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The COVID-19 crisis has been a trial by fire for the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector. Mortgage REITs were the first casualties, then the crisis moved to retail and mall REITs.

Many mall

The last few months have been a financial rollercoaster for millions of Americans, to put it mildly. Tens of millions of workers lost their jobs as businesses closed their doors to mitigate the

The coronavirus pandemic has not only shaken people's lives but also economies around the world. Global demand destruction for oil and gas products forced Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) to slash

Wayfair (NYSE: W) has benefited from the fact that many people are buying home furnishings online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even as the economy reopens, Wayfair's momentum will likely be here to

Congress raided Social Security, and that's why the program's trust fund is running dry. At least that's what many people believe about why this popular retirement program is in serious financial

Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Invitae (NYSE: NVTA) are two exciting genetic testing companies at dramatically different phases of the corporate lifecycle. For investors seeking a balanced biotech

Restaurant-chain Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) took the economic fallout of COVID-19 mitigation efforts right on the chin. The parent company behind Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse is trading

The case for buying stock in General Electric (NYSE: GE) is based on the idea that its aviation segment will embark on a slow recovery in line with a gradually improving commercial aviation market

As many companies are forced to move their workforce online because of the coronavirus pandemic, Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) has proven itself both resilient and quietly crucial to the new status quo

Imagine that you made your very first stock market investment on March 9, 2009. You would've been lucky enough to start your investing journey at the beginning of the longest bull market in history

Investors have flocked en masse to top e-commerce stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Year to date, shares of Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) are up 122% and 67%, respectively

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the rapid adoption of digital solutions as companies prepare themselves for the possibility of remote work becoming a long-term necessity. Looking at the issue

The U.S. economy may be opening up again, but we're not out of the recession woods just yet. On June 24, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) went on record to say its initial prediction for global

The economic impact of COVID-19 has been extreme since cases started multiplying domestically in March. Not only has the pandemic shuttered over 100,000 small businesses and sent unemployment levels

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.B), one of the largest oil and natural gas companies on planet Earth, cut its dividend after decades of supporting it through good and bad markets. The move shocked

Let's face it, the cruise line business isn't going to be returning to anything near normal anytime soon. North American cruises have already been canceled through mid-September at the earliest, and

Investing in the cannabis industry has been quite the adventure over the past couple of years. Through March 2019, buying almost any brand-name pot stock would have yielded a triple-digit or

The New Year marked the beginning of recreational marijuana sales in Illinois. The state was already seeing a boom in medical marijuana, which it legalized in 2013, and now the recreational market

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt made this famous statement during his inauguration in March 1933. The context, though different, applies aptly to financial

While the overall technology sector has been booming of late, there are still some individual names that haven't achieved the massive runs that many software and cloud stocks have seen. Though it's

The run up on Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) stock has already turned a $10,000 investment at its initial public offering price in May 2015 into $357,000. It has a total market value of $109 billion at the

Canadian cannabis company HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) hasn't been performing well this year. Its share price is down more than 50% year to date, worse than the broad holdings of the Horizons Marijuana Life

Investing isn't something that comes naturally to everyone, but it's also a good way for anyone to grow wealth. If you've yet to invest your money because you're stuck inside your own head, it's

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) is a success story many investors have seemingly overlooked. Focused on takeout since its founding in 1960, the company has been operating

The stock market has had a remarkable run after undergoing the fastest 30%-plus crash in history during the month of March. Since the March 23 low, the S&P 500 is now up a whopping 40%, bringing the