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Stock market indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are excellent benchmarks for tracking how the broader market is doing. But so are stock market sectors.

Each component of the S&P 500 is

Artificial intelligence (AI) went viral early last year and shows no signs of letting up. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) supplies the graphics processing units (GPUs) that underpin the technology, and demand

Roaring Kitty's return to the social media platform Reddit inspired a surge in meme stock prices on Monday, and it's looking like Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) stock is a prime beneficiary of the

An HSBC analyst recently raised the investment firm's price target on 3M (NYSE: MMM) stock to $115 from $91 and upgraded its rating to buy from hold. The upgrade implies a nearly 15% upside for the

Shares of quick-service coffee and beverage chain Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) have spiked more than 26% since May 7th, when the company blew away first-quarter estimates. Despite this rise, TD Cowen

If you are looking for a dividend stock, Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) and its 5.4% or so dividend yield might just pop up on your radar screen. After all, the S&P 500 index yields just 1.3% and

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the landmark deal struck between AI and cloud giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), infrastructure giant Brookfield Corp (NYSE: BN), and its

It wasn't obvious at first, but Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) disappointed its shareholders this week. The entertainment conglomerate reported that it earned $1.21 per share for the second quarter of its

Clinical-stage biotech Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT) delivered quarterly results that fell well short of expectations on Wednesday. While one analyst trimmed her price target on the stock in

The electric vehicle (EV) industry has had quite a few struggles, and one of the biggest individual strugglers has been Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA). Beset by a host of troubles, some of its own making

Miserable news this week for investors in Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) stock: On Monday, Spirit reported losing $1.46 per share in Q1, adjusted for one-time items -- only a penny worse than Wall

Investors weren't too impressed with Rocket Lab's (NASDAQ: RKLB) first-quarter earnings report Monday, selling shares of the space stock down 2% despite Rocket Lab reporting 69% sales growth in Q1

Last year, bank stocks were dragged down by some of the largest bank failures since the Great Recession. However, bank stocks have performed better over the past six months as the Federal Reserve

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe break down why EMCOR Group (NYSE: EME) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP)(NYSE: BIPC) are both set to win big from the

What's the best way to ensure you have ample income during your later years? Plan ahead. If you start planning (and investing) early enough, your chances of enjoying a comfortable retirement

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) advanced 10.2% during the three-month period that ended in March, notching 22 record highs along the way. That was the index's strongest first quarter since 2019, and

To simplify the story, New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYCB) got too big, too fast just as interest rate increases made operating a bank more complicated. It ended up needing a huge cash infusion

A company's track record for paying dividends is a good indicator of how versatile and adaptable the business is in dealing with changing economic conditions. That doesn't mean that the dividend

My core dividend investing approach can be simplified down to buying reliable dividend stocks when they have historically high yields. That's why I first bought Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) in

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEPC)(NYSE: BEP) has done a magnificent job over the years delivering a growing dividend to its investors. The leading renewable energy producer has increased its payout