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Investors buy stocks for all types of reasons, so whether Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is a buy will depend on an investor's aims. The world's largest maker of construction equipment isn't a "buy" for

Investing in good companies, and paying reasonable prices to do so, is a winning strategy in the long run. Some companies have enormous competitive advantages and fantastic long-term growth

American Express (NYSE: AXP) has been quite the express to wealth in recent times. Over the past three years alone, the stock's price has risen by 76%, a rate that tops the S&P 500 index's 45% gain

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has surged back with gusto this year after macroeconomic headwinds dragged the shares down 27% in 2022. The stock is currently up a blistering 46% since Jan. 1.

Apple has

In retirement, dividend-paying stocks offer a level of stability and security that growth stocks do not. That's because companies that consistently pay and raise their dividends typically have

Twelve years ago, the four largest American companies by market capitalization were ExxonMobil, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Chevron. Since then, ExxonMobil and Chevron have

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) entered the discrete graphics card market in October of 2022. The company is no stranger to graphics – its CPUs have long included integrated graphics capabilities that are good

The daily ups and downs of the market can distract and keep you focused on the short term. But in reality, real wealth is made when you think in terms of years, buying great companies and letting

Shares of heavy machinery makers Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) were up 3.2% and 3.0%, respectively, as of 3:44 p.m. ET Tuesday versus the S&P 500's (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) more

Shares of Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) are soaring in Tuesday's daily trading session. The telecommunications company's stock was up 17.5% as of 3:15 p.m. ET, according to data from S&P Global

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) silicon efforts have become the company's key differentiator over competitors. And advances announced last week put high-performance chips into more people's hands. Travis

Boeing (NYSE: BA) CEO Dave Calhoun recently told the investment community that composites will play a significant role in the company's development of airplanes. That's excellent news for composite

If only investors could rewind time and go back to the beginning of the year and put all their money in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock. You'd be sitting on a cool gain of more than 41%. Unfortunately

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and its CEO Pat Gelsinger have made it clear that the Foundry Services (IFS) business -- where it manufactures chips on a contract basis for other semiconductor designers -- is

After a crushing 2022 market left investors banged up, the growth-centric Nasdaq Composite is having a better 2023 and is already up 27% since the beginning of the year. While there is some

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) may have a big head start on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in virtual reality, but there's a big difference in how their products will get into consumers' hands. Apple will be

When volatility picks up on Wall Street, smart investors typically turn to dividend stocks. That's because publicly traded companies that pay a regular dividend are usually profitable on a recurring

There's a lot of uncertainty among stock analysts these days, with many at odds about whether there's currently a bear or bull market. Some experts are celebrating that multiple stocks have

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian compares Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to determine which technology stock is the better buy for long-term investors

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Microsoft may be

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new headset has gotten a lot of buzz, but people aren't talking about what the company didn't say. The words "virtual reality" were absent, despite this being a virtual

While high-yield dividend stocks may attract outsized attention from investors, companies paying well-funded and growing, albeit smaller, dividends tend to outperform the market and their peers over

It has only been six months since ChatGPT launched, sparking a new revolution in artificial intelligence (AI), but one thing seems clear. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)

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The Big Apple

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are both often considered blue chip tech stalwarts instead of exciting growth stocks. Yet both of these tech giants are also plugged into the