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Boeing's (NYSE: BA) attempt to compete with SpaceX in the field of manned spaceflight is turning out to be an expensive gamble -- and verging on fiasco.

Since winning its $4.2 billion 2014 NASA

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the first publicly traded U.S. company to hit a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018. It also became the first to cross the $2 trillion mark in August 2020, and the

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) could easily be a value stock, but it could also be a value trap. Investors need to know both sides of the argument, and in this video, Travis Hoium covers why debt is the biggest

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian looks at Caterpillar's (NYSE: CAT) latest announcement of a dividend increase and what it could mean for investors.

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Buying and holding shares of great companies for years -- and yes, even a decade -- is a great way to build wealth. 

But it's not just about holding on to stocks for a long time; you first need to

If you close your eyes, you can almost hear the sounds of stock market bells ringing and bulls stampeding. Stock market euphoria is back, it seems.

Between May 4 and June 15, the Nasdaq has jumped

Depending on your investing timeline, Wall Street can be a pathway to financial dreams or a source of frustration. Over multiple decades, it's proved to be an unstoppable beast that, on an

Oil prices have been surprisingly lower than expected this year. Crude was recently in the low $70s, down double digits from the beginning of the year. That's a far cry from the calls that oil would

The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) stocks has reached a fever pitch.

After start-up OpenAI released its chatbot called ChatGPT to the world late last year, a new boom in AI investments

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has been beaten up by investors, but there's still a lot to like about the company. The valuation is great, and the dividend is strong, which is why Travis Hoium makes a case for

Buy on the dip. Most investors have heard the old saying. However, it's only good advice when a stock is likely to rebound strongly.

Three Motley Fool contributors think they've identified stocks

The major U.S. stock market indexes gave back a little ground on Friday, but the session's declines weren't enough to stop the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and

I guess the bull market hype train is coming for everyone. Bombed-out stock Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) popped 25% this week after launching a network interconnection partnership with Microsoft

Contrary to a common belief, not every growth stock worth owning trades at a sky-high price. Plenty of them do, to be clear. Microsoft's shares are priced in excess of $300 right now, for instance

Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) continues to run, as the share price surged 15.1% this week as of Friday at 12:50 p.m. ET, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock had

Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) had a bumpy ride this week, its share price plummeting 9.6% as of Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. ET, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Nasdaq was trading at about $52

Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) is continuing its resurgence, as its stock price has jumped 17.5% for the week as of Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. ET, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence

Over the last couple of months, a lot has been made about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence (AI). Tools such as ChatGPT have risen in popularity, and "big tech" companies have made a

Artificial intelligence (AI) used to be a hot, but mostly empty, buzzword. These days, it is a reality that can reshape industries far removed from Silicon Valley and alter our everyday way of life.

Dividend stocks are relatively rare in the tech space, as these companies tend to be more focused on investing extra cash into growth initiatives. But income investors can still find some attractive

Compared to other asset classes, the stock market is tough to top. On an annualized basis, stocks have handily outperformed bonds, gold, oil, housing, and bank certificates of deposit (CD) over long

The stock market has been resolute, and even some uncertainty about the future course of monetary policy from the Federal Reserve wasn't enough to stop the markets' upward momentum on Thursday.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), a somewhat surprising tech sector pace-setter of late, had yet another winning session on the stock market Thursday. The veteran software company's share price rose by

Shares of the small-cap biotech BridgeBio Pharma (NASDAQ: BBIO) were down by 7.2% on moderate  volume as of 1:09 p.m. ET Thursday. The big loss came after JPMorgan Chase released a cautionary note

American Express (NYSE: AXP) had a volatile day on the stock market today, as it was down about 2.9% in morning trading. But the stock rebounded and was only down about 0.8% as of 11:50 a.m. ET