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Legendary investor Peter Lynch popularized the idea of "buying what you know." If you use and like a product or service, chances are that lots of other people do, too, and chances are that the

IT consulting giant Accenture (NYSE: ACN) surged 7% through noon ET on Thursday despite missing its fiscal third-quarter 2024 earnings by a whisker.

Heading into earnings, analysts forecast

With a current market cap of $552 billion, Visa (NYSE: V) is one of the most valuable companies in the world. Its shares have performed well for investors, rising 420% in the past decade.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) credit company Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ: PGY) stock jumped 21% in May according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. It reported excellent

It's impossible to definitively label any stock as an easy wealth builder. All investments carry risk -- that's kind of the whole point of investing -- and past performance can't guarantee future

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT) has risen around 35% over the past year versus a roughly 27% gain for the S&P 500 index. The spread between the two gets even wider as

Visa's (NYSE: V) performance is often directly correlated with the economy. That makes a lot of sense, since Visa is the largest credit card network in the world and powers trillions of dollars in

I think most investors would agree that Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) are two high-quality enterprises. Both companies, whose shares have been big winners historically, are even owned by

2024 has been quite the year on Wall Street so far. After an epic emergence from the bear market, the artificial intelligence (AI) boom has investors seeking out "what's next." Remarkably, even

Visa (NYSE: V) has historically been a market-beating stock, but it's trailing the S&P 500 index during some recent periods, including so far in 2024. Does that mean it's past its prime, and you

Through his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett has generated multi-decade average annual returns of roughly 20%. It pays to pay attention to what he is buying.

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Dividends are small but mighty wealth creators. That's abundantly clear in the data. Over the past 50 years, the average dividend-paying stock in the S&P 500 has delivered a 9.2% average annualized

There haven't been many stocks that have performed better than Mastercard (NYSE: MA) in recent memory. Since its initial public offering in May 2006, the credit card payment processor's shares have

If you're fortunate to have money that you don't need to cover your living expenses or pay down debt and are looking to invest it in the stock market, you've come to the right place. Here are two

Visa (NYSE: V) is by far the No. 1 U.S. payment card company in terms of payment volume, branded cards outstanding, and market cap. What it hasn't been lately is a popular investment; it has lagged

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) recently reported its 2024 first-quarter results. Revenue and diluted earnings per share (EPS) came in ahead of Wall Street estimates, but because the market is a

Financial services businesses aren't exactly the most exciting. However, banks and brokerage stocks have proven to be solid investment choices over a long-term horizon.

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You don't necessarily need to buy only individual stocks to get excellent results in your portfolio, and that's especially true if you can find broad opportunities to invest in. In this video

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Dylan Lewis and analyst Mason Moser talk about Tesla's down results and up market reaction, how Boeing's backlog insulates it from short-term delivery hiccups, and

Within the finance sector over many years, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has been one of the more popular stocks to own. Yet there was a distinct lack of love for the payment card giant on Wednesday, as

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The market has gotten off to a nice start in 2024, and many stocks are trading at high valuations -- but not all. In today's video I will look at four top dividend stocks, whose companies

Truly reliable dividend stocks can be hard to find, but there are a few companies on the market that are great candidates for income investors. If you're looking for long-term passive income from a

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Visa's (NYSE: V) latest quarterly earnings results and updates his recommendation of Visa stock.

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