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Credit card giant Visa (NYSE: V) is no longer a simple payments network. It has emerged as a huge influence in financial technology, or fintech. Fintech itself has emerged as an important trend in

Social media platforms benefit from a strong network effect: The more people who use a particular platform, the more useful and compelling that platform is for its users.

That network effect goes

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) are two of the world's most important chipmakers. Intel is the largest manufacturer of x86 CPUs for PCs and servers, while Qualcomm is one of the top

The monthly Social Security benefit you start out collecting isn't necessarily the same benefit you'll receive for the rest of your life. That's because benefits are subject to annual cost-of-living

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is back. After a couple of years of underperformance thanks to the pandemic, the company is beating the market again this year. Share prices of the second-largest payments

Oatly's (NASDAQ: OTLY) biggest problem used to be that it couldn't keep up with demand for its popular dairy substitute. The company laid out ambitious expansion plans when it went public last year

Even though the stock market has rebounded a bit in recent weeks, I've continued to invest rather aggressively while it's well off the highs it touched last winter. To put it mildly, there are some

Computer chips play a central role in a growing number of different goods and services, from consumer smartphone devices to electric vehicles to the cloud computing platforms relied upon by

On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9% for the second quarter of 2022 -- marking the second consecutive

Crypto prices may have taken a beating over the last several months, but that doesn't mean it's a bad time to invest.

In fact, this downturn can actually be one of the best times to buy, because

Shares of telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) did not fare well after the company reported its second-quarter results last month. AT&T's results were just fine -- both revenue and adjusted earnings came in

On July 7, Cathie Wood's Ark Invest published research about connected-TV platform company Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU), explaining why it believed the stock could reach $605 per share by 2026. This price

After a lifetime of hard work, you're ready to enjoy your golden years and live life to the fullest -- all without the burden of workplace drama or demanding deadlines. If everything goes according

In 2019, global e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) placed an order to purchase 100,000 electric utility vehicles from Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) to help fulfill its goal to have an

Two types of stocks have performed well overall so far this year as the broader market has tanked. It makes sense that energy stocks would be up, considering the high prices of oil and natural gas

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) posted a strong second-quarter report on July 26. The analog and embedded chipmaker's revenue rose 14% year over year to $5.21 billion, exceeding analysts'

Since 1980, businesses that have announced stock splits have nearly tripled the returns of the S&P 500 Index over the following 12 months. This figure is pretty shocking, as technically nothing

Competition in the streaming industry is fierce, with content at the center of the fight to the top. Many of the biggest names in streaming have content libraries that span decades. However, Netflix

Since the pandemic began, Customers Bancorp (NYSE: CUBI), a roughly $20 billion asset bank based in Pennsylvania, has seen its stock price more than triple, only to see it then fall back

Investing in the stock market is one of the most effective ways to generate long-term wealth. However, it's important to have the right strategy to earn as much as possible.

There's no single best

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Motley Fool Senior Analyst Bill Mann discusses:

Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Matt Frankel engage in a "Bull vs. Bear" debate over Lemonade (NYSE:

Despite recent market volatility, the S&P 500 Growth index has been up 265% over the past decade, easily beating the 200% return of the broader S&P 500. In other words, growth stocks have

Buying and holding stock in solid companies for the long run is a tried-and-tested way of multiplying one's wealth in the long run, as this strategy allows investors to gain from the power of

There's no sugarcoating it: Wall Street has had a miserable year. Since hitting a record-closing high during the first week of January, the widely followed S&P 500 has lost as much as 24% of its