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August has been a volatile month for the stock market. Corporate earnings, a rise in bond yields, and a deepening economic correction in China have conspired to send all three major U.S. indices down about 3% over the past month. Amid the downturn, there are still some clear winners among the top growth stocks to

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) stock could have a banner year in front of it. Companies providing easy-to-implement AI solutions could gain as businesses seek productivity improvement. In this age of rising inflation and increasing wages, productivity gains simply haven’t kept up with companies’ rising costs. Thus, companies implementing AI-based productivity improvement measures may gain the upper hand

Certainly, there are pros and cons to holding Mastercard (NYSE:MA) stock. The company’s dividend payments are minuscule. On the other hand, Mastercard is a recognized giant in the payments-processing space. There’s nothing wrong with investing in Mastercard as long as your expectations are realistic. As we’ll discuss in a moment, Mastercard appears to be rejecting

Let’s be perfectly honest. Many traders had never even heard of American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) stock until Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk brought up the topic of electricity shortages. Suddenly, AMSC stock was headed for the moon – but don’t buy any shares until you’ve conducted your due diligence on American Superconductor. Headquartered in Massachusetts, American Superconductor

Yiren Digital (NYSE:YRD) is up by nearly 75% year-to-date. Over the past twelve months, YRD stock has gained by more than 134%. With such a strong performance, many questions emerge. For starters, what’s the story with this China-based fintech firm? While not an obscure stock per se, admittedly it is not one of the most

From early to mid-August, shares in Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) experienced a slight pullback in price. However, in more recent trading days, META stock has started to bounce back. As of this writing, the tech giant’s shares are back to the $300 price level. With this, if you so far haven’t added

Buying dividend stocks can be tricky. Oftentimes, stocks that pay exorbitantly high dividends have underlying financial problems, and their share price is languishing. The dividend is used as a carrot to keep shareholders hanging on in what is known as a “dividend trap.” This is a situation best avoided. That said, there are a number

Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) stock hit a peak early this month after announcing earnings, at over $46 per share. Since then, shares of Li are down 14%. Li stock bulls may be asking why. I offered some glib answers last week. China’s recovery is unstable. Many American investors fear its government. But there’s more going on under

Warren Buffett is undoubtedly one of the greatest investors of all time. The Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) CEO has one of the best long-term investing track records and seen as a guru among many in the investing community.  This stellar track record means many investors follow Buffett’s buying activity closely. As a steadfast buy-and-hold advocate, his recent moves raise

Investors are aware that the same pressures facing the automotive industry also affect the aviation industry. The environmental impact of burning fossil fuels to power transport has come under scrutiny for both. Therefore, electric aviation startups are beginning to garner the attention that electric vehicle (EV) firms have, and investors have grown acutely interested in

Here are some of Monday’s biggest movers: Stock gainers Shares of 3M Co. MMM, +0.46% rose 4.6% in premarket trading after The Wall Street Journal reported that the multinational conglomerate was nearing agreement on a $5.5 billion plan to settle more than 300,000 lawsuits over defective military earplugs.

Bond yields were down a touch on Monday, after a week in which short-term yields moved higher, while longer-term securities took a breather. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD02Y was 5.07%, down 1.3 basis points. Yields move in the opposite direction to prices. The yield on the 10-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD10Y was 4.22%,

When working with a financial adviser, your best defense is a good offense. Before you even hire someone to advise you, you should protect yourself by doing some basic research, said Jason Steeno, president of CoreCap Investments and CoreCap Advisors. “Do your homework upfront. Vet an adviser before you hire them,” he said. “Talk to

Don’t be surprised if bonds far outpace stocks over the next several years. That’s because the period since March 2020 has experienced just the opposite, and history teaches us that the equity premium (the amount by which stocks beat bonds) regularly swings from one extreme to the other. And over the 41 months since March

Another day, another item of investing advice lands in my inbox claiming that we American investors shouldn’t waste one nickel of our IRAs and 401(Ks) on those inferior foreign (yuck!) stocks.  Stock markets in places like Western Europe, Japan and Australasia will get you all the risks of Wall Street with less of the upside,

An eventful week that included Nvidia earnings and Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole address ended with a solid if not spectacular 0.8% gain for the S&P 500 SPX, which at least brought a streak of three successive weekly declines to an end. It’s worth revisiting Nvidia NVDA. According to FactSet, Nvidia’s earnings beat Wall Street estimates

The U.S. stock market snapped a streak of three straight weekly losses in a volatile week that featured Nvidia earnings and an eagerly awaited speech by Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell at the annual Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming. But the week ahead offers another trial for investors as they await the Fed’s preferred measure

Oil futures were trading near unchanged early Monday as investors assessed China’s latest efforts to bolster its lagging economy, while also monitoring the potential threat posed by Tropical Storm Idalia to Gulf Coast crude and gas output. Price action West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery CL00, +0.03% CL.1, +0.03% CLV23, +0.03% was off 2