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The stock market is the best tool available to most people when it comes to building lasting wealth. In the past two decades, the S&P 500 returned 546%, including dividends. That gain is hard to

Most investors know the potential benefits of leaving their winning stocks alone. While stocks can only fall to zero, there's no hard ceiling on how high a stock can climb. The growth in a long-term

Shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) were hammered during after-hours trading on Wednesday, sliding more than 16% at one point. The big pullback in the stock price came after the

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) is an iconic technology company that's been in operation for more than 110 years. IBM has reinvented and transformed itself multiple times over the past

The stock market had a terrible year in 2022 amid rapidly rising interest rates and fears of a recession. But since the start of 2023, investor sentiment has turned optimistic with the Nasdaq

In this video, I will go over Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: META) first-quarter earnings report. The company reported a beat on top and bottom lines, but that wasn't enough.

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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian answers if investors should buy Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock ahead of earnings.

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Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the world's largest streaming platform for movies and television shows. According to the company's earnings report for the first quarter of 2024, it extended its lead at

Over the last few weeks, members of Congress have been quarreling over legislation that would ban social media app TikTok in the U.S.

At a high level, concerns over user security on the China-owned

Artificial intelligence (AI) went viral early last year, and since then, there's been a mad rush to adopt this groundbreaking technology. The next-generation algorithms have the potential to

Investors watched Nvidia grow from a $360 billion company to a $2 trillion powerhouse since the beginning of 2023, almost entirely on the back of its data center chips, which are designed for

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that's not good for popular social-media app TikTok. But it may have gone unnoticed by many investors because it was packaged inside of a

Shares of cloud automation software company HashiCorp (NASDAQ: HCP) were rallying hard on Tuesday, up 21.7% as of 3:56 p.m. ET.

The software company, which went public in 2021 and helps businesses

2024 is off to a shaky start. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index rose more than 10% in the first quarter, only to lose half of that gain in April.

Some market darlings are still soaring to

Buying a stock is usually easier than selling a stock. Investors often get greedy and refuse to take profits from their winners, preferring to hold on and hope for more gains. They can also

From accelerated computing to cloud infrastructure, humanoid robotics, and self-driving cars, the "Magnificent Seven" stocks of Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, and Tesla

Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the tech sector by storm. Meanwhile, many oil and gas stocks are hovering around all-time highs.

AI-fueled growth narratives and the energy sector have very

C3.ai (NYSE: AI) attracted lots of attention with its initial public offering (IPO) nearly 3 1/2 years ago. The enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software developer was growing rapidly, had a

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), no other companies come close to the attention paid to the "Magnificent Seven." Indeed, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, and

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) latest earnings results and updates his recommendation on the stock.

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It's one of the more nerve-racking decisions investors must sometimes make. Should you buy a stock immediately before the company reports earnings, or should you wait? Making the wrong call can

Over the past year, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) have captivated the minds of investors. Applications from ChatGPT and the never-ending barrage of headlines featuring the

Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller is widely regarded as one of the greatest investors in American history. His hedge fund, Duquesne Capital Management, returned an average of 30% annually over three

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have been on an impressive run since the start of 2023. This bullish sentiment might have investors worried that they can't find attractive buying opportunities.