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3M (NYSE: MMM), Carpenter Technology (NYSE: CRS), and Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) are vastly different stocks, but all three are attractive on a risk/reward basis. They each have a different investment

Dividends are small but mighty wealth creators. That's abundantly clear in the data. Over the past 50 years, the average dividend-paying stock in the S&P 500 has delivered a 9.2% average annualized

Earnings season is in full swing, and all eyes are on the "Magnificent Seven" stocks. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just hit the earnings tape with one major headline: a $110 billion stock buyback

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) made Wall Street's best and brightest look painfully slow this week. Analysts predicted the popular online brokerage would earn only $0.05 per share in its first

Right now, there are only seven companies in the world with a market capitalization in excess of $1 trillion. Ranked in order from largest to smallest, those companies are Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia

To build lasting wealth with stocks, you want to look for companies with plenty of room to expand for many years. No matter how the stock performs in the near term, a company that grows its revenue

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be one of the biggest revolutionary advancements in technology that the world has ever seen. Companies are just starting to embrace the technology

There are several textbook arguments against monopolies. According to one of them, companies that control a market can lower the quality of their products with impunity.

However, Vertex

If you like income, you've come to the right place. A few Fool.com contributors have highlighted some of their favorite income stocks.

What they like about this particular trio, MPLX (NYSE: MPLX),

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is one of America's lesser-known privately owned makers of military hardware -- even though it makes everything from ground vehicles to airplanes to spacecraft. It's

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock has delivered impressive gains to investors over the past five years, with shares of the tech giant rising close to 250% during this period and outpacing the S&P 500

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has been a turnaround investment opportunity for some time, but the reversal is taking longer than many would like. Still, that doesn't discount how great of an investment

Tobacco stocks have been phenomenal performers over the long term. They have strong profit margins and the consistent ability to raise prices, so shareholders who have held on for multiple decades

Semiconductors are a core pillar in the emerging artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Yet the chip space is largely dominated by just two players: Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

However,

Being a Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shareholder isn't for the weak stomach. The company's stock movements can be erratic, and many people may worry if they're not used to the volatility.

Tesla's stock

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is designed to help retirees keep up with rising costs due to inflation. Unfortunately, that doesn't always work out, and 2024 is shaping up to

There haven't been many stocks that have performed better than Mastercard (NYSE: MA) in recent memory. Since its initial public offering in May 2006, the credit card payment processor's shares have

We're still a few months away from the 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement, but the latest projections put it at a disappointing 2.6%. That would add about $50 to the

With the S&P 500 near record territory, there is a lot of optimism among the investment community. The problem, however, is that some investors might have a hard time finding attractive buying

As the artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing data center bull market has heated up, realization settled in that this is more than hype. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the standout

Many billionaire investors are going all in on artificial intelligence (AI). That's understandable. AI is quickly being integrated into businesses' day-to-day operations. The leaders in the field