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A decade is a long time to hold a company's stock in your portfolio. However, adhering to a buy-and-hold approach is usually a good path to take, leading to greater wealth than trading stocks

Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) lucrative relationship with the U.S. government took another big step forward on Sunday. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) amended its

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) began the first quarter of Arvind Krishna's tenure as CEO on a high note. The company beat consensus revenue and earnings estimates. It also announced

There is no letup in sight for video-game demand during the coronavirus pandemic. The console upgrade cycle hasn't even kicked in yet, and combined sales of video game hardware, software, and

Retirement planning can't be all about saving enough to see the world and spoil your grandkids, although you'll certainly want to make sure you have the cash to do those things.

The reality is that

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), and Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) have become household names these days -- at least to investors betting on who may win the coronavirus

Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) might consider changing its name if sales trends stay this way for much longer. On Thursday, the alcoholic beverage giant announced that its flagship Samuel Adams franchise

Nucor (NYSE: NUE), a leading U.S. steelmaker and steel products supplier, reported second quarter earnings of $0.36 per share on July 23. The results are impressive because the company originally

Caesars Holdings (NASDAQ: CZR), which is the name of the merged Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment, couldn't have completed its leveraged buyout at a worse time. The coronavirus pandemic is

Credit card lender Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) reported its second-quarter results on Thursday, and they were ugly. Total revenue fell 7%, while net income swung from a $753 million

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) recently agreed to acquire Noble Energy (NASDAQ: NBL) for $13 billion, which includes the assumption of debt. While the main draw was Noble's oil and gas assets -- especially its

The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has rewarded patient long-term investors with a total return of over 1,000% in the last ten years, cementing its status as a best-in-class retailer.

With an existing

It's not a surprise to see travel among the hardest hit industries this year, and the stocks have taken a beating in the process. Airlines, hoteliers, cruise lines, car rental agencies, travel

Investors have some good reasons to be optimistic heading into Procter & Gamble's (NYSE: PG) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. The consumer staples giant had been posting impressive growth

As live sports and primetime programming went off the air this spring amid the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming services like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Video and Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Hulu and Disney+

Last week, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported a quarterly profit under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the fourth consecutive quarter. This was a particularly important milestone for

Author and speaker Zig Ziglar reportedly once quipped, "If you want to earn more, learn more." That's often true for our careers, as adding certifications or degrees or skills to our resume can make

If the plight of brick-and-mortar retailers was an apocalypse before the pandemic, it's hard to know what to call it now.

Much of the retail sector is facing an unprecedented threat from COVID-19

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock recently dipped after the tech giant reported its fourth-quarter earnings, even though its headline numbers beat Wall Street's estimates.

Microsoft's revenue rose

The North American energy sector's growth days appear to be in the rearview mirror. At least that's the view of executives at pipeline giant Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) as they discussed what they saw

Over the last decade, MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) stock has handed shareholders an amazing 16-bagger return, beating the S&P 500, the standard measure of the market's performance, by a huge margin.

Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) reported second-quarter results last week, and the release included the bombshell announcement that the company's 7-nanometer processors would be delayed by

Finding high yields while the stock market is near all-time highs is hard, but not impossible. You just need to be careful and stick with financially strong companies with the size and scale to

The Robinhood app kicked off a race to zero commissions among many stock trading platforms. In leading that trend, it has built a loyal following of passionate investors eager to carve out their own

Perhaps the question should be reframed. IF General Electric (NYSE: GE) was the only stock on the market, is it a stock worth buying or not? Let's take a look at the investment case for buying the