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Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) just delivered one of the best earnings reports in the industrial sector this earnings season. As the chart below demonstrates, its stock price continues to rise. However

On Feb. 2, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported its second-highest year of earnings over the last decade. And there could be even more growth to come in the years ahead.

Exxon's record earnings in 2022

The artificial intelligence (AI) gravy train has given several stocks a big boost over the past year, notably Nvidia, which has capitalized on the booming demand for AI chips and enjoyed an

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) 2022 re-entry into a position in oil giant Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) wasn't exactly expected. But investors didn't balk, either. Warren

Stocks have kept investors on a roller-coaster over the last few years, but great businesses with long-term growth potential haven't gone anywhere. Meanwhile, 2024 is already off to a strong start

The residential real estate market tightened up in 2022 and 2023. Many homeowners -- sitting on low-interest-rate mortgages -- decided against selling their homes after the Federal Reserve went

In 2023, Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) was one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies, up more than 1,000% for the year at one point. While that performance might be impossible to top in 2024, there's

Dividends are nice, but a high dividend that is safe, has room to grow, and is paid by a business with lots of long-term potential to expand is the trifecta. One company that checks all these boxes

Many people dream of being able to pull off an early retirement. And if you save consistently for many years and invest your assets wisely, you may find that you're able to make a workforce exit at

One of the most enduring debates in investing is whether to favor growth or value stocks. Growth stocks have enjoyed a long period of outperformance since the global financial crisis of 2008, but

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights one cheap stock for bargain-hunting investors to buy in bunches in 2024.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 7, 2024. The video

Ernest Scheyder is a Reuters reporter covering the clean energy transition and author of the new book, The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives.

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Pick a category. You'll find some members of that category that especially stand above the rest of the pack.

In the category of dividend stocks, I think Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) serves as a great

Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) has crushed the market in recent years. The stock of the fast-growing energy drink brand is up 3,900% in the last five years, while the S&P 500 has produced less than

During the meme coin mania of 2020-21, Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) captured the imagination of crypto investors by offering a potential path to millionaire status. And indeed, there are some crypto

"A $1 trillion industry by the end of the decade." That's what global consulting firm McKinsey & Company projects for semiconductors. It's not an outlandish prediction at all, considering that the

Unsurprisingly, a lot of attention these days goes to the "Magnificent Seven" stocks. They dominate market trends and are some of the most valuable enterprises on the face of the planet. And thanks

There's a good chance that looking forward to retirement, when you won't have to punch a clock, give a PowerPoint presentation, teach a class, answer customer service calls, insert catheters, or

Well, the Fed hasn't begun dropping interest rates yet, instead keeping the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged for the fourth straight meeting when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met

Investing in dividend-paying stocks is an easy way to start making some extra income. And if you pick companies with attractive yields, the income can really add up as you grow your portfolio.

For

The S&P 500 increased 24% last year, and it has already advanced another 4% this year. Given all that growth, some stocks are likely trading at expensive valuations. But not all stocks. For

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) standing as one of the most dominant and culturally influential businesses on the face of the planet didn't happen overnight. The consumer electronics and software company has

When it was reported in November that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway purchased shares of satellite radio company Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI), the media company's stock popped more than

Over multidecade periods, Wall Street has proved unstoppable. But over shorter time lines, the stock market's most prominent indexes have often been volatile and unpredictable -- perhaps none more

Every growth investor is looking for those diamonds in the rough, but one way to spot future winners is to look for growing companies with a degree of skepticism on Wall Street.

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