At the heart of many of those systems are vision-based light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors that provide a comprehensive 360-degree map of their environment. The technology could play a crucial role in developing safe and reliable self-driving cars capable of accurately identifying and locating the objects around them. Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ: LAZR) is developing such a technology, and it could help reshape the automotive industry if it's successful.

Will 2025 be the year that the king of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector is dethroned? To be sure, chipmaking giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) isn't likely to take a trip to the dungeon. One obvious place to look would be among the companies Nvidia itself has invested in.

The technology companies nicknamed the "Magnificent Seven" have a combined value of $17.2 trillion, which represents one-third of the entire value of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). In other words, investors whose portfolios didn't include the Magnificent Seven stocks last year probably underperformed the broader market by a wide margin. Since these seven companies dominate different areas of the technology industry, including new segments like artificial intelligence (AI), they are likely to continue driving the S&P 500 higher.

We recently compiled a list of the Louis Navellier’s Top 15 Long-Term Stock Picks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) stands against the other Louis Navellier’s top long-term stock picks. Louis Navellier is a prominent American investor, author, and financial analyst, best known for his quantitative […]

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Many top-notch dividend stocks cost less than $100 per share. Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC)(NYSE: BIP), Realty Income (NYSE: O), and NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) are three of the top options under that price point. At that rate, investors could lock in a dividend yield right above 4%, several times higher than the broader market's average (the S&P 500 yields around 1.2%).

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been referred to as a generational opportunity by leadership at some of the top tech companies in the world. Given that there is still a long way to go in AI's development, there is also seemingly plenty of opportunity left for companies to benefit and potentially help make investors who get in early into millionaires. Let's look at three stocks across AI infrastructure, cloud computing, and software that could push a millionaire-making portfolio to its goal over the long haul.

The company is making the transition from a promising upstart to a streaming superstar. Like Netflix before it, Spotify is widening its moat and building its competitive advantage by growing its total user base and, crucially, its subscriber base. Ultimately, Spotify's business is simple.

Share prices of Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) have been racing higher, more than doubling over the past 12 months. It could help set investors up for life if the growth continues, but there's an important metric they need to monitor if they buy it. At the end of the third quarter of 2023, Dutch Bros had 794 locations, meaning in just one year, it grew its footprint by around 20%.

Results of vocal analyses, published this month in the Journal of Accounting Research, can identify whether a CEO is depressed.