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Wall Street has a habit of swinging between being overly positive and overly negative. One area where those positive feelings often reign supreme is in the arena of mergers and acquisitions. But not

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has been one of the market's best-performing stocks over the last year. The quantum computing specialist's share price is up a staggering 252.5% as investors got excited about its

Thanks to selling one of my bank stocks in December, I'm starting 2024 with some cash to invest. I've decided to allocate it to five stocks, one of which is a brand-new position for me. In this

Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT) pays a pretty enticing dividend. The mortgage-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) currently yields 8.8%. That's several times above the S&P 500's 1.5% dividend

Historical data is a guiding light for investors during uncertain times. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index was established in 1957, so its 66 years of performance history can be helpful in

Boston Omaha Corporation (NYSE: BOC) was one of the worst-performing stocks in the market in 2023. I won't sugarcoat it. While the S&P 500 index generated a 26% total return for the year, Boston

As the world's second most valuable company with a market cap of $2.8 billion, it's hard not to be bullish about Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). The company is a leader in productivity software, with

It's been a fantastic 12 months for shareholders of robotic process automation (RPA) specialist UiPath (NYSE: PATH). Though the budding tech stock still trades nearly 70% below its post-IPO (initial

Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), also known as TD Bank, is one of the largest banks in North America. Although its home market is Canada, much of its growth is coming from the U.S. market. That

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) investors had a stellar 2023 compared to the wider tech market (the stock rose 81% compared to the S&P 500's 24.2% gain). The e-commerce giant even outpaced well-loved tech

When building wealth in the stock market, one smart move you can make is to invest in quality companies with competitive advantages and robust cash flows that can grow no matter what the economy

The tech industry is vast, encompassing everything from consumer products like smartphones and video game consoles to artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, e-commerce, digital advertising

If you are a dividend investor looking at the energy sector as the new year gets underway, you'll want to consider Enbridge (NYSE: ENB), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN). All of

If you only read the front pages of the financial headlines, you might get the impression that 2023's most exciting story was the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI). However, digital

With 2023 in the rearview mirror, our sights are set on what 2024 might bring. For investors, this means figuring out how to allocate new savings in the stock market, which continues to rise with

To be perfectly clear, there's no guarantee that any stock will make you rich over time. However, rock-solid dividend stocks with a solid track record of executing on growth strategies and

Party like it's 1999: That's what many stocks in the Nasdaq-100 did in 2023. The index delivered its biggest gains since the end of the 20th century, skyrocketing nearly 54%.

The sizzling momentum

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) didn't beat the S&P 500 in 2023. But several of the stocks in Berkshire's portfolio did.

Some of those highfliers are poised to

Shares of Boston Omaha (NYSE: BOC) fell 40% in 2023, even as the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) climbed 23%. You might be tempted to think that Boston Omaha's underlying businesses had a terrible

2023 was a great year for the cryptocurrency industry. The total value of all tokens in existence doubled from $850 billion to over $1.7 trillion.

But those gains weren't equally distributed

Many dividend investors focus too much on a stock's current dividend yield. That can shortchange their returns.

That's clear from the total returns generated by dividend stocks over the last

Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS), also known as Scotiabank, has a 6.4% dividend yield. That's more than 3 percentage points higher than the average bank stock, using S&P Bank ETF as an industry

2023 was the year of artificial intelligence (AI) investing, and perhaps the biggest winners were the "Magnificent Seven" stocks, a moniker that includes mega-cap behemoths Apple, Microsoft

Stock splits generally follow sustained share price increases, which typically follow from consistently strong financial results. In that way, stock splits tend to point investors toward businesses

Share prices of industrial giant 3M (NYSE: MMM) are down more than 50% from their 2018 highs. Numerous issues have led to this decline, but the really big ones involve legal issues. Where things go