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Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world's largest home improvement retailer, has been an excellent stock to own over the past decade. An investment of roughly $113,000 10 years ago would be worth a million

There is no doubt that the retail industry is going through a rough patch. The public is battling the coronavirus pandemic, which caused governments to issue stay-at-home orders, and a resurgence of

Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) were both significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help reduce the spread of the virus, both companies closed the doors to all brick-and-mortar

California Resources (NYSE: CRC) became the latest oil and gas producer to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The long-rumored and widely expected move will enable the company to further reduce its

The Robinhood stock-trading platform has done a good job of making investing accessible, and even fashionable, for the masses, but it's not perfect. First-time investors often start out as

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) are two of the most iconic brands in the world. McDonald's operates and franchises over 36,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries, while

So far in 2020, iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) shares have been down by more than 30% -- and higher by over 70%. That huge gap reflects wide investor uncertainty around the tech business. On one hand, it is

Earlier this year, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) started offering its Just Walkout technology as a service for other stores. The technology allows shoppers to grab anything they want off store shelves and

The coronavirus pandemic has already forced many Americans to put their plans on hold. A second wave of COVID-19 could seriously impact your future.

Many older adults are being forced to rethink

Shortly after introducing a hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) program for the enterprise earlier this month, Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) continued its push into hardware this week by

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) has proved remarkably resilient during the pandemic as first-quarter sales rose 5.5% from last year and profits bounded 28% higher.

Because the personal care products

After starting out as a discount military surplus store in 1946, Grocery Outlet Holdings (NASDAQ: GO) has grown to encompass 355 grocery stores today. The company went public on June 19, 2019, at

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on sports betting in May 2018, 20 states have legalized it. Now, only Utah, Idaho, and Wisconsin do not have some kind of legislation related

There's probably more Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) in your life than you'd care to admit. It may seem fairly obvious when Amazon is delivering something to you -- physically

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) depend heavily on one another. Unlike Intel, AMD is a fabless chip company. Thus, it depends on companies such

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) is still a small industry. According to tech researcher IDC, global spending on AR/VR was $10.5 billion in 2019. Although the coronavirus pandemic has cast some

Once it became clear that Americans would need financial relief in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, lawmakers acted fairly quickly, passing the CARES Act into law by late March. The CARES Act

It's been one of only a few champs in the shadow of coronavirus lockdowns. Like rivals Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kroger (NYSE: KR), Costco (NASDAQ: COST) was able to give consumers the critical basics

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act expanded unemployment benefits are set to run out at the end of July, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of unemployed workers

This holiday season will see new gaming consoles launch from Sony and Microsoft. The last console launch from these companies in 2013 was good for video game stocks. Activision Blizzard, Take-Two

Investing is the best way to build wealth, but there are inevitably going to be some bumps in the road on the path to prosperity. In fact, it's common and normal for investors to experience losses

Investors have been getting conflicting signals about the airline industry in recent weeks. On the one hand, encouraging early data about vaccines under development have bolstered hopes that a

We spend our working lives saving for the day when we can drop out of the rat race and start living a different life, whether that means cutting back on work or stopping work altogether. Either way

Planning for retirement in the age of COVID-19 can seem impossible at times. The stock market crash earlier this year may have had an impact on your retirement savings, and if you lose your job

Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) both survived the retail apocalypse, which crushed many brick-and-mortar retailers over the past decade. But over the past five years, Walmart's