The bull market has pushed the S&P 500 up 22% over the past year, but historically, the popular barometer has averaged about 10% returns annually. To help you in your search, three Motley Fool contributors believe Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), and Cava Group (NYSE: CAVA) have the makings of long-term winners that can outperform the broader market over the next five years. John Ballard (Uber Technologies): Uber stock is up 162% since bottoming out in 2022, but the stock's flat performance over the past year sets up a great buying opportunity.

Oppenheimer lowered the firm’s price target on Coinbase (COIN) to $334 from $358 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm believes the selloff in Coinbase shares since late December presents a buying opportunity. It predicts Q4 will be a “very good” quarter, sees upward earnings-estimate revisions for the out years, and potential for S&P 500 inclusion in 2025. In addition, the analyst expects regulatory clarity under a “pro-crypto” President Trump. As a leading, focused crypto play

Last year, five stocks supplied me with more than $500 of dividend income apiece. Here's a look at these leaders, which I expect will provide me with even more passive income in 2025. Last year, Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) was my top income-producing stock.

Both have produced positive total returns, but with a 264% total return in about 10 and a half years (about 13% annualized), American Express (NYSE: AXP) has been the standout. There's a lot that has happened in the 10-and-a-half years since I became an Amex shareholder, and not all of it was good. For example, in 2016, American Express and Costco ended their 16-year partnership, and at the time, Amex's co-branded Costco credit cards made up about 10% of all Amex cards in circulation and about 20% of its interest-bearing credit card loans.

My long-term financial goal is to eventually collect enough passive income each year to cover my basic living expenses. Here's why I think the beverage and snacking giant can help me quench my thirst for more passive income. PepsiCo currently offers a dividend yield of around 3.8%.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't a theme that's going to wrap up this year. One stock that's been the epitome of AI investing is Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). One key point about Nvidia that sets it apart from other AI investments is that it's making piles of money from all of the AI investments from big tech companies.

The Federal Reserve began the process of cutting benchmark interest rates in September 2024, as expected. Here are two stocks that should benefit from a falling interest rate environment this year -- but rates aren't the only catalyst that could propel them higher. When interest rates are declining, there's typically higher demand for stocks in the real estate sector as lower short-term interest rates often correlate with lower mortgage rates.

You lose a portion of your passive income, and a dividend stock's price tends to fall significantly leading up to and after a payout reduction. The best way to do that is to focus on companies that have built a financial fortress around their dividend payments. Three super-safe dividend stocks that also offer above-average payouts are Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Realty Income (NYSE: O).