Over the last 50 years, the S&P 500 (VOO 0.51%) has increased about 10% annually on average. Barring a catastrophe in the final weeks of this year, the S&P 500 will have an above-average year in 2025, ...

The market is up three years in a row, but that doesn't change what the pattern says about 2026. One stock may be a counterintuitively good buy for 2026 even after its big gains in 2025. 10 stocks we ...

In a tough year for software stocks, Adobe’s been no exception. And even though the company could demonstrate progress in monetizing artificial intelligence when it reports earnings on Wednesday, ...

IBM announced on Monday it is acquiring Confluent for $11 billion, sending shares of the data streaming platform up about 29% in morning trading. By midday trading, at the time of this writing, ...

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Even if you think the market will slump, selling your holdings isn't an ideal strategy. If you're a retiree who's invested in the stock market, you may be worried about remaining invested in 2026. The ...

The Metals Company controls 51 million metric tons of battery metal reserves on the ocean floor worth potentially $600B or more. The company targets commercial production by late 2027 but may receive ...

Palantir Technologies stock has surged more than 2,000% since it launched its AI data mining solution. The stock looks extraordinarily expensive when measured using the most common valuation metrics.

Retail investors think there's a short-squeeze brewing in shares of robot vacuum maker iRobot. The Roomba maker's stock has surged in the last few days on little news. Sentiment toward iRobot among ...

SoundHound AI achieves 90% task completion rates versus 30% to 40% for pure LLM competitors. The company's AI platform doesn't just transcribe spoken words, it figures out what you actually meant to ...