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Companies like Alphabet, Microsoft, and Nvidia soak up a lot of attention in the artificial intelligence (AI) race -- the first two because they invest in public-facing products, like ChatGPT

There's a reason that diversification has stood the test of time as one of the most important aspects of investing. Not only does it lessen the impact of poor performance from a single or few

Searching for investments that can outperform the benchmark S&P 500 index often gets wickedly complicated. If you're new to the investing process, you'll be glad to learn that building a portfolio

For years, I didn't participate in an HSA for one simple reason -- my health insurance plan wasn't compatible with one. Of course, the upside there was that I had a nice, low deductible to cover

Everyone wants a piece of the fast-growing and highly promising artificial intelligence (AI) market. Various famous names on Wall Street have somewhat different picks in the field, although the same

The shortened trading week that ended on May 31 was a strange one for the vaccine developer Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). Biotech stocks generally rise after a product they spent years developing earns

With the stock of many leading technology companies rocketing to all-time highs recently, are there any values left in the sector?

One part of the tech sector in a big downturn right now is chip

Tracking what billionaire hedge fund managers are doing is a great way to get ideas for your portfolio. Most of the time, they have a proven track record, but you need to make sure they're buying

In the blockbuster 1997 movie Titanic, the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio stood on the bow of the ship and proclaimed, "I'm the king of the world!" Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is having that kind

The steps to maximize Social Security retirement benefits before you claim them are straightforward. Work for at least 35 years. Make as much money as possible. Hold off on collecting your benefits.

In today's market, cybersecurity stocks have become increasingly notable growth stocks. Such security is crucial to maintaining the integrity of cloud computing, and companies have become innovators

If there's one thing most dividend investors try to avoid at all costs, it is a dividend trap (a high-yield stock that is about to cut its dividend).

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY), with its

The S&P 500 index plunged into a bear market near the start of 2022 that bottomed out in late October. The current bull market started then, but final confirmation that bull market was actually

Want to retire a millionaire? ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, are a great way to get there. These funds were created to track almost every investing category you might be interested in, everything

Share prices of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) slid following its fiscal 2025 first-quarter earnings report (for the quarter ending April 30) despite the cybersecurity company reporting strong revenue growth

Although the S&P 500 is close to its all-time high, some stocks trade for remarkably cheap valuations. In this video, longtime Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel discusses why he thinks PayPal

History has shown that one of the simplest ways for investors to consistently give their portfolio the best the market has to offer is by investing in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Composed of 500

Guarantees are virtually nonexistent on Wall Street... with the exception of volatility. Short-term movements in the stock market's major indexes are consistently unpredictable. During periods of

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has a large base of customers and a long record of paying dividends. It's got a streak of increasing the dividend each year for 17 consecutive years and that has

The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (NASDAQ: MAGS) is the type of investment product that sounds exciting, but that most investors should think twice about buying.

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When it comes to analyzing an investment, pet e-commerce company Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) seems pretty straightforward. The company attracts pet owners to the platform by offering more than 100,000

Salesforce's (NYSE: CRM) stock price plunged 20% on May 30 after the company released its latest earnings report, marking its steepest one-day decline in 20 years. For the first quarter of fiscal

Although Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is just as fallible as every other investor, you wouldn't know it by comparing the aggregate return of his company's Class A

Imagine a glob of wet cement and a stick of butter sitting side by side in the middle of the street on a hot summer day in Florida. Both objects are experiencing the exact same thing -- intense heat