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Healthcare is a major expense for retirees, but all of those prescription copays and Medicare Part B deductibles might pale in comparison with the price tag attached to long-term care. It's

Being two of the five illustrious FAANG stocks, it's not unusual to weigh the investing worth of video-streaming veteran Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) against Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ:

Tencent (OTC: TCEHY) dominates China's social networking and video game markets. Its mobile messaging app WeChat reaches 1.15 billion monthly active users (MAUs), its older QQ messaging platform

Once a mainstay of fashion-conscious teenagers, Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) has gone the way of MySpace, trucker hats, and everything else that fell out of style in the late 2000s.

But while the

Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) is currently one of the top companies in the music streaming industry, and despite its leading market share, it continues to make headway. During the third quarter, Spotify's

Running a marathon without training is a bad idea. Same goes for betting your last $100 on lucky 17 at the roulette table, or trying to save for a comfortable retirement when you know little about

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google are the market leaders in the digital ad category. Their hold on the market is so strong that it's drawn the

Here's the problem that individual investors face when investing in the stock market, in a nutshell:

We all want to beat the market, but the market is dominated by investment banks staffed by

Sanmina (NASDAQ: SANM) reported first-quarter results for fiscal year 2020 this Monday evening. The electronics manufacturer and printed circuit board maker crushed Wall Street's estimates, sending

People do crazy things to save money -- like washing clothes in the shower, reusing sandwich bags and paper towels, and dumpster diving for food. In comparison, relocating to a new city or state to

Since I last caught up with Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), shares recently started to rally after a sharp sell-off following its third-quarter 2019 report. The better-burger chain is still expanding at a

Appliance manufacturer Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) reported its fourth-quarter results after the market closed on Monday. It was a mixed report relative to analyst expectations, but investors found enough

Buying a stock near its low can be a good way to lock in a low price and hopefully set yourself up for some stronger returns later on. In the case of Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), the stock isn't

Sonos (NASDAQ: SONO) sure has a funny way of showing customer appreciation, as it manages to anger them at every turn. 

After riling everyone up over its trade-in program for first-generation

The U.S. economy is still going strong, but there are a growing number of concerning events and market indicators that suggest the record period of economic expansion and almost 11-year bull market

Stock market darling Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) can add a new nationwide menu rollout to its list of accomplishments. On January 30, Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN) will launch its Beyond Burger at all 1,700

Shares of Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) closed Tuesday around 3% lower after the American motorcycle maker reported a continued slump in sales in the fourth quarter. There were, however, some signs of

Now that tax season is officially underway, millions of working Americans will soon start gathering paperwork and reading up on ways to shield their income from the IRS. And there are plenty of

Last year was one to forget for cannabis stock investors. Hopes were certainly high once the first quarter ended, with more than a dozen pot stocks advancing by more than 70%. The expected launch of

Back in October, I took a relatively detailed look at a new development in Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) long-running counterfeit problem. At the time, the American Apparel & Footwear Association slapped

Expectations were high going into Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fiscal first quarter earnings report. After more than a year of falling sales, the iPhone was a key question mark, but recent reports

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) traded down modestly in pre-market trading on Wednesday morning, despite a strong earnings report Tuesday afternoon.

Investors weren't disappointed with the quarter's

In celebration of Data Privacy Day yesterday, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) rolled out a tool that gives users even greater control over their privacy. The social networking juggernaut has long tracked user

Grubhub's (NYSE: GRUB) stock has tumbled 30% over the past year as growth decelerated, profits plunged, and market share was chipped away by rivals like DoorDash. The food delivery company didn't

Following multiple all-time closing highs for all three major indexes, the stock market issued a stern warning to investors on Friday, Jan. 24, and Monday, Jan. 27 -- namely, that it can go both up