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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Palantir (NYSE: PLTR), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to determine which is the best AI stock to buy now.

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Shares of U.S. telecom giant Verizon (NYSE: VZ) fell 7.5% in trading on Monday after a series of articles in The Wall Street Journal highlighted the lead in cable sheathing that telecom companies

On a moderately good day for tech stocks with the Nasdaq up 0.7% as of 1 p.m. ET, shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) are doing better than most, and gaining 2.5%.

That sounds like good news -- but the

There was very little to dislike about JPMorgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM) second-quarter earnings report.

The largest bank in the U.S. by assets reported nearly $14.5 billion in profits on revenue of

Picking high-quality businesses in thriving industries is a proven way to succeed as an investor. A growing industry often translates into growing revenue and profits for its major players

The FAANG acronym is short for Facebook (now Meta Platforms), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google -- a stand-in for its parent, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL).

While there are certainly some

Many retirees and income-focused investors gravitate toward stable, dividend-paying stocks. After all, as we age, we look to de-risk our portfolios and seek consistent payouts to supplement Social

JPMorgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon has not been shy about how he feels about regulatory capital requirements. Not only does Dimon find the requirements to be nonsensical, but he also

When a company has absolutely dominated a market for decades, you can be sure that it has some significant competitive advantages. That's certainly the case for networking hardware provider Cisco

Wayne Gretzky probably had no idea how much one thing he said would be repeated through the years. But one of his most famous statements certainly was memorable and worthy of repetition: "I skate to

It's only July, but 2023 has already been a terrific year for most stocks. The benchmark S&P 500 index is up more than 17% since the end of 2022.

While this has been a great year for most of the

The past two years have been quite the adventure for Wall Street and investors. In the second half of 2021, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) will likely make a critical transition in the coming years. As one of the leading ultra-discount retailers, it has long been in a growth mode, steadily expanding a

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) to determine which is the better dividend stock to buy for passive income investors.

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The upward momentum in the stock market this week ran out of steam on Friday afternoon, as the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) and S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gave up early gains to close

When investors think of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) these days, several high-profile topics likely spring immediately to mind.

The tech giant helped kick off the recent artificial intelligence (AI)

After a rocky end to 2022, the enterprise is back. Many stocks that cratered last year on fear that companies would cut back spending have risen this year as the tech environment turned out better

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JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)Q2 2023 Earnings CallJul 14, 2023, 8:30 a.m. ET

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In trading Friday, shares of C3.ai (NYSE: AI) suffered a blip, falling by as much as 5.6% before recovering a bit. As of 1:55 p.m. ET, they were down by

Earnings season is here, and investors late this week got an opening salvo of financial results from several high-profile companies. The early news has overall been fairly good, and that sent all

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UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)Q2 2023 Earnings CallJul 14, 2023, 8:45 a.m. ET

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Shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), the nation's largest private medical insurer, were up more than 6.6% as of 11 a.m. ET on Friday after the company reported second-quarter earnings. The heal

The bullish mood on Wall Street continued on Friday, as the beginning of second-quarter earnings season is now officially under way. Half an hour into the trading day, the Dow Jones Industrial

What happens when the hype subsides? That is what investors should ask themselves about Google's parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL).

There is little doubt that the company was

Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) turnaround under CEO Pat Gelsinger has two core components: one, regain manufacturing leadership by investing heavily in new process nodes and facilities while building out a