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Shares of Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) climbed 39.4% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, extending last year's positive momentum ahead of its fourth-quarter 2019 report later

Shares of MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) climbed 24.5% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, as multiple analysts weighed in with positive notes on the database software leader.

Was it a happy Monday for you?

If you're a stock investor, the answer was likely "yes," as it was a day full of optimism on the exchange. Many top stocks rose, some by double-digit percentages. But

At the time it probably seemed like a great idea. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has unused capacity built into its wireless network, and it can't convert every single person in the United States into a Verizon

Cloud computing, once a nebulous piece of IT jargon, is now a massive industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year and still growing by double digits. Organizations around the globe are

Many of today's workers are taking a non-traditional approach to retirement, often choosing to delay it or avoid it altogether. In fact, more than one-quarter of baby boomers say they don't plan to

Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) shares surged as much as 32% on Wednesday after the company won a patent challenge to its billion-dollar multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Tecfidera. The stock finally closed 18%

Shares of L Brands (NYSE: LB) soared 27.8% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, following an initial report from The Wall Street Journal that the consumer discretionary

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reportedly lost teen and millennial users in the U.S. over the past two years. Pew Research claimed that 44% of 18-to-29-year-olds had deleted Facebook's app in 2018, and

Buy-and-hold investing is the best way to build your wealth and enjoy all the awesome benefits of compound interest. Even if you haven't been very good at maintaining a long-term mindset to this

Last year was a wake-up call for marijuana stock investors. For years, pot stocks had ascended to the heavens on promises of strong demand, rapid growth, and an expected quick push into the profit

Growth stocks have most definitely had their time to shine over the past decade of this market expansion, but there has been a place for good, old-fashioned value stocks as well. Value picks are

Investors are unlikely to buy stock in Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) for what it is right now, but may want to consider what it could become in a few years' time.

Trading on 26 times earnings

Mixing computers and couture, Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) set out three years ago to start appealing to Millennial shoppers while building sales through its digital division. Now both those efforts seem

Just when you thought things couldn't get any wilder for cannabis stocks, it does.

Following a miserable 2019 that saw the North American marijuana industry succumb to a combination of supply issues

There probably aren't too many companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange with an operating history going back over 230 years that are virtually unknown to U.S. investors.

But that's true of

The tricky thing about recessions is that it's hard to know when the next one is going to strike. And sometimes, you'll hear rumblings of a recession when the market is doing extraordinarily well

Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) came into 2020 with a lot of promise thanks to its strategy of building sustainable titles, and it hasn't taken long for the stock to deliver a nice reward to investors

Making the choice to leave the workforce is a big decision. But for some seniors, it should be followed by an even bigger one: Deciding to leave home and find a new place to live.

While pulling up

Warren Buffett doesn't own very many healthcare stocks. But DaVita (NYSE: DVA) has been in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio for years. The dialysis services provider made the Nebraska billionaire a

For income investors, yield is always going to be a key factor when selecting dividend stocks -- though it shouldn't be the only consideration.

If you're looking for equities that yield more than

There's an old saying that cash is king. That's doubly true if you are trying to live off of your dividend income. However, you don't want to risk chasing a big yield without first checking to make

When you want to improve at something or pick up a new skill, you turn to the experts. They're not too hard to find if you're trying to learn a sport or an art. But what about budgeting? There isn't

Over the past five years, GlaxoSmithKline's (NYSE: GSK) stock price has been on a roller coaster, but more down than up. As of Feb. 10, the stock price's five-year return is negative 2%

Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), is widely regarded as one of the greatest investing minds of our time. Since the mid-1950s, Buffett has seen his net worth