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Did you know that in just the past five years, Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) stock has soared by more than 630%? The tech company has been a hot buy, and it has routinely outperformed the market. Demand for custom chips has been through the roof as companies invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and build next-gen models,

Investors haven’t had to deal with many deep market corrections over the past two decades. Since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, there was the 2018 mini-bear market that cut about 20% off the S&P 500. But it was back to new highs within several months. The COVID pandemic sparked a bear-market drawdown of more than 30%,

What a difference a calendar year can make. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with outsize exposure to growth stocks crushed the S&P 500 over the past few years. But so far this year, it’s the sectors with heavy assets — such as energy and materials — that are producing the best gains. Mutual fund giant Vanguard offers 65

New York  —  Stocks fell and oil prices traded above $100 per barrel Monday as investors grappled with a potential energy crisis caused by the war with Iran. The Dow fell 678 points, or 1.43%. The S&P 500 fell 1.28%, and the Nasdaq Composite sank 1.2%. The Dow and S&P are coming off their worst

In late February 2026, United Parks & Resorts Inc. reported that fourth-quarter 2025 revenue fell to US$373.55 million and net income to US$15.05 million, and in early March it disclosed it would miss the SEC deadline for filing its next 10-K. Despite weaker 2025 results, the company completed several large share repurchase programs totaling hundreds

The U.S. stock market has stumbled in 2026. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.33%) has fallen more than 3% even though most companies reported better-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter. Investors are worried about valuations, especially among artificial intelligence stocks. In fact, the S&P 500 sounded an alarm in February: A popular valuation metric reached

Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St’s easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. If you are wondering whether Diageo’s current share price reflects its long term potential, you are not alone. This article will walk through what that price might really imply about value. The stock has

The wealthiest people in the world didn’t make their money in prediction markets. Many of them are investors or successful entrepreneurs. If you want to make money, you don’t need to bet on the winner of a basketball game; you just need to buy and hold shares of Alphabet (GOOG 0.87%) (GOOGL 0.75%), the company

Stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region plummeted, with China’s three major indices following the downward trend. By the close of trading, the Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.67%, the Shenzhen Component Index dropped by 0.74%, and the ChiNext Index declined by 0.64%. The total market turnover reached 2.67 trillion yuan, an increase of 451.3 billion

President Donald Trump has introduced a remarkable level of uncertainty into the global economy and financial markets. The clearest example of this involves his “Liberation Day” tariffs, through which he imposed import taxes of 10% to 50% or more on goods from nearly all of America’s trading partners for close to a year. Those tariffs

Many investors may know Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) as the parent company of Google, YouTube, and its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini. But the company also has an investment arm that invests in high-growth companies across AI, healthcare, infrastructure, and even space. The technology giant has a portfolio of 29 stocks, according to its most

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St’s easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Investors may be wondering whether Oceaneering International’s current share price reflects its underlying value, or if the recent share price performance already captures much of the story. The stock last closed at US$34.21, with returns of 6.3% over

Nvidia (NVDA 2.94%), Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms (META 2.33%), and Tesla — collectively known as the “Magnificent Seven” — have produced monster gains for long-term investors. But all seven stocks have lost value so far in 2026 — and that should merit some attention from investors on the lookout for opportunities. Nvidia and Meta

Bitcoin’s BTC$67,316.44 recent tendency to move in step with U.S. equities does not erase its value as a portfolio diversifier. That’s according to financial services and infrastructure firm NYDIG. In a weekly market note, Greg Cipolaro, the company’s global head of research, said correlations between bitcoin and stock benchmarks such as the S&P 500, the

Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St’s investing ideas for FREE. ADMA Biologics (NasdaqGM:ADMA) announced a CFO and Treasurer transition, with Terry Kohler appointed to the role. The move follows the planned retirement of outgoing CFO and Treasurer Brad Tade, with a structured handover process. Kohler brings

The price of oil can be extremely volatile. This decade alone we’ve seen a barrel of oil trade at a low of negative $37 in the pandemic and more than $130 following the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. But prices have been surprisingly stable over the past couple of decades. Oil prices first touched $60/barrel

From a numbers perspective, Wall Street is booming with President Donald Trump in the White House. During his first, non-consecutive term (Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 20, 2021), the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-dependent Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) rallied 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. Since

Over the past 10 years, the S&P 500 index has generated a total return of 311% (as of March 3). Despite the stock market’s above-average performance, certain investors just want bigger gains. Strategy did the job. In the past 10 years, the company co-founded by billionaire Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has seen its share price