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Whenever I buy a stock, I intend to hold it for three to five years and then analyze whether it's worth holding for even longer. Over a time frame of that length, business results should take over as the key factor for stock performance rather than short-term market sentiment.

Investing, especially in the artificial intelligence (AI) field, is fraught with uncertainty. Some stocks have returned 1,000% or more in a relatively short time, while others with potentially promising growth prospects ended up losing money for investors.

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs wi...

Amazon (AMZN -2.83%) has been one of the best stocks to ever own on the market, and it's still going strong. Although today its most potent opportunities come from artificial intelligence (AI), it built itself up to become the e-commerce king when that industry was just getting started.

Both Alphabet (GOOG -2.71%) (GOOGL -2.65%) and Amazon (AMZN -2.83%) fell following their Q4 results over the past few weeks. It wasn't for the strength each displayed in Q4; rather, it was because each company plans to spend a significant amount of money on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in 2025.

The U.S. is home to eight technology companies with a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more, but only three have graduated into the ultra-exclusive $3 trillion club:

Stanley Druckenmiller and his Duquesne Family Office has been a great hedge fund for investors to track. Because it has more than $100 million in assets, it is required to report holdings to the Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of each quarter.

Cathie Wood has developed a reputation for investing in up-and-coming tech disruptors, and she's been ahead of the curve with some of her finds. Her company, Ark Invest, markets exchange-traded funds (ETF), and they each feature an assortment of stocks that fit a certain trend in disruptive technology.