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When you invest in industries that are positioned to capitalize on secular trends, owning wonderful businesses for the long haul is all it takes to build wealth and passive income. As the world's

Energy is vital to modern life, and oil and natural gas remain key sources of that energy -- which is why Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is continuing to look for ways to expand its production of these carbon

The Nasdaq is where fortunes have long been made and lost and made again, and over the long run, the companies on that tech-heavy exchange have proven to be solid investments, especially for those

Semiconductor-giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is focused on regaining its manufacturing lead over TSMC while building out a foundry business of its own. The company is in the process of bringing five new

Whether you're a casual investor or trade professionally, chances are you've heard about the current boom in artificial intelligence (AI). After last year's economic downturn caused many tech stocks

I've been gobbling up shares of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) over the past year. The biggest draw is the telecom giant's monster 7.5%-yielding dividend. While there have been some questions about that

With 2023 now more than half over, investors might be wondering where the next big market opportunities can be found. Companies including Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia have all gone on to hit record

Visa (NYSE: V) is by far the No. 1 payment-card brand in terms of cards in circulation, and one of the most familiar and well-recognized corporate names on this planet. 

It's also been quite a solid

Huge news for the gaming industry dropped this week when a U.S. federal judge sided with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from performing a preliminary

After plunging in 2022, the Nasdaq has come back in a big way this year. Through July 11, the tech-heavy index is up 31% for 2023, easily outpacing both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Every time Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has hit a major milestone -- such as a $500 billion market cap, $1 trillion market cap, etc., many investors make the mistake of thinking the company has become too

Morgan Stanley analysts, led by Keith Weiss, recently ranked Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as their "top pick" among large-cap software companies, citing growth prospects in generative artificial

Compared to commodities like gold and oil, bonds, bank certificates of deposit (CDs), and housing, no asset class has delivered a higher annualized long-term return than the stock market. But when

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been in fine form on the stock market in 2023, with impressive gains of 38% so far. This surge has helped the tech giant increase its market cap substantially.

The

Stock markets moved higher on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) leading the way higher with gains of more than 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and S&P

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) rose by as much as 2.8% Wednesday morning before settling into a 1.6% gain as of 1:35 p.m. ET.

Microsoft investors have gotten no less than least three pieces of

Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing go hand-in-hand. The cloud is where companies store all of their data, and it's also where developers go to build new software products. As a result

Tech company Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) initiated a round of layoffs on Monday, just after the company's new fiscal year started. The news is interesting following a surge in the prices of many tech

The American economy has produced the world's largest companies for more than a century. But the biggest value creators have come from different industries as society's needs evolved:

Apple is still

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock price has already soared 45% this year, propelling it to a valuation topping $3 trillion. The tech giant's stock trades as if it were still a high-growth startup even

Investors are finding many new reasons to like Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) right now. The cybersecurity industry is proving to be resilient through the latest downturn in IT spending, and the

It is hard not to watch the S&P 500 index or the Dow Jones Industrial Average if you own stocks. They are a barometer of the market, and your portfolio will likely be performing better when broad

Just a few months ago, I floated the idea that small cloud-computing infrastructure company DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) could make a move with artificial intelligence (AI). For years, developers and

The stock market doesn't quite know what to do with International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM). Shares of the century-old tech company have been treading water since before the pandemic. As of July