If you're an income-oriented investor, you've undoubtedly come across Energy Transfer ( NYSE: ET ) and Enterprise Products Partners ( NYSE: EPD ) , two high-yielding midstream stocks. The question on many investors' minds is: Which is the better stock to own right now?

Share prices of Applied Materials ( NASDAQ: AMAT ) have jumped impressively from the 52-week lows they hit just over two months ago, gaining 31% in a short time on the back of the broader rally in the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite index that has clocked solid gains of 25% during the same ...

Reading up on Social Security is something everyone should do. But let's face it -- there are probably other activities you'd rather spend time on.Given the choice between curling up with an exciting new novel or digging into Social Security's many rules, you'd probably choose the former if you ...

I like consumer goods stocks, particularly those with a focus on providing me access to companies that support the everyday purchases of everyday people. A lot of companies fall into this broad grouping, but three of my top picks right now are Realty Income ( NYSE: O ) , which needs a bit of ...

After falling into a bear market just a couple of months ago, the Nasdaq Composite is back to flirting with all-time highs as concerns over a trade war have been tamped down and fears about a recession have faded against solid earnings reports and macroeconomic data.The recovery in the Nasdaq ...

The big attraction of Ares Capital ( NASDAQ: ARCC ) for most investors will be its lofty 8.9% dividend yield. That compares very favorably to the scant 1.2% you could collect from an S&P 500 index fund. Ares Capital's yield is high for a reason, which is why most investors should consider its ...

Central bankers spend their careers worrying about risks that most investors ignore. In 2024, they bought a record 1,045 tons of gold as insurance against globally swelling sovereign debt loads and growing geopolitical fractures.Those same issues might even be leading a few outliers to consider ...

Artificial intelligence has been a top investing theme since the start of 2023. Two and a half years later, it's still going strong, and there are some incredibly hot AI stocks on the market."Hot" doesn't necessarily mean that these stocks are buys. some may be considered overvalued.

At the end of 2024, XRP ( CRYPTO: XRP ) suddenly went parabolic, eventually hitting a new 52-week high of $3.39 in January. After going up 600% in an astonishingly short period of time, it looked like XRP might finally be headed to the moon.So it's perhaps no surprise that a number of analysts ...

Palantir Technologies ( NASDAQ: PLTR ) has been one of the hottest AI stocks over the past year and a half. Since the start of 2024, it's up over 700% and has risen over 80% in 2025 alone. Those are incredible returns in a short time frame, but many investors are convinced that Palantir can go ...