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The mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) space has been hammered since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even agency mortgage REITs have been slammed by margin calls and depreciating

Royal Dutch Shell's historic 66% dividend cut has paved the way for its British rival, BP (NYSE: BP), to secure the crown as the oil major with the highest dividend yield.

BP management recently

Nearly 3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in early May due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Labor reported, bringing the two-month total to around 36.5 million

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are often considered the top stocks in the cloud market. After all, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's Azure are the two largest cloud

Robinhood, the brokerage platform that popularized free stock trades, serves over 10 million users worldwide. Instead of charging fees for every trade, Robinhood generates most of its revenue by

Online education technology leader Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) continues to power ahead as the COVID-19 pandemic has made its extended learning opportunities more critical than ever. Shares of Chegg have

Americans who have worked for at least 10 years should be able to count on some Social Security benefits to help them through retirement, but how much you'll get depends as much on your choices as

When it comes to hardware technology, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is at the leading edge of developments that are poised to reshape the world for at least the next decade. Using its graphics processing

Amazon is the most well-known e-commerce stock in the world. Its stock has surged nearly 1,800% over the past decade as it disrupted brick-and-mortar retailers and locked over 150 million members

The month of May means it's graduation season -- though this graduation season is shaping up to be the weirdest ever, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While today's graduating classes will have to

Mid-cap companies, as the title implies, are businesses that have grown enough to no longer be considered small but remain significantly smaller than the biggest corporations. While the definition

There's no way to soften the COVID-19 story for mall real estate investment trusts (REITs). It is bad. So bad that Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE: SKT) cut its dividend after building a track

For just about every mortgage REIT, the COVID-19 crisis has been devastating financially. No strategy was safe during this period, as even REITs with government guaranteed assets saw book values

COVID-19 isn't just wreaking havoc on Americans' near-term finances; it's also putting their long-term financial security at risk. Not only have retirement plan values plunged since the pandemic

It wasn't long ago that Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) looked like an attractive bet as it was trading at a relatively cheap valuation, but the company's fiscal first-quarter results have sent the stock

The last big economic downturn in the U.S. might have been named the Great Recession, but that was before anyone had heard of COVID-19. Already in 2020, unemployment rates have reached nearly 15%

Dividend investing is a good way to beat the market through the power of compounding. And dividend-paying stocks tend to outperform during recessions due to their resilient, cash-generating business

After much anticipation, the most popular cannabis stock on the planet, Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB), lifted the hood on its fiscal third-quarter operating results this past Thursday, May 14.

For the

The mix of retirement income sources has changed dramatically over the years. Not too terribly long ago, employer pensions supplied much of an individual's needed income after their working years

Let's face it: The COVID-19 crisis has been raging for two months now, and while some states are taking steps to open up, the economy is still in terrible shape. Not only are unemployment levels at

Fitness stocks have been standout performers in the retail industry in recent years. Nike (NYSE: NKE) is the world leader in footwear and has seen steady growth in sales of its colorful sneakers

There's probably not a more revered or successful investor than Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha, as he's come to be known, began investing at

Millions of seniors not only collect Social Security, but get the bulk of their retirement income from it. As such, beneficiaries tend to rely heavily on cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, to

As an investor, you've witnessed record levels of volatility over the past three months. Although we've bounced quite a bit off of the March 23 lows, it doesn't mask the fact that uncertainties tied

It appears that Amyris (NASDAQ: AMRS) is finally turning a corner. High-margin product revenue from consumer brands is growing at a healthy clip. If the trend continues throughout 2020, then it's