The valuation has come down as sales growth slowed in early 2024.There's a palpable fear of missing out among investors when markets are soaring as they have been in the past year. It's hard not to feel regret, after all, if you don't own top-performing stocks that are doubling or tripling the wider market's return.Of course, it isn't possible to know ahead of time which stocks will jump higher in the short term. Investors may get some clues to that performance potential, though, usually in the form of mark ...

These companies are proven value creators with visible growth ahead.Some companies have a knack for making their investors richer. They operate highly profitable businesses, giving them ample cash to fund their growth while returning money to investors. Brookfield Renewable (BEPC -1.56%) (BEP -0.32%) and Prologis (PLD 0.64%) are proven wealth creators. They're in an excellent position to continue enriching their investors in the future. That makes them great stocks to buy for those seeking to grow their wea ...

Investors looking for an alternative to Nvidia can consider buying this AI stock before it soars higher.Nvidia (NVDA -1.99%) has been one of the hottest stocks on the market in recent months, and that's not surprising, as the company has played a critical role in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.Companies in the race to develop and deploy AI applications have been turning to Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) to utilize the parallel computational power of its chips so that they can train l ...

The AI market is booming, and these chipmakers could be a lucrative way to back the budding industry.Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has skyrocketed since the start of 2023, with the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT kicking off a boom in the industry. As a result, many tech stocks have enjoyed significant gains over the last 12 months as investors have grown bullish over the generative technology.Increased demand for AI services has put a spotlight on chipmakers, highlighting the crucial role they have t ...

Another stock might be the apple of Buffett's eye now.Anyone familiar with Warren Buffett knows the famous investor likes Apple (AAPL 0.02%). He has called the company a better business than any of Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiaries and better than longtime Berkshire holdings American Express and Coca-Cola. However, another company is attracting Buffett's attention even more these days: Occidental Petroleum (OXY 0.88%). Could Buffett like this stock more than Apple because of its once-in-a-generation opportu ...

Betting on AI isn't the only way to beat the market.The big story in the stock market over the past few years has been artificial intelligence (AI). Generative AI, which can create text, images, videos, and audio, looks likely to be a transformative technology. Tech leaders like Microsoft, Alphabet, and Advanced Micro Devices are betting heavily on AI to drive growth.While the stocks of all three of those AI-centric companies have surged over the past year, they have been beaten handily by a stock that has ...

AT&T's financials have been improving, and a dividend hike may be inevitable.Before the pandemic disrupted its operations, AT&T (T 0.58%) was a reliable dividend stock. Not only that, but it was also a dividend-growth stock. For decades, the company increased dividend payments, and in 2019, its streak hit 36 consecutive years of quarterly dividend hikes. When the pandemic hit, the company kept its dividend intact but it did not make any increases to the payout. Then, after it spun off WarnerMedia in 2022 it ...

The king of e-commerce is still a powerhouse to be sure, but that doesn't necessarily make it your best growth investment option at this time.You're, of course, familiar with e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN 0.58%). It's one of the world's biggest companies (as measured by market cap), while its stock is one of the market's best-performing equities since the company went public back in 1997, up nearly 250,000% from that point. You may even be a shareholder.As the adage goes, though, past performance is no guar ...

When I look at this trio of consumer-oriented stocks, I feel confident that I'll be owning them until it's time to pass them on to my daughter.I hate to say that I'll never be selling a stock, because you never know what life will bring. However, there are some companies that I own that I can comfortably say I hope to hand them off to my daughter someday (hopefully many years from now).Three of these forever-holds include Realty Income (O -0.11%), Procter & Gamble (PG -0.13%), and Hershey (HSY -0.54%). Here ...

Despite improvements in its business, the yield trap has been spring.In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the positives with 3M (MMM 0.38%) as well as the reasons dividend investors should avoid the stock. He also shares a high-yield dividend stock he thinks is a far better buy right now, Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP 0.56%) (BIPC 1.83%).*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of May 17, 2024. The video was published on May 17, 2024. ...