fintech-payment-app-hands-smartphone.jpg
3 Things About PayPal the Smartest Investors Know

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is a leader in digital payments, which has proved to be a powerful growth trend over the past couple of decades. But its share price hasn't reflected this positive backdrop; it

Got $5,000? These Are 2 of the Best Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now.: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/745828/tsla-tesla-amzn-amazon-stock-investing-money.jpg
Got $5,000? These Are 2 of the Best Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now.

Don't think a $5,000 investment can pay off? Consider this: If you had invested $5,000 in Netflix 10 years ago, you would have more than $42,000 today. Relatively modest investments in the right

Is It Too Late to Buy Microsoft Stock?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749418/gettyimages-1438634414.jpg
Is It Too Late to Buy Microsoft Stock?

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian considers an investment in Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock in this brief video analysis.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Sept. 27, 2023. The

Adobe Stock: Bear vs. Bull: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748775/learning-computer-women-stem.jpg
Adobe Stock: Bear vs. Bull

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) stock seems to have many more bulls on its side than bears. The software giant is up over 50% through mid-September this year, easily beating the 13% gain in the S&P 500. Those

You Don't Have to Pick a Winner in Fintech Stocks. Here's Why.: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/746727/digital-payment-mobile-payment-wheelchair.jpg
You Don't Have to Pick a Winner in Fintech Stocks. Here's Why.

Fintech has moved from an emerging category into a full-blown growth industry. It's gone from being dominated by one and then two giants to being covered by a broad spectrum of both large and small

Up 52% This Year, Is Adobe Stock Still a Good Buy?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748699/investor-at-home-looking-at-multiple-charts.jpg
Up 52% This Year, Is Adobe Stock Still a Good Buy?

Adobe's (NASDAQ: ADBE) stock has benefited from the renewed bullishness in the tech sector this year. Gaining more than 50%, the shares have pushed back up over $500. The company is also continuing

3 Reasons Meta's Profits Could Soar in 2024: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748934/getty-images-social-media-scrolling-on-phone-networking.jpeg
3 Reasons Meta's Profits Could Soar in 2024

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has yet to return to its highly profitable ways, but that could be about to change.

After a severe downturn in earnings last year, Meta's tracking right in line with

Amazon's Big AI Investment Just Put Microsoft and Alphabet on Notice: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748817/ai-artificial-intelligence-powered-robots-sitting-at-a-conference-room-table-typing-on-laptops.jpg
Amazon's Big AI Investment Just Put Microsoft and Alphabet on Notice

There's little question that 2023 will likely go down in history as the year artificial intelligence (AI) came of age. While the technology has been around for decades, recent developments in the

Amazon Is Investing $4 Billion in a ChatGPT Competitor. Here's Why.: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748978/artificial-intelligence-ai-on-circuit-board.jpg
Amazon Is Investing $4 Billion in a ChatGPT Competitor. Here's Why.

The world's leading e-commerce company, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that it was investing up to $4 billion in a young artificial intelligence company called Anthropic. This news comes just

Is It Too Late to Buy Microsoft Stock?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749019/happy-stock-investor-holding-smartphone.jpg
Is It Too Late to Buy Microsoft Stock?

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has achieved record heights since its founding almost 50 years ago, emerging as a leader in software. Brands such as Windows, Office, Azure, and LinkedIn have made the

2 Stocks That Turned $10,000 Into $1.5 million (or More): https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/746543/a-large-pallet-of-money.jpg
2 Stocks That Turned $10,000 Into $1.5 million (or More)

Long-term investing offers a path to incredible wealth generation. Even if other stocks in your portfolio wind up being complete duds, owning just a small handful of big winners through the years

Microsoft Boosts Its Dividend Again. Here's How High the Payout Could Get Over the Next 20 Years: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/748695/a-couple-reviewing-a-statement.jpg
Microsoft Boosts Its Dividend Again. Here's How High the Payout Could Get Over the Next 20 Years

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) isn't a stock that dividend investors would normally select based on its yield. After all, at less than 1%, it's a below-average payout. Most investors target it for its

Will Meta Platforms Be a $2 Trillion Stock by 2030?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749000/people-using-smartphone.jpg
Will Meta Platforms Be a $2 Trillion Stock by 2030?

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) are up 148% so far this year on investor enthusiasm about solid improvements in its revenue and earnings. That should come as a big relief for long-term