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Nvidia Briefly Became the Largest Company on the Stock Market. What Does This Mean for Investors?

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It's up 150% this year, crushing the broader market, and that catapulted it to the very top spot as the largest public company by market cap. A stock's market cap is the total value of all of its shares. What does this mean for investors?

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Stock Market Sell-Off: Here Are 3 Stocks I'd Love to Buy at a Discount

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The stock market sold off sharply in the early days of August, but has since reversed course, with the S&P 500 making back about half of its recent declines and now trading for just 6% below its all-time high. This wasn't the first stock market sell-off, and it certainly won't be the last. Digital Realty pays a 3.3%

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3 Stock Market Predictions for 2024: The S&P 500 Gains, Apple Falls Behind Microsoft, and Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Soar

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Here are three not-so-wild stock market predictions for 2024. Microsoft will become the world's most valuable company Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is worth $2.8 The benchmark index ended the year with nine consecutive weeks of gains, its longest win streak since 2004. The stage is now set for another exciting year. Here's why.

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Meet Wall Street's Safest Dividend Stock: A Small-Cap Company Few Investors Know Exists

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It's a near-certainty that there's a security or 10 that matches your risk tolerance and/or investment goals But among the seemingly countless ways money can be made in the stock market, few strategies have been more consistently successful than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks over an extended period.

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These Were the 5 Biggest Companies in 2009, and Here Are the 5 Biggest Companies Now

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Nowhere is this more true than on the stock market. For example, in just 15 years, the total annual revenue of the five largest American companies has soared 50% from $1.6 Let's dig in and see which stocks have shouldered their way into the top five and which have dropped out. A lot can change in 15 years. trillion to $2.4

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Is IonQ Stock a Buy Now?

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That's why quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) saw its stock skyrocket to a 52-week high of $21.60 5 during the broader stock market's recent sell-off. There's no telling if IonQ's technology will be the one preferred by customers over the long run, making an investment in the stock highly speculative.

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3 Leading Tech Stocks to Buy in 2024 and Beyond

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It's been a public company since 2009 and has been profitable and free cash flow generative every year since its initial public offering ( IPO ). DocuSign Few companies felt the effects of the pandemic-induced stock market roller coaster more than DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU).