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Social Security benefits are a major source of income for millions of retirees, with around one in five married couples depending on their benefits for at least 90% of their income in retirement

Investing in growth stocks can enhance your portfolio. These stocks tend to be more popular than plain old dividend stocks because growing businesses also tend to rise in value. Plus, the capital

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the wake of COVID-19. Thankfully, unemployment benefits are available to workers who are out of a job through no fault of their own, but sometimes, the

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has been a leader in the pharmaceutical industry for over 130 years. With a vast product portfolio and a 2.8% dividend yield, the stock remains popular with income

Though many COVID-19 drug and vaccine trials are under way today, there's no guarantee that they will be successful in the next year (or longer). Meanwhile, the long pandemic could also have huge

The past decade has seen the rise of numerous automated investment management platforms -- "robo advisors" -- that are said to threaten the very existence of the human advice industry. While these

Investing in clinical-stage biotech companies can lead to market-beating gains in the long run. And speaking of market-beating gains, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO)

Since the IRS has extended the 2019 tax deadline to July 15, 2020, there are millions of Americans still waiting for refund checks.

And it's not just people who haven't filed yet who haven't

Over the five-year period leading up to 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) delivered a positive return in just one year: In 2016, Inovio gained a little over 3%. But the story has changed

A lot could change for the cannabis industry over the next six months. In Canada, the new cannabis derivatives market could pick up momentum -- or not. In the U.S., the November elections hold the

We're only a few days away from an important anniversary for Livongo Health (NASDAQ: LVGO). On July 25, Livongo will celebrate its first full year as a publicly traded company.

It's been a wild

What are the most difficult things about investing? For many people, accumulating money to invest in the first place would probably top the list. Another biggie is finding the right stocks to buy

Warren Buffett is a loser. Before you attempt to throw something at me through the Internet, allow me to clarify. The billionaire investor is losing compared to the overall market so far this year

You might have noticed that the stock market doesn't seem phased much by the flurry of bad news lately. Surging COVID-19 cases. Persistent high unemployment. None of it seems to matter to Wall

Longtime investors have seen some crazy things transpire over the years, but nothing could have prepared them for the volatility caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With the

It's a big roll of the dice with investing in the stocks of some companies focused on fighting COVID-19. If they're successful, you could make a ton of money. But if they're not, your loss could be

There's a strong possibility that the bullishness that's happening in the markets right now won't last, especially as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. It's far too early to be talking about a

For patients with COVID-19, there are a handful of challenges that can make life much more difficult. The need to protect uninfected friends and family leaves the ill mostly alone throughout the

When COVID-19 cases began increasing domestically, it quickly became clear that every aspect of life was going to change overnight. And that included the stock market. In March, stocks plunged into

Investors often consider the healthcare sector a "defensive" one because people get sick in good economic times and bad. Thus, the stocks tend to hold up in times when worries about the economy

Next month, Social Security will celebrate its 85th anniversary since being signed into law. For each of the past 80 years (payments began on Jan. 1, 1940), Social Security has been responsible for

For most Americans, 2020 isn't a year they'll soon forget. While many of us have been through a recession or three in our lifetimes, there's nothing that could have prepared us, or the world, for

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) relies heavily on advertising revenue, but has expanded its business into the growing cloud computing market, where IBM (NYSE: IBM) also plays. The cloud is

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is preparing to launch its latest assault on Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).

According to an article on Recode this week, the retail giant is about to unveil a new subscription service

Industrial supply companies always give great color on the state of the U.S. manufacturing sector, so investors have reason for caution after MSC Industrial's (NYSE: MSM) latest third-quarter