Intel ( NASDAQ: INTC ) made a run at the artificial intelligence ( AI ) accelerator market with its Gaudi line of chips, which came with the company's $2 billion acquisition of Habana. Unlike the graphics processing units ( GPUs ) from Nvidia and AMD ( NASDAQ: AMD ) , Gaudi featured a different ...

While buying and holding a single stock in a portfolio is not great investment advice, it is an interesting exercise to determine your highest-conviction stock pick. The ideal stock would be a relatively safe company that has a strong chance of beating the market over the long term.

Investors have become nervous about the retail sector due to a host of concerns. These include the impact of tariffs on consumer spending and a potential recession.You can see the effect on stock prices. The S&P 500 Retail Composite has lost 1.8% this year through June 18.

Investors have their choice of growth stocks these days, especially with a surge of interest in artificial intelligence ( AI ) . But not all growth stocks are young tech start-ups. Some are established players that have dug wide moats around their businesses.

Warren Buffett has dropped enough hints to ascertain that his favorite exchange-traded fund ( ETF ) is the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( NYSEMKT: VOO ) . This ETF has been a huge winner historically, but which Vanguard ETFs have beaten Buffett's favorite ETF since inception?Only two make the list: the ...

Everybody's heard of it, but few people appreciate just how compelling this aging business has suddenly become.

President Donald Trump's freeze on federal hiring could affect Americans in lots of ways. Your Social Security cost-of-living adjustment ( COLA ) might seem to be an unlikely item on the list.However, Trump's hiring freeze at the U.S.

Oracle ( NYSE: ORCL ) stock has been in fine form on the market over the past couple of months, gaining 77% from its April 21 52-week low. And it looks like this technology giant is primed for more upside following the release of its latest quarterly report.Oracle reported its fiscal 2025 ...

If you had planted $10,000 worth of Bitcoin ( CRYPTO: BTC ) in a portfolio in 2015, your investment would be worth an eye-popping $4.3 million right now, after the coin's almost unthinkable growth of nearly 43,000%. It still has plenty of capacity for big growth during the next 10 years, too.

If you want to get people worked up, ask a small group of friends what they think of Social Security privatization. Privatization refers to the idea of shifting the management and funding of retirement from the government to individuals.