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Now that share prices have regained the ground they lost back in March, some analysts are worried the recovery has gone too far -- that a bubble might be brewing. Those bubble fears might have you

Nucor (NYSE: NUE) isn't a household name, despite being the largest steelmaker in the United States. Not surprisingly, it has an incredible history of success behind it -- companies don't usually

E-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is having a fantastic year. The COVID-19 health crisis resulted in more online shopping, which is great news for the undisputed leader in that sector

After avidly following the stock after its IPO in 2019, I finally decided to open up a starter position in Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) this past summer. And even though shares have doubled 2020 to date

ChargePoint, one of the first and largest electric-vehicle recharging networks, said on Thursday that it will go public via a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Switchback Energy

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) has long been a battleground stock.

Nearly 40% of the float is sold short, and shares of the personalized online styling service almost always move by double digits

FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) are on a roll. Both stocks have surged in 2020, and analysts and investors are getting excited about the companies' long-term growth prospects. Let's take a

Making money on investments is great news. Paying a portion of your profits to the IRS is less fun. But many investors can avoid paying taxes on most or all of their gains, while others can ensure

The benefits of ETF (exchange-traded fund) investing are well substantiated and generally well understood: The average investor benefits tremendously from low fees, diversification, and convenience

The 401(k) is an incredibly powerful investing tool, and there are plenty of advantages of contributing to this type of account.

For one, 401(k)s have much higher annual contribution limits than

Last month, the Trump administration announced it would ban Tencent's (OTC: TCEHY) messaging app WeChat in the U.S. However, the effort to enforce that ban beginning last week was halted by a

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) has been around since 1930, so its business has been time-tested through many industry cycles and economic downturns. This time, it's the pandemic that's cutting into

Initial public offering (IPO) season is in full swing. A bunch of young, private companies are actively pitching potential public investors on the future prospects of owning a piece of their vision

Pipeline giant ONEOK (NYSE: OKE) had high hopes entering this year. The company was in the midst of a major expansion program, which had it on track to finish five projects by the end of the first

You're about as likely to guess how much money you'll need for retirement as you are to predict exactly how long you'll live, yet in order to live comfortably in your senior years, you have to come

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) has been a monster stock for its shareholders. Originally called Hansen's Natural, the stock has been ripping and roaring throughout the 21st century. Suppose you

When it comes to creative software, Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) is the 800-pound gorilla that no other company truly rivals. The company is most well known for its creative suite subscription bundle, which

In 2018, Presidential Nominee Joe Biden and his wife Jill declared $49,545 in income from Social Security on their tax return. Their returns also showed they were taxed on $42,113 of those benefits.

High dividend yields can be a great way for investors to generate valuable income from their portfolios. Companies use a portion of their earnings to pay back investors, and those funds can be used

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) earnings are almost always followed by a big swing in the stock, and the latest report was no exception.

Shares of the online personalized styling service tumbled almost

If you want to survive the next stock market crash, you have to think big -- as in huge pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY)

You need $5,000 right now. Where do you get it? No, that's not a hypothetical question, at least not for many Americans who have lost their jobs since the pandemic started. After trimming budgets

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) launched its first 5G market in the spring of 2019. The rollout has continued to progress as the New York-based telecom giant has spent several years and tens of

On the back of exceptionally strong second-quarter results, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) surpassed $1,000 a share for the first time in July. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift that was already

As an investor, buying and holding stocks forever is the best way to make money in the stock market. While "forever" may seem like a long time when it comes to putting money in a single stock, it's