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The name of the game as a dividend growth investor is to pick quality businesses with strong brands. This often leads to growing profits over time, which can also support healthy dividend growth.

With a market cap of $2.38 trillion, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the most valuable company in the world. Its business has skyrocketed over the years, with its stock soaring over 117,000% since the

Whether you realize it or not, stock market corrections, crashes, and bear markets are normal parts of investing. Since the beginning of 1950, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has undergone

The stock market just finished one of its worst years in over a decade. High inflation, rising interest rates, and talks of a pending recession have some investors wondering if it's the right time

There's a lot to love about Social Security. Once you qualify for it -- after paying into the system for many years through taxes -- you can look forward to guaranteed income in your later years

As pent-up demand for flights persists, airline stocks could be due for a rebound. The urge to get back out there in the post-pandemic era shows no end in sight, and savvy investors can potentially

Russia's war in Ukraine has impacted global fertilizer supplies, along with grains and other food stocks. It's been great for the bottom lines of CF Industries (NYSE: CF) and Nutrien (NYSE: NTR)

Companies across industries for years have been studying how artificial intelligence (AI) can make life easier -- for themselves and for customers. And in many cases, these companies already have

DocuSign's (NASDAQ: DOCU) stock declined 7% during after-hours trading on March 9 after the company posted its latest earnings report. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on Jan. 31

Michelle Singletary is a best-selling author and Loeb Award-winning writer. She also pens "The Color of Money," a nationally syndicated personal finance column that appears in The Washington Post.

E-signature leader DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) is trying to diversify, and for good reason. It's not clear whether the company has any meaningful competitive advantage in the e-signature market, other

Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) should benefit from data center growth, but that is not the case this quarter. Is this a yellow flag for investors? Check out the short video to learn what

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has numerous artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, some less obvious than others. Check out the short video to learn what Jose Najarro and Toby Bordelon have to say. Also,

In this week's video, I cover everything you need to know about news related to Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) during the week of March 6. Today's video will focus on Tesla's February China numbers, why price

Software giant Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) reported 18% year-over-year revenue growth for its fiscal third quarter, which ended on Feb. 28. That sounds impressive, but almost all that growth came from the

While people are pulling back spending in many areas, they are spending freely in others. Target (NYSE: TGT) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) found ways to service this demand in recent months, helping the

Dividend-paying stocks can be excellent passive income investments. Many companies offer attractive dividend payments. Even better, unlike fixed-income investments, many dividends steadily grow over

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) have both seen their share prices roiled by a lot of turbulence over the past 12 months as high inflation rates have run headlong into a maturing

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Bill Mann discusses:

Motley Fool analyst Yasser El-Shimy and Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey talk about four stocks they bought recently.

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Even with the S&P 500 in the green so far this year, the market's double-digit drop in 2022 has laid the groundwork for investors to find solid buying opportunities. Great businesses, such as Home

When you're searching for stocks that have a chance to beat the market, there are a few ways to go about it. First, you could look for value stocks that aren't trading where they should be. Second

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Matt Argersinger discusses:

Motley Fool host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp take a closer look at tech layoffs in

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) both generated market-beating gains over the past three years. CrowdStrike's stock rose nearly 150%, and Palo Alto's stock rallied

Despite the long-lived loyalty of Novavax's (NASDAQ: NVAX) boisterous base of retail investors called the "Nova-stans," the company's seemingly endless struggles appear poised to burden it to the

When it comes to the digital economy, Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) is a triple threat. It operates three main business segments: e-commerce, digital entertainment (gaming), and digital payments. 

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