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For decades, tobacco stocks were the cream of the crop when it came to investment performance. Despite years and years of volume declines in the United States and other markets, sellers of

Over the last five years, shares of energy drink company Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) are up almost 4,200%, turning a $10,000 investment into over $420,000. Regretfully, I'll admit that I

The "Magnificent Seven" refers to a group of the world's largest technology stocks, which have a combined market capitalization of $12.7 trillion. Given that sheer size, they represent 28.7% of the

Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Tesla -- a group that Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett dubbed the "Magnificent Seven," -- have taken the market by storm for

In 2011, three friends founded Toast (NYSE: TOST) in the hopes of modernizing the restaurant industry with cloud-based, scalable technology solutions. In 2015, roughly 1,000 restaurants were using

Ten years ago, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) -- then known as Google -- was worth $377 billion. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which was widely seen as an aging tech giant that missed the

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is a giant company, with a huge market cap of roughly $400 billion. It has a fairly attractive dividend yield of around 3.8%, compared to the S&P 500 index's relatively tiny

With the S&P 500 seemingly hitting a new all-time high daily, investors are searching the market for the hottest industries and contributors to the rally. The biggest factor in the marketwide rally

There's a lot to love about Social Security. If you don't agree now, you'll likely agree in the future. According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), "Social Security is the major source of

NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is an outlier. While it operates in the sleepy utility sector, it's anything but lethargic. It has delivered peer-leading earnings growth over the last decade, beating the

On Jan. 19, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both closed at record highs. So did Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which is currently the most valuable U.S.-based company, sitting at a $3.009

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) stock price rallied 9% to an 11-year high on Jan. 25 after the tech giant posted its fourth-quarter earnings report. Its revenue rose 4% year over year to $17.4 billion, which

The S&P 500 is higher than ever, but the market is still full of excellent opportunities -- especially if you're a dividend investor. In this video, Fool.com contributors and avid dividend investors

You can earn fortune-building returns in the stock market if you can identify powerful, long-term trends -- and the businesses best positioned to profit from them.

The rapid adoption of artificial

If you are considering investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs), you'll probably be attracted to the ultra-high yield that Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) provides. However, you'd probably be

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) may be the most polarizing crypto stock you can buy right now. While the stock is up 136% over the past 12 months, investor sentiment appears to be cooling fast. Since

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) investors are hoping for a sweet Valentine's Day present this year. The e-commerce platform provider is set to announce its Q4 results after the market closes on Feb. 13, likely

Let's talk about investing in tech stocks. You know, where the proverbial Wall Street runs through Silicon Valley, a lot of folks get hung up on a stock's share price, thinking it tells you how

Show me the money.

That line from the movie Jerry Maguire could be a motto for many investors. Some would probably like to tweak the phrase a little to add "quickly" at the end.

Making a lot of

The big winners of the past aren't always the big winners of the future. However, that doesn't mean that it won't be the case.

In 2023, the so-called "Magnificent Seven" stocks ruled the stock

Bill Ackman is one of the best-known hedge fund managers around.

The billionaire manager of Pershing Square Capital Management is an active poster on X (formerly Twitter) and he makes media

Growth has been hard to come by for Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) in recent years. Its distributable cash flow (DCF) dipped 4% per share last year and has been uneven over the past few years because of

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) isn't just trying to build a space business, it is trying to build a space business for the average Joe. That is, for the average Joe who can afford to spend a reported

Given that three out of four stocks move in the same direction as the broad market on any given day, a bull market bodes well for almost any stock pick. Not all gains are the same, though.

Some

NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is something of a unique dividend stock in the utility sector. While utilities are traditionally known as slow and steady income investments, NextEra Energy has grown its