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There aren't many hotter stocks on the market right now than Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX). Shares of the biopharmaceutical company have skyrocketed around 340% so far this year.

However, those

A major hacking incident disclosed over the weekend led to a minor sell-off in AT&T (NYSE: T) stock as the trading week kicked off on Monday. The telecom giant's shares dipped by 0.6% on the day

Investors looking for stocks that can make dramatic gains in a short time frame might want to turn their attention to the biopharmaceutical industry. Shares of Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX)

No pair of companies dominated the COVID-19 vaccine market quite like Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). Both saw their revenue and earnings skyrocket, along with their share prices, as

A few years ago, both Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) were flying high: from an earnings and share performance perspective. They each sold a leading coronavirus vaccine -- and Pfizer

If you're an everyday investor looking for stocks that can deliver steadily rising dividend payouts over long periods, the healthcare sector is the right place to begin your search. People get sick

One of the biggest tailwinds in the pharmaceutical industry is weight loss treatments. Breakthroughs in semaglutide and tirzepatide have given rise to several glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)

Biotech giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has outperformed the S&P 500 in the past three, five, and 10 years. That's not a fluke: The drugmaker has been highly successful financially while

2024 is off to a great start for many investors, with the S&P 500 climbing 10.2% in the first quarter, roughly the performance the index averages for an entire year. Since the end of 2022, the S&P

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) has fallen on hard times over the past few years. Shares of the hospital-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) have lost more than 80% of their value from

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has emerged as the hottest player in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. Its cutting-edge graphics processing units (GPUs) are the most important hardware element of the

The "it factor." Some stocks have it. Others don't. But when you find stocks with the "it factor," you'll want to load up on them.

Three Motley Fool contributors believe they've identified three

Shares of Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) jumped 18.3% this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company announced encouraging results from a phase 3 study of its Tumor

The stock market is off to a great start this year, with the S&P 500 index up about 10% in just a few months. As stock prices rise, genuine bargains are becoming tougher to come by.

However, there

One exceptional stock in the healthcare sector this trading week was Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SMMT). Buoyed by encouraging news from the lab, the company got an additional boost on Monday with

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) has emerged this year as a formidable contender in the increasingly popular anti-obesity market. While it doesn't have an approved drug fighting for market share

Relatively small biotechs can see their shares soar -- sometimes significantly -- following positive clinical or regulatory news.

That's what has happened this year to Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:

Investors are very eager to buy into biotechs and pharmaceuticals that are involved in developing weight-loss medications. This is why Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX), which has such a drug in

Shares of Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) were jumping 6.3% higher as of 11:15 a.m. ET on Thursday after rising as much as 9.2% earlier in the day. The nice gain came after the company announced results

Cathie Wood's latest stocks shopping spree included several healthcare innovators -- and she picked them up for a bargain. Wood isn't intimidated by shares that have wallowed in the doldrums because

What's the hottest biotech stock on the market right now? If we limit the list only to those with market caps of at least $500 million, it's Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX). So far in 2024

Telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) has successfully kept its wireless business growing by attracting hundreds of thousands of new subscribers each quarter. The fiber internet business is also performing

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been on top of the world over the last year as it has cornered the market on artificial intelligence (AI) chips, with its stock up more than 247% since last March.

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