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Monday is shaping up to be a be a bad day to own renewable energy stocks. Shares of hydroelectric, wind, and solar power plant operator Brookfield Renewable Energy (NYSE: BEPC) fell 4.1% through

Shares of fast-food giant McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) fell on Monday after the company reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023. The results were solid, but management's guidance for

Game-changing innovations and massive new markets can create lucrative opportunities for investors. Read on to learn more about two stocks that could deliver life-altering gains to their

On Friday, shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) jumped 7.9%, following the e-commerce and cloud computing leader's release on the prior afternoon of better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2023 results. The

Share of SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) stock fell 21% in January, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. It received a downgrade from one analyst, and investors are still

I stumbled upon some data a few years back that has altered my investment philosophy. According to data by Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds, dividend growers and initiators have delivered

The energy sector is coming off a more turbulent year. Oil and gas prices were down while interest rates rose. As a result, most energy stocks slumped in 2023.

Last year's challenges have many

Despite lower oil and gas prices, 2023 was one of Chevron's (NYSE: CVX) best-ever years. The global oil and gas behemoth pumped a record 3.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d) last

Higher-yielding dividend stocks are often higher-risk investments. Those bigger payouts offer investors tempting potential rewards for putting their money into a company with a higher risk profile.

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Shares of Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), the cable and internet company behind Spectrum Internet, tumbled 15.7% through 12:45 p.m. ET on Friday after the company reported a big miss on its

The stock of energy giant Chevron (NYSE: CVX) popped Friday morning after the company reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 results. Chevron shares jumped as much as 3.3%. As of 11:35 a.m

Shares of residential solar company SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) jumped as much as 27.4% in trading on Thursday after the company announced some new financing updates. Shares drifted lower as the day

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is one of the largest integrated energy companies on the planet. But even an integrated business model can't shield the company from the basic dynamics of the oil industry -- one

MPLX (NYSE: MPLX) recently closed the books on 2023. It was another very strong year for the master limited partnership (MLP). The energy midstream company grew its earnings and cash flow at a

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) enjoyed a stellar growth year in 2023, becoming the poster child for a boom in artificial intelligence (AI).

The company benefited from a spike in demand for graphics

2024 has been a good year in the broader market. But that's largely the result of a few heavy-weight areas like artificial intelligence and the semiconductor industry carrying the major indices.

The S&P 500 index delivered a gain of 24.3% last year, but it was led higher by a group of stocks dubbed the "Magnificent Seven." This cohort includes:

The companies have a combined market value of

Investors looking for an easy way to add U.S. equity exposure to their portfolios will probably find Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI) of interest. That said, while it does some things

Tellurian (NYSEMKT: TELL) tanked last year. Shares of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project developer have plummeted more than 70% over the past 12 months. Several factors have weighed on the

When Canada legalized adult uses of cannabis in late 2018, investors rushed to buy shares of what looked like the most promising companies in the field. Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ: ACB) was one of the

For decades, tobacco stocks were the cream of the crop when it came to investment performance. Despite years and years of volume declines in the United States and other markets, sellers of

The "Magnificent Seven" refers to a group of the world's largest technology stocks, which have a combined market capitalization of $12.7 trillion. Given that sheer size, they represent 28.7% of the

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is a giant company, with a huge market cap of roughly $400 billion. It has a fairly attractive dividend yield of around 3.8%, compared to the S&P 500 index's relatively tiny

NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is an outlier. While it operates in the sleepy utility sector, it's anything but lethargic. It has delivered peer-leading earnings growth over the last decade, beating the