The search giant just announced a metric ton of upgrades for Google search -- all powered by artificial intelligence (AI).One of the biggest developments to hit tech over the past year or so has been the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the flood of ways it can be used to create original content, save time, and increase productivity.For Alphabet (GOOGL 0.97%) (GOOG 0.89%) investors, the big question that emerged from these developments is whether the advent of generative AI would spell trouble for ...

Baidu stock looks cheap -- except for the fact that it's hardly growing at all.Shares of Baidu (BIDU -0.15%) stock slumped as much as 5.5% this morning, despite beating earnings estimates in its first-quarter 2024 report. Analysts forecast the Chinese internet search giant would earn $2.18 per American depositary share (ADS), adjusted for one-time items, on $4.3 billion in revenue, but Baidu actually earned $2.76 per ADS on sales of $4.4 billion.As of 10:55 a.m. ET, Baidu is clawing back its losses, but sti ...

The quarter was strong, but the outlook is uncertain.Agriculture equipment manufacturer Deere (DE -3.25%) reported better-than-expected quarterly results but trimmed its full-year forecast for the second time. Investors are focused on what is to come, sending Deere shares down 3% as of 11 a.m. Eastern.Strong quarter, uncertain outlookDeere earned $8.53 per share in its fiscal second quarter ending April 28 on revenue of $15.24 billion, easily surpassing Wall Street's $7.86 per share on sales of $13.3 billio ...

Investors might be remiss to overlook these stocks.The healthcare industry is full of opportunities for long-term investors to become part-owner in compelling businesses that are changing the future for patients across countless disease areas. You don't have to be rich to invest in the stock market.Whether you're new to investing or simply don't have a ton of extra cash on hand to put toward investing, you can still steadily build your portfolio through methods like dollar-cost averaging. If you have even $ ...

These four small-cap stocks scan as deeply undervalued right now. Speculation over rate cuts is reaching an all-time high, and investors are closely monitoring the Federal Reserve's actions. While the exact timing and number of rate cuts remain uncertain, it's widely expected that the Fed will eventually reduce rates to maintain economic stability. As we approach this potential catalyst, I'll explore how investors can best position themselves in the market. The small-cap growth dilemma Small-cap growth stoc ...

A battle is quietly brewing, and a small company called Lattice is secretly winning.After a number of large acquisitions from chip design giant Intel in 2015 and another by AMD in 2022, I've written about how small chip design house Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC 1.23%) is the last FPGA pure-play company left standing.FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) are a type of logic chip. They have the ability to be reprogrammed using software to allow engineers to change the FPGA's function -- even after the chip ha ...

These two healthcare stocks are well-known for their top-tier dividend programs.Dividend stocks tend to struggle in high-interest-rate environments. The core reason is investors have an abundance of low-risk, high-yield income options when interest rates spike.Conversely, fund managers have historically pivoted to top-tier dividend stocks when interest rates fall. The logic behind this trend is that dividend stocks ought to deliver superior returns to risk-free assets like U.S. T-bills in low-rate environme ...

Although these stocks are trading at discounts, they come with some risk.Are you look for deeply discounted stocks to buy? One way you can find deals is by looking at stocks which are trading below their book values. Depending on the industry and the risk a company is facing, investors may not be willing to pay even book value for a stock. And in some cases, that risk is overblown, and it could make for a great buying opportunity.Three stocks that are trading below their book values today are Kraft Heinz (K ...

The future keeps getting brighter for these companies.Drugmakers outside the biosimilar or generic-medicine market must constantly innovate to be successful over long periods. Some are better at it than others.Eli Lilly (LLY 3.19%) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN -0.65%) have historically been in the more successful group. That's why they are among the most prominent players in the game.Can Eli Lilly and Regeneron keep this up? Recent developments suggest that the answer is yes. Both companies have anno ...

Investors will find many reasons to like this business.Block (SQ 0.45%) has taken its investors on a wild ride. Shares were once a huge winner in the years leading up to the all-time high reached in August 2021. It helped that the stock market performed well during that time.But with general pessimism surrounding growth-oriented businesses in more recent times, particularly ones that benefited greatly during the depths of the pandemic, it's been a disappointing story since. This fintech stock currently trad ...