In a market experiencing significant risk, Waste Management (NYSE: WM) offers investors a defensive position amid the volatility.*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 6, 2025. The video was published on May 8, 2025.Continue reading

After 60 years at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway, the Oracle of Omaha is ready for retirement.

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Has the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) stocks cooled off? Many top AI stocks are down this year, including Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), better known as just AMD, and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). They have both declined around 15% thus far in 2025, which is worse than S&P 500's more modest drop of 4%.There's still massive potential for AI to revolutionize businesses and entire industries, but investors have been starting to scale back their positions in AI. If, however, you're looking at the long haul, then now can be a great time to add a top AI stock to your portfolio. Which of these two chip stocks is the better option right now: AMD or Nvidia?Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.A) has been a tremendous investment since the stock went public back in 1980. During that span, the insurance-led conglomerate has had only one chief executive officer: Warren Buffett. Buffett would prove himself to be one of the greatest investors of all time during his tenure at Berkshire.However, Buffett shocked shareholders when he announced at the company's annual shareholder meeting that he would step down from the CEO role at the end of the year. Taking his place will be Greg Abel, his long-appointed successor and current head of Berkshire's energy division. Buffett will, however, stay on as a member of Berkshire's board.Unlike Buffett, Abel is not a renowned investor. Instead, his strength lies in his operating expertise and being a shrewd dealmaker. He made a string of acquisitions to help turn a sleepy Iowa utility into a major power production and pipeline company that is now called Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Meanwhile, he has been running Berkshire's non-insurance businesses since 2018. Continue reading

Shares of Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) were falling today after the leader in the online dating market posted disappointing results in its first-quarter earnings report.The stock closed down 9.6% on the news.Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading

Explore the exciting world of LandBridge Company (NYSE: LB) with our expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the prices of April 2, 2025. The video was published on May 8, 2025.Continue reading

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) stock closed Wednesday in positive territory. On the back of a solid quarterly earnings beat, investors pushed it to a 1.4% gain, good enough to top the 0.6% bump of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC).For its first quarter of this year, ConocoPhillips booked just over $17.1 billion in revenue, well up from the nearly $14.5 billion in the same period of 2024. Non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) adjusted net income also headed north, rising to just under $2.7 billion ($2.09 per share) from the year-ago profit of $2.4 billion. Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading

Niche healthcare company GoodRx Holdings (NASDAQ: GDRX) was looking spry and healthy on the stock market Thursday. Investors were happy to take a few doses of it following the company's release of its latest set of quarterly earnings, and they cranked the price of the shares nearly 12% higher. With that, it trounced the S&P 500 index; this rose marginally on the day by 0.6%.GoodRx, which specializes in prescription and telehealth services, saw its revenue rise by almost 3% year-over-year to just under $203 million. Non-GAAP (adjusted) net income also advanced, increasing by 5% to hit $34.4 million, or $0.09. Both results were broadly in line with analyst estimates. Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading

Fluence Energy (NASDAQ: FLNC) posted its fiscal second-quarter earnings report after market hours Wednesday, and the following trading session investors rewarded it handsomely. The next-generation battery storage systems company saw its stock pop by almost 7%, on a Thursday when the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) could only muster a 0.6% gain.Fluence gauged its quarterly revenue at roughly $431.6 million, which was around a 31% decrease from the same period a year ago. This isn't as ugly as it appears, since according to the company, the discrepancy is mainly due to what it described as "the pronounced back-end nature of expected revenue for full-year 2025, compared to the revenue distribution seen in full-year 2024." Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading