Some innovations, like e-commerce and the cloud, are so big they can take many years to play out. The companies that create the best investment returns can tap into that growth and ride it for decades. It’s still early, but it looks like artificial intelligence (AI) is the next great tech frontier. Three Fools combed …
Despite Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla delivering some of the best gains in stock market history since they each came public, they aren’t the best performing names in the S&P 500 index over the last 10 years. In fact, none of them even crack the top 10. However, the time frame does play a very important …
Warren Buffett, an American businessman and philanthropist, is regarded by many as the world’s most successful investor. Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), has focused its investment strategy on finding businesses with strong fundamentals and holding them indefinitely. In a letter to shareholders in 1988, Buffett stated, “When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding …
One of the biggest investment themes in 2023 was artificial intelligence (AI). Each of the “Magnificent Seven” stocks is playing a role in AI, and they helped fuel the Nasdaq Composite over 40% last year. This momentum seems to have carried over into 2024. The S&P 500 recently hit a new all-time high, and investors …
After a stock has skyrocketed, it’s fair to take a step back and ask whether that particular player still makes a good buy. You may be thinking that this kind of momentum can’t last forever and the stock is looking pretty expensive now. Often, you could be right. But some stocks, even after enormous gains, …
Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN) soared 80% in 2023, so you may think the e-commerce and cloud computing giant’s potential for gains this year is limited. But it’s important to remember that just because a stock advanced significantly today doesn’t mean it will decline tomorrow. Instead, the price movement generally is linked to the company’s earnings potential or …