Harsh Chauhan

1 week ago | fool.com | Harsh Chauhan

Buying and holding solid stocks for a long time is a tried-and-tested way of making money in the stock market, as this strategy helps investors capitalize on secular growth opportunities and disruptive trends while also allowing them to benefit from the power of compounding. This explains why an investment of $1,000 in shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -1.78%) a decade ago would now be worth more than $33,500. And that's despite the sharp pullback in the company's shares over the past month.

1 week ago | fool.com | Harsh Chauhan

Apple (AAPL 1.04%) has endured a difficult time on the stock market in 2025 as investors have worried about implications of the Trump administration's tariffs on imports from one of its main manufacturing hubs, China, as well as the reciprocal tariffs on other trade partners where the tech giant manufactures its devices. Shares of the iPhone maker have pulled back 20% this year as of this writing.

1 week ago | fool.com | Harsh Chauhan

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM -3.59%), popularly known as TSMC, is the world's largest semiconductor foundry, which fabricates chips for the top consumer electronics companies and chip designers across the globe. That explains why it has been growing at an impressive pace over the past couple of years.

1 week ago | fool.com | Harsh Chauhan

The stock market has been in turmoil so far this year amid the tariff-related issues that threaten to send the U.S. economy into a potential recession, and a big drop in consumer sentiment this month has added to the overall negativity. According to the University of Michigan's latest survey, consumer sentiment dropped a remarkable 11% in April 2025 to its second-lowest level since 1952.

1 week ago | fool.com | Harsh Chauhan

Palantir Technologies (PLTR -0.22%) went public in September 2020, and shares of the software platforms and data analytics provider have jumped an impressive 714% since then as of this writing, though it is worth noting that almost all of the stock's gains have arrived in the past couple of years following the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) software platform in April 2023. However, Palantir stock has dropped considerably in the past month or so.