Economic indicators provide insight into the overall health and performance of the economy. They are closely watched by policymakers, advisors, investors, and businesses because they help them to make informed decisions about business strategies and financial markets.

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RBC Capital has raised its price target for Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LSE:LLOY) from 60p to 70p, reflecting stronger forecasts for the bank's earnings and shareholder returns. The bank's latest results showed steady progress, with rising net interest income and lower-than-expected costs helping to support profitability.

The amount of data at investors' fingertips can sometimes feel overwhelming. Between a steady stream of economic data releases and earnings season -- the six-week period each quarter where most S&P 500 (^GSPC -1.71%) companies report their operating results -- it can be easy for something important to fall through the cracks.

The past few years have been challenging for the commercial real estate sector. Higher interest rates to combat inflation have weighed on real estate values.

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS -9.45%), a producer of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites for cellular networks, saw its stock soar more than 840% over the past 12 months. That rally was fueled by the launches of its first commercial satellites and new contracts.

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Few big pharma stocks have been bigger winners over the last three years than Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Lilly now ranks as the largest drugmaker in the world, with a market cap of $844 billion, after its shares skyrocketed more than 270%.

There aren't too many investors on Wall Street who garner as much attention as Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.58%) (BRK.B -0.64%) CEO Warren Buffett, and the reason why is simple: He outperforms. In the roughly 60 years the Oracle of Omaha has been CEO, he's led Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares (BRK.A) to a cumulative return of 5,864,600%, as of the closing bell on Feb. 19.

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Entering Monday trading, the EV maker's shares were down almost 30% from their all-time closing high of almost $480 each, reached on Dec. 17.

Former Magellan Fund manager Peter Lynch has always promoted buying what you know. Lynch achieved tremendous success during his investing career doing just that.

Upstart (UPST -9.39%) capped off a transformational 2024 with a blowout fourth-quarter earnings report. The financial technology (fintech) innovator exceeded Wall Street expectations by posting 56% year-over-year revenue growth for the period that ended Dec. 31, with the pace accelerating from the prior quarter.

Is Microsoft starting to have doubts after artificial-intelligence demand?

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications will likely be a key determinant of economic growth for the next decade and beyond. However, the burgeoning AI industry is anything but static.

For the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the software and semiconductor industries have witnessed outsized market-beating returns. What investors may not fully realize, however, is that there are adjacent opportunities to pure-play technology businesses floating around the AI realm.

Vici Properties (VICI 1.69%) owns one of the largest collections of gaming, hospitality, and entertainment destinations in the country . Its real estate portfolio features many of the most iconic casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas and The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.

Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder, discusses Meta's move to ban third-party fact-checking on its platforms, at the Web Summit in Doha, Qatar.