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Many people had high hopes for the latest Star Wars trilogy when it debuted with The Force Awakens. But after the release of the third and final installment, The Rise of Skywalker, most critics and

Right now, there are 50 coronavirus vaccine candidates in clinical trials worldwide, and there is a good chance that at least one of them can earn approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Since IPO'ing via a reverse merger into a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) 10 months ago, space tourism company Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) has reported quarterly earnings a total of

Investing in stocks should be part of every retirement plan; it's one of the best ways to build wealth for your golden years. If you're approaching retirement and short of your savings goals, you

I'm not going to bury the lede on this one, folks: The S&P 500 is expensive.

At a recent valuation of nearly 29 times trailing earnings, the stock market as a whole has only been as expensive as it

The financial decisions we make can be tough, and even more so sometimes because they're so important: Our current and future comfort and security depends on how well we manage our finances.

One

It's not always easy to decide on a company to invest in. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many attractive investing opportunities surfacing as lockdowns and movement-control restrictions

The stock market has been in a bit of a slump recently but is still miles above where it was at the March lows. In fact, even after the recent declines, the S&P 500 index is still in positive

The U.S. stock market has sustained a scorching recovery run since April, pushing numerous major indexes to record highs. This has many investors considering alternative opportunities in other

Losing patent protection for a top-selling blockbuster drug is a big setback for any pharmaceutical company. For the past few months, investors and analysts have been concerned about pharmaceutical

This has been a year of many stock market firsts. We've witnessed the quickest plunge into bear market territory in history, as well as the fastest rebound from a bear market bottom to new all-time

The great thing about living in the United States is that we have virtually unlimited choices. (Proof: Have you ever checked out the potato chip aisle?) The same holds true for the cornucopia of

If there's one lesson that 2020's market volatility has taught investors, it's this: No stock is 100% safe. That, however, doesn't mean that risk-averse people should stay away from equities

Neither BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) nor Vir Biotechnology (NASDAQ: VIR) has become a household name in the U.S. They might never reach that status, but both could be very important for many American

Nobody likes to pay taxes. Yet many taxpayers don't understand just how favorable current federal income tax rates are compared to where they've been in the past. The current top marginal tax rate

I was a little late to the party in buying Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH). After watching the stock soar during the latter part of 2018 and the first half of 2019, I finally jumped in to scoop up

You may not realize it now, but there's a very good chance that, when you retire, you're going to be reliant on Social Security income to make ends meet. In the latest national Gallup poll of

It wasn't all that long ago that billion-dollar U.S. cannabis companies were rarer than four-leaf clovers stuck on the horns of unicorns. That's changed. Cresco Labs (OTC: CRLBF) and Trulieve

The coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh on the global economy, and maybe no industry has been hit harder than commercial transportation. Airlines in particular face a tough path forward; even as

It's been a wild year on Wall Street, and Robinhood investors simply can't get enough of it.

Robinhood, the online investing platform best known for offering commission-free trades and doling out

NASA announced Friday that it has awarded SpaceX a $109.4 million contract to launch its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), along with four secondary payloads, on a mission to

Investors apparently aren't interested in seeing another stock market correction -- at least not this week. The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX:^%GSPC) gained 51.9 points, or 1.6%, on Sept. 25. Today's move

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American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) said late Friday that it has finalized a $5.5 billion loan from the U.S. Treasury and could borrow up to $2 billion more next month depending on how many other

The stock market has been looking for a strong recovery, and on Friday, it finally got one. Even though investors are still uncertain about what another potential round of federal government