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Higher interest rates have weighed on the value of dividend-paying stocks. That has pushed up their dividend yields, allowing investors to generate a lot more passive investment income.

For example

The past several months have been confusing for many investors. While the stock market has been on its way up, many experts are still calling for a recession later this year.

The S&P 500 has surged

We're less than halfway through 2023, but it already looks like it will forever be remembered as the year artificial intelligence (AI) made its mark on the stock market. New generative AI

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian highlights how supply chain problems that arose during the pandemic still give Boeing (NYSE: BA) a hard time.

*Stock prices used were the

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gave the world a peek into the future of technology at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier this month.

As it has done in the past, Apple wowed the audience with

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (NYSE: SPR) was forced to halt operations at a Kansas facility after workers at the plant voted to reject a new contract offer. The uncertainty engendered by that vote

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has dropped out of the spotlight this year as its big tech peers, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet, fight an intense battle over artificial intelligence (AI). 

Microsoft

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) saw its share price fall 11.1% this week, as of Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. ET, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. It had been down as much as 16% during the week

Shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) fell off a cliff last week after the company reported that it is seeing a rise in surgeries. This development will increase its costs and impact its bottom

Oil prices have fallen more than 10% this year. That's a surprise, given the strength in demand and the weakness in supplies. Those fundamental factors lead many oil market experts to believe oil

After Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its Vision Pro mixed reality headset, many people were impressed by the technology. However, Apple didn't do this project alone. One of its key partners was

Shares of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have fallen more than 25% over the past year. I've been steadily buying that dip to boost my position. The main driver is Verizon's high-yielding dividend. With shares

In its fiscal 2023 second quarter (ended March 31), Visa (NYSE: V) posted revenue of $8 billion and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.03, both of which exceeded Wall Street analyst estimates.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) became a trillion-dollar company for the first time in September 2018, nearly doubled in value to $1.9 trillion in July 2021, but it's now only worth $1.3 trillion. The

Semiconductor-giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has its sights set on slashing annual costs by as much as $10 billion by the end of 2025. Until now, it was somewhat unclear where those cost savings would

Investors have been on a roller coaster the last few years, with the COVID-19 pandemic sending many tech stocks skyrocketing. Then, countless companies watched their stocks take a deeper dive amid

"The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone."

-- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates 

Once a decade or so, a

While the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite has jumped 29% year to date, the blue chip-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average has managed just a 2.4% rebound this year. As the Dow's performance suggests

The stock market is on a tear this year, with the Nasdaq-100 technology index logging a gain of 38% so far -- and we're still in the first half. Many of the popular stocks investors love have surged

Historically speaking, when volatility picks up on Wall Street, smart investors turn their attention to dividend stocks. While not all income stocks are guaranteed moneymakers, dividend stocks

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) are major suppliers of aerospace equipment, and their ultimate end demand comes from airlines that purchase planes. It's a great industry to invest

Analysts increasingly consider Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven stock for good reason. Since Amazon Web Services (AWS) remains a critical cloud services provider, it

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses the challenges Boeing (NYSE: BA) faces as it aims to deliver orders placed years ago.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of June 20, 2023

It initially looked as though Thursday would be another bad day for the stock market, but most major market indexes reversed course and headed higher by the end of the day. Gains were sharpest for

Shares of clinical-stage biotech Dice Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DICE) jumped by 37.5% during the first three and a half days of trading this week, according to data provided by S&P Global Market