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With inflation moderating and the U.S. economy growing by a respectable 2.4% in the second quarter, fears of a recession are abating. Sparks of optimism have returned to the financial marketplaces

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) and Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) are both bellwethers of the Chinese tech sector. Alibaba operates the country's largest e-commerce marketplaces and cloud infrastructure platform, while

Affirm's (NASDAQ: AFRM) stock jumped 9% during after-hours trading on Aug. 24 after the buy now, pay later (BNPL) company posted its latest earnings report. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023

From businesses operating in the final frontier to those offering innovative gene therapies, the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that Cathie Wood manages offer investors a wide range of investment

Remember when you were a kid and thinking about something five years down the road felt like looking at an eternity? Or a few years later, when you were early in your working life, how much time it

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Are you a successful investor who's already managing a portfolio worth billions for yourself and others? If not, then there's probably a lot you can learn by following the handful of folks who can

Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has skyrocketed 226% so far in 2023, an impressive turnaround from the 50% drop it experienced amid last year's tech-led bear market. The company has wowed investors by

Even though data cloud specialist Snowfake (NYSE: SNOW) reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results earlier this week, shares have pulled back slightly since the report. But analysts

In this podcast, Motley Fool analysts Ron Gross and Emily Flippen and host Dylan Lewis discuss:

Vici Properties CEO Ed Pitoniak speaks with Motley Fool host Deidre Woollard about what to expect next

I own lots of dividend-paying stocks. While I like them all, my favorite is Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC)(NYSE: BIP). It shares many of the same characteristics as others in my portfolio.

Overall sentiment in the U.S. equity market has been optimistic throughout July and August. In fact, many analysts believe we are already in a bull market since the benchmark S&P 500 index has risen

Social Security benefits get an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to help retired workers and other recipients keep up with inflation. That aspect of the program has been critical in recent

The cloud infrastructure market is cooling off after years of rapid-fire growth. Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) market-leading Amazon Web Services (AWS) grew revenue by just 12% year over year in the

With the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite up about 30% year to date, it's increasingly difficult to find great companies with shares trading at good prices. But they're still out there. Investors

W. P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) has an incredible track record of paying dividends. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has increased its payout every year since its public market listing in 1998,

It's been a wild ride for the economy and stock market over the last three years. Many companies are still dealing with macroeconomic headwinds that are pressuring consumer spending and revenue

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Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS), the drive-thru coffee powerhouse that's been growing its position in the food service and restaurant industry across the United States since 1992, continues to beat

Cathie Wood is one of the most influential investors in the world. She is the founder and CEO of ARK Invest, a firm that specializes in disruptive innovation and technology. ARK Invest manages

It can be tough to build a strong investment portfolio if you lack deep pockets, especially if your broker doesn't offer the option of buying fractional shares. However, there are still a handful of

Enterprise software company C3.ai (NYSE: AI) has ridden the hype for artificial intelligence (AI) to impressive lengths in 2023. Share prices are up nearly 160% since January. However, they've

Because of the diversity of businesses represented in the broader stock market, it's a sure bet that over any time period, some stocks will do remarkably well, some will perform very poorly, and

Although artificial intelligence (AI) investing has been a hot-button topic in 2023, investors have lost interest since the market began its decline about a month ago. It's been clear from