Investors who have been in the market for years or decades know to take market pullbacks in stride. But new investors could find market volatility panic-inducing. It’s a great opportunity for beginner investors who might be all-in on artificial intelligence (AI) and hot tech stocks to take a step back and make sure they have

A report that OpenAI missed some key targets hit the tech sector hard on Tuesday. Loading audio narration… The ChatGPT maker fueled a big risk-off move, with investors dumping tech shares as they digested a report from The Wall Street Journal that said OpenAI missed on revenue and other key targets in 2025. Other metrics

The perfect dividend stock is reliable for payments and raises and has a high dividend yield. These kinds of stocks are essential to a retirement portfolio, which requires solid and reliable passive income so retirees can age without working and without worry. They’re often the “boring” stocks that have been around forever and can count

Amid continued growth in the number of connected devices worldwide, an increase in geopolitical tensions and instability, and the expected rapid expansion of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) bots communicating over the internet, the long-term demand outlook for cybersecurity services is incredibly strong. Yet despite a demand picture that looks poised to benefit the leading cybersecurity

The winds may be starting to blow in the favor of struggling Microsoft (MSFT) bulls. What the chart is saying about Microsoft: Evercore ISI chief technical analyst Rich Ross said in a new note that Microsoft has one of the “best acting charts” in the tech space right now, noting that the stock has reclaimed

This week is one of the most notable on the stock market’s calendar this spring — we are now deep into earnings season, with more than 900 companies stepping up to the podium to announce their quarterly results. Among them are some of the biggest and most consequential companies central to critical investing themes. Several

These are times that can make an investor nervous. Our country is waging a war, while tariffs have disrupted the global economy, with some trade partnerships changing. With so much seemingly changing from month to month, it’s fair to worry about the effect of all this on our stock portfolios and to seek stocks that

The U.S. equity market is sending mixed signals right now. Inflation could stay higher for longer as war-driven energy price spikes push costs up across the board and delay central bank interest rate cuts. Despite these challenges, many stock valuations are becoming more reasonable. Corporate earnings have also remained resilient, especially in artificial intelligence-powered sectors.

Warren Buffett may have stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO at the end of 2025, but his investing wisdom will live on forever. One of my favorite quotes came in his 2022 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. He said: Will AI create the world’s first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on a little-known

The “Magnificent Seven” moniker was coined by Wall Street in 2023 to describe a group of seven powerhouse technology companies. They are known for consistently producing better returns than the rest of the market thanks to their dominance in industries like consumer hardware, enterprise software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI). But the Magnificent Seven

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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), along with many other tech giants, sank earlier this year during a difficult environment for growth stocks. Investors worried about the war in Iran as well as direct risks for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks — for example, the idea that the revenue opportunity could disappoint. But, in recent days, Amazon has recovered

It’s a new era for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB). After spending more than half a century leading Berkshire and seeing it grow into a trillion-dollar company, Warren Buffett hung up his work coat for the final time as CEO on Dec. 31. The Oracle of Omaha’s successor is his longtime understudy, Greg Abel, who’s

You would have to go back quite some time to find an initial public offering (IPO) as anticipated as SpaceX’s. The aerospace company is looking to IPO this summer with around a $1.75 trillion valuation (the highest in IPO history). How much it ultimately fetches will depend on the market, but the lead-up has sparked

Finding bargains in the stock market is the goal of every investor, regardless of whether you classify yourself as a growth or value investor. Value investors may be looking at “true” bargains, where a stock is underpriced compared to its underlying business. However, growth investors are doing the same thing, as they believe the stocks

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) soared during most of this artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but one thing prompted caution at certain times, and that’s the stock’s valuation. It skyrocketed, reaching a peak of more than 240x forward earnings estimates last year. So, as investors became increasingly worried about the formation of an AI bubble several months

Today’s Change (0.95%) $1.41 Current Price $150.26 Key Data Points Market Cap $159B Day’s Range $147.05 – $161.00 52wk Range $121.99 – $205.95 Volume 42M Avg Vol 12M Gross Margin 55.10% Dividend Yield 2.39% Qualcomm (QCOM +0.95%), a developer of wireless communication technologies and semiconductors for mobile devices and networks, closed Monday at $150.26 up

Some stocks saw massive surges during the early pandemic years because their businesses were well-positioned to perform well in that environment. Many of them have given back those gains, and then some, since then. Two corporations that fit this description are Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). Both companies are down by more