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IT veteran International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) reported second-quarter results on Tuesday evening. Big Blue knocked this quarter out of the park, crushing analyst estimates across the board

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) stock is making big gains in Thursday's trading. The software company's share price was up 15.1% as of 1:30 p.m. ET, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

No company in the last year has captured the attention of the investing world quite like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The chipmaker dominated headlines as its stock price more than doubled since January

One particular aspect of the outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update is that it didn't affect software running on Linux or Apple's Mac OS operating systems. Instead, the software impacted by

Semiconductor giant Nvidia was recently up 155% year to date, and server-and-storage specialist Super Micro Computer was up 208%. We'd all love to have picked these stocks for our portfolios --

The S&P 500 is a market capitalization-weighted index, meaning the largest of its 500 constituents have a greater influence over its performance than the smallest. The index is up 16% this year and

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) latest earnings results and answers if the stock is a buy.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of July 20, 2024. The

Once a pandemic-era darling, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock has suffered over the last few years as competition in the payment industry heated up. Today, PayPal stock trades around $60 per share, and

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Inaction rather than action was a key cause of tech incumbent Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock dip on Wednesday. A media report stating that the company is apparently unwilling to modify its

One of the most famous entrepreneurs and philanthropists in recent history is Bill Gates. As a co-founder of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), he helped pioneer modern computing and revolutionize how

Recently, the stock market has shifted away from megacap technology stocks to other industries. For example, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has fallen roughly 12% in just a few weeks. No

The tech industry made many millionaires, with the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index up 385% over the last decade. The market earned a reputation for offering investors consistent gains over the

It's not only their politicking that draws interest these days. With politicians demonstrating a remarkable ability to outperform the market, investors are increasingly interested in the stock picks

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the world's largest streaming platform for TV shows and films by number of subscribers and by share of television viewing time. The company just reported its financial

The Bill and Melinda Gates (BMG) Foundation is one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. As of December 2023, it had issued grants totaling nearly $78 billion to help alleviate

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock got off to a good trading week on Monday, outpacing many other companies on the exchange. On the back of several positive analyst notes, the streaming giant's stock

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported a big jump in subscribers in the second quarter but gave up revenue per user to get there. This highlights how well Disney is positioned to grow in streaming with a

The major U.S. market indexes marched steadily higher through the first half of 2024 -- the S&P 500, for example, has climbed 16% year to date and set new highs. But in the wake of this run-up

What a year 2024 has been for the social media industry. TikTok faces a potential U.S. ban. Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) executed an initial public offering (IPO). Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has, despite a few missteps, been a roaring success as a company over the years. It continues to be quite the juggernaut on the stock market, too. It might be hard to

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) investors have done very well for themselves over the past few years. It doesn't hold the title of the world's largest company at the moment, but Microsoft retained that

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) saw strong growth in ad-supported memberships when it reported its second-quarter results, although investor reaction to the report was largely muted. Its stock is nonetheless

Many Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are market-cap weighted -- so the most valuable companies in a theme or sector have the highest weighting.

For example, a growth or tech-focused ETF would