Back in 2016, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch released a report that examined the performance of value stocks and growth stocks over a 90-year period between 1926 and 2016. Interestingly, value stocks have outperformed over the long run, with an average annual return of 17%, compared to 12.6% for growth stocks. But what really stood out from the B […]

Alphabet‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google gets lots of attention for its artificial intelligence (AI) pursuits, mainly because the company is so good at applying AI to a variety of businesses. Consider that Google’s core advertising business uses AI to determine which ads to serve online users, and the company’s AI assistant, Google Assistant, is one of the best voice-search […]

The biotechnology sector has been red-hot over the long term but out of favor with Wall Street over the past year. That mismatch is presenting investors a great opportunity to get in. So which stocks should investors buy today? We asked a team of Motley Fool contributors to weigh in and they picked Cambrex (NYSE:CBM), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:BMRN), and […]

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) have defined the social media sector since its early days. The two companies together pioneered many of the social media concepts that have become part of the mainstream lexicon, including trending topics, the news feed, and even “liking” something. Both companies are also among the biggest and most important intermediaries […]