Does it make sense to buy stocks that have already delivered incredible gains? That’s an important question investors are always thinking about. Is it too late to buy, or is there more coming? An example is e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) stock, which is up 75% over the past year, and is seriously outperforming the market. […]
Over the long term, the stock market has been an incredible wealth-building machine for patient investors. For example, if you had invested $1,000 in the S&P 500 in 2006 and reinvested your dividends along the way, you’d have a stake worth about $6,000 today, an annualized return of 10.6%. That’s a safe way to grow […]
The S&P 500 is up 10% so far this year, extending its decades-long track record of reliable wealth creation. If you had invested $1,000 in an S&P 500-based index fund and let it grow over the past 10 years, you’d have seen an annualized return of nearly 13%. However, that same investment in the right […]
The dividend yield is a blind spot that hampers many dividend investors. That may sound like an oxymoron, but it really isn’t. A big yield often lures investors into high-risk companies that they wouldn’t otherwise consider owning. A good example today is AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) and its huge 14.5% yield. Most investors looking for […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has spread like wildfire since early last year, and the benefits are clear. These generative AI algorithms take AI to the next level, creating original text, images, and video from a few simple prompts. As a result, users can simplify mundane and time-consuming tasks and increase productivity. As the old adage states, […]
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is trading at an all-time high on the back of its 11.8% gain this year so far. It adds to a lengthy track record of success for the index, which has delivered a compound annual total return, i.e., with dividends reinvested, of 10.4% since it was launched on March 4, […]
All it takes is one incredible growth stock to supercharge your portfolio. If you find that high-growth stock, it can make up for other mediocre ones, and even losses. That’s one of the reasons a diversified portfolio is important. No one knows what the future will bring, and you want your eggs spread out in […]
The U.S. stock market has demonstrated remarkable resilience and growth over the past decade despite multiple economic challenges and geopolitical pressures. This environment has helped pave the way for high-growth companies such as Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft to reach the coveted trillion-dollar market capitalization. These companies have demonstrated powerful and scalable […]
After a few years of disappointing stock performance, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is looking a bit more magical these days. The stock has climbed 12% over the past year, and the company has made progress in cutting costs and boosting growth. In the most recent earnings report, the entertainment giant even reported profitability for the […]
In this article, we will dissect whether Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is the most unstoppable  large-cap artificial intelligence stock to buy now. We will also take a closer look at the advancements in the artificial intelligence industry. To view more unstoppable AI stocks, check our free report on the 7 Unstoppable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks […]
The benchmark S&P 500 is trading at a record high, driven in part by a strong earnings season for the first quarter of 2024. Nearly 80% of companies so far delivered better results than Wall Street expected, according to FactSet. Earnings season is currently winding down, but a few prominent companies have yet to report. […]
The list of the world’s most prominent companies has undergone a paradigm shift over the past couple of decades, one that has accelerated since early last year. Case in point: In 2004, General Electric and ExxonMobil were the largest companies in the world by market cap, valued at $319 billion and $283 billion, respectively. Now, […]