The data-mining giant just dropped below its debut stock price of $10. Palantir Technologies'(PLTR $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ )stock sank 21% to an all-time low on May 9 after the analytics firm posted its first-quarter earnings report. Revenue rose 31% year over year to $446 million, which exceeded analysts' estimates by $2.5 million. However, adjusted net income declined 46% to $45 million, or $0.02 per share, which missed analysts' expectations by $0.02. On a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, the company's net loss narrowed from $123 million to $101 million. In the second quarter, Palantir expects revenue to grow about 25% year over year to $470 million -- which missed the consensus forecast for 29% growth and wou

These powerhouses have great growth track records -- and plenty of room for further growth. "Tech stocks" is not as accurate a descriptor for a company as it used to be because it can be hard to find a company these days that doesn't employ technology in some way to carry out its business. Airplanes, for example, are roughly 50-ton to 100-ton flying hunks of technology, while financial services companies almost exclusively rely on tech to process transactions and manage money. Cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and more are vital parts of many, if not most, industries these days. So if you're looking for tech stocks to invest in to build wealth for retirement, you've got lots of options, perhaps even too many to narrow your choices adequately. To help you, here are thr

2022 – what a year, between rising interest rates, inflation and wars.US stock markets responded by entering a vicious bear market. Unlike 2020, there is no fast recovery in sight with central banks around the world tightening monetary policy.Singapore banks like DBS $DBS Group Holdings Ltd.(DBSDF)$ , UOB $United Overseas Bank Ltd.(UOVEY)$ & OCBC $OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP(O39.SI)$ have not been spared. They have given up most of their gains from the start of the year.Unsurprisingly, I’ve gotten a lot of emails about them.One of the big questions is whether their dividends payouts are safe?2020 – The Year of COVIDIt was not too long ago that we were f

Both stocks should continue to be long-term winners, but one stands out over the near term.Alphabet(GOOG$ $Alphabet(GOOG)$ )(GOOGL0.11%)and Amazon.com(AMZN $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ )knew exactly how to fire up investors earlier this year. Both tech giants announced 20-for-1 stock splits a few months ago -- Alphabet in February and Amazon in March. And both stocks jumped after the news.Amazon's stock split will happen first, with trading on a split-adjusted basis expected to begin on June 6, 2022. Alphabet's stock split should be done soon afterward on July 15. But which stock is the better buy ahead of its stock split?IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES.Several similaritiesWe should first acknowledge several si