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Since going public in 2015, financial technology (fintech) company PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) has generated tens of billions of dollars in profits. Where'd it all go?

It's not only important to

It's easy to find companies that are experiencing short-term gains as a result of hype rather than real growth. Finding companies that are growing fast and have the potential to go the distance in

Putting money into the stock market can seem complicated at first, but a good strategy is to follow broad secular shifts happening across the economy. One of the most powerful consumer shifts in the

Things change rapidly in the software industry. Competing in this space means you have to constantly innovate to stay ahead of peers. Your profit margins are usually vulnerable to rivals both large

Artificial intelligence has been the talk of the market all year and for good reason. Demand for chips is growing like crazy and new products are coming out almost daily. But one of the biggest AI

Wall Street analysts don't always get it right, but paying attention to which stocks they are bullish on can point investors toward great stocks that are about to take off.

Revolve Group (NYSE:

Tech stocks are among the most popular in the stock market because of their growth potential. As it stands, tech companies account for seven of the 10 largest public companies in the world by market

The high-stakes world of gaming has been abuzz since Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced its bold move to acquire Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI). Initially announced in January 2022, this

Inflation is driving up the cost of almost everything. That's eating into the purchasing power of your income, and that means most people need to find ways to increase their income. One strategy is

Meta (NASDAQ: META) has spent tens of billions of dollars building out virtual reality and metaverse technology, but Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is already commercializing products that are easy to use and

The metaverse was such a big deal that Facebook changed its name to Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META). But two years later, the metaverse is rarely talked about. In this video, Travis Hoium covers what

The stock market's short-term twists and turns are almost impossible to reliably predict with meaningful consistency. But history has shown that taking a buy-and-hold approach to high-quality

Most investors classify Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as growth stocks, and for very good reason:

Had you invested $1,000 in any of those stocks at the

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) were moving higher as the Facebook parent benefited from a pair of positive analyst notes out on the stock this morning.

Shares were up 2.6% as of 11:20 a.m

It's been a tough week on Wall Street, as the Federal Reserve has sent investors once again into near-panic about the prospects for high interest rates for the foreseeable future. Yet it appeared as

Enthusiasm about artificial intelligence (AI) has driven substantial gains in the stock market this year, and it certainly has investors' attention. The technology is still in the early stages of

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Oracle wants its

While interest in the metaverse cooled down substantially in the past couple of years, I don't think investors should completely ignore this potentially game-changing technology. There are places to

Though some parts of the market are expensive right now, others are full of opportunities. So if you've got $1,000 (or any amount of money sitting around), some great stocks are available to

Adding to its long history of consistent dividend growth, software-giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced another dividend increase this week. Starting in December, the tech-company's quarterly

Shares of IBM (NYSE: IBM) were on the rise on Wednesday, up as much as 3.7% before settling in to a 2.8% gain as of 1:05 p.m. ET. The reason for IBM's rise was a rare outperform rating given on the

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) stock has been on fire in 2023 with an impressive year-to-date gain of 59% as of this writing. This has been fueled primarily by the company's moves to capitalize on the growing

Finding a few great companies to hold onto for many years can seem overwhelming, but the good news is that there are plenty to choose from. I tend to gravitate toward the tech sector for investment