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Last year was a good one for Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and, by extension, its shareholders. The stock more than doubled in value in 2023, following a turnaround effort that began in response to the

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller is a former hedge fund manager best known for betting against the British pound in 1992. He managed George Soros' Quantum Fund at the time, and the pair reportedly

If you're anything like me, you know Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) as a company that markets this amazing platform for creating turnkey e-commerce websites.

But I recently discovered that while Shopify

Stanley Druckenmiller bets on themes. Well, he does a lot of other things, but when he invests in individual stocks, he typically buys because of a multi-year secular theme. It can pay to listen to

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian evaluates IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its prospects in the artificial intelligence market in 2024 and beyond.

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After years of trailing Apple in the race to be the world's largest company (by market cap), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has edged ahead of its longtime rival.

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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the world's second-largest company in terms of market capitalization, valued at $3 trillion as of this writing. The stock's impressive 67% jump in the past year -- fueled

The rage for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks is showing no signs of cooling off. That's why Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) management made sure to mention AI tech prominently in both the press release

In this video, I will talk about the recent PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) First Look event that announced six innovations that would revolutionize commerce. The future looks promising with new CEO Alex

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are two of the best-performing stocks of the last decade.

Both have benefited from strong tailwinds in e-commerce to dominate their respective

Many investors might dismiss Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) as a slow-growth tech stock which is owned for stability and income instead of big, long-term gains. But over the past five years, Oracle's stock

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and answers which one is the best growth stock to buy for investors.

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Let me cut right to the chase.

In my book, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) is one of the best buys on the market today. I've been rolling out the red carpet for Big Blue since the

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The two leading semiconductor design software and verification platforms --  Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) and Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS) -- have been off to the races the last few years

After years of drifting in the hinterlands, IBM finally seems to be coming back to life.

Big Blue delighted investors with its fourth-quarter earnings report, and the stock finished Thursday's

The long-term slump of International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) stock may have finally ended. Following the release of its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 earnings, the stock price surged 9%

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is one of the pioneers of online commerce. But over the past few years, the fintech landscape has ballooned with new competition. While PayPal is still very much a global

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Block (NYSE: SQ) and answers which one he thinks is the better growth stock to buy.

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It's never fun to be reminded of terrible investments.

The other day, I was going through a rarely revisited desk drawer. There was this digital video camera I picked up in 2010 -- a solid model at

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) crushed Wall Street estimates in the fourth quarter, adding 13.1 million net new subscribers. This was the company's best fourth quarter ever. Revenue was up 12.5% year over

On Dec. 5, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) Chief Operating Officer Kaz Nejatian took the stage for the company's investor-day presentation. He noted how the company had worked hard for years to develop