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The retail industry is vast, with the U.S. market soaring from a value of $3 trillion in 2000 to over $7 trillion in 2022. The rise of online shopping and digital forms of payment has expanded the

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall takes a closer look at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). One is most worth buying right now.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped push tech giants, including Microsoft and Nvidia, to new valuation highs and lifted the performance of the stock market at large. On the other hand, not every

After a stellar performance in 2023 that saw shares rising 90%, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is off to an ominous start in the new year, losing more than 6% of its value as of this writing.

The drop in

Did you know that achieving a 10% return over a period of 25 years would turn a $5,000 investment into more than $54,000? And that's just if you average the S&P 500's long-run return of 10%. If you

Dividends offer people a great answer to the age-old question of how to get rewarded for the risks they take in investing without having to sell the shares they've purchased. Yet if there's a

Since January 2021, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has made for a fantastic investment, rising 44% during that time. This gain far outpaces the 14% rise of the Nasdaq Composite.

The business, known for its

It's no secret that Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is among the most successful retailing businesses around. An intense focus on efficiency and price leadership allowed the warehouse club giant to

Nike (NYSE: NKE) has certainly been a household name for a long time. And it has rewarded investors. Shares have increased nearly 12-fold in the last two decades, a gain that crushes the S&P 500 by

After a decade-plus of epic market outperformance, digital payment infrastructure companies Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) had a middling 2023. Both companies provided shareholders with a

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office suite has long been the choice of productivity tools for businesses and customers. While this will continue to be the case, Microsoft is also launching more tools

Billionaire David Tepper runs Appaloosa Management, a hedge fund that has regularly outperformed industry peers and the broader stock market since it was founded in 1993. Indeed, Appaloosa beat the

COVID-19 has been especially rough for Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) investors over the last couple of years. Shares of both drugmakers have plunged as the demand for their

With the iPhone, MacBook, iPad, and various wearables, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sells some of the most popular hardware products on the face of the planet. And these devices alone have made this

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock has turned many shareholders into millionaires over the past few decades. After all, the software giant's climb toward $3 trillion of market capitalization has been

A new chipmaking rival might be arriving on the scene before long, but that only bolstered sentiment on one of the sector's top incumbents on Friday. Investors flocked to Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has notably lagged behind its more glamorous peers in the tech sector. That wasn't necessarily the case on Friday with its stock, as the shares rushed to

Tech-titan Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has executed nine stock splits over its long history. Let's say you bought one share between the initial public offering (IPO) in 1986 and the first split in

Plenty of tech stocks saw their prices rise in 2023 thanks to the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI). One of the beneficiaries of Wall Street's AI infatuation is International Business

Investors have some high expectations around Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) upcoming earnings report. In late January, the software company is likely to announce strong growth in its core cloud-services

In the last decade, shares of Visa (NYSE: V) have climbed by 375%. This gain exceeds both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index by a wide margin. Thanks to this remarkable past performance,

One of the few guarantees Wall Street offers investors is change. Throughout history, the combination of innovation, competitive forces, legal decisions, and acquisitions has consistently fueled

At a World Economic Forum event on Wednesday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon lobbed another criticism at Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Discussing the utility of the market-leading cryptocurrency, Dimon

Boeing (NYSE: BA) got a big endorsement for its 737 MAX line from an Indian customer, providing investors with a sign that demand for the plane remains strong despite its latest quality issues

Earnings season started off strong last week with JPMorgan Chase reporting record profits. However, the economy is still in flux, and it might be too early to celebrate the end of high inflation.