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Amid growing scrutiny over Altria's (NYSE: MO) investment in leading electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, global tobacco giant Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) squashed the idea of

Polaris (NYSE: PII) is a leading manufacturer of vehicles such as motorcycles, off-road vehicles (ORV), all-terrain vehicles (ATV), and snowmobiles. The company owns popular brands such as Ranger

Media conglomerate Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported fourth-quarter results on Thursday morning. The company exceeded Wall Street's expectations across the board, but the report was also studded with

With its shares up 120% over the course of the past 12 months, Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) ranks as one of the market's best performers for the timeframe. Even more remarkable, however, is how much

Did you make a New Year's resolution to be smarter with your money this year? Are you looking for a way to shave a little more off your tax bill? If you answered yes to either of these questions

Following the successful spinoff of its Kontoor Brands denim business last May, VF Corp (NYSE: VFC) is looking for more businesses to shed, deciding a focus on the consumer market may be its best

Investors who bought shares of Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) in 2010 or earlier and held onto them have plenty of reason to smile; Biogen has gained more than 390% since 2010. Last year, its portfolio of

Unless you're one of the small-and-shrinking fraction of U.S. workers in line for a defined-benefit pension, you're going to need to invest ambitiously for your retirement. Fail to build a big

To say that 2019 was not a banner year for the cannabis industry and marijuana stocks may be understating just how poor things actually went. Despite Canada becoming the first industrialized country

Shopify's (NYSE: SHOP) shareholders are a happy bunch. Those who were lucky enough to invest $57,000 in the stock anytime between mid-December 2015 and early March 2016 would be sitting on a cool

As seems to be the case more and more often, investors weren't quite sure what to make of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) following Tuesday's fourth-quarter earnings report. The streaming-video giant's

Athletic apparel retailer lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) crushed it over the holidays. Its momentum during the period was so notable that management recently lifted his forecast for revenue

Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) are up over 20% since the company announced its Disney+ service in April last year. Analysts who attended the unveiling of the service were reportedly very

Many investors focus solely on seeing their stocks grow in value. But as you get older, the prospects of getting some income from your stock holdings look more attractive. That's why dividend stocks

NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP) executed exceptionally well in 2019, considering that one of its largest customers, California utility PG&E (NYSE: PCG), went bankrupt. The clean energy

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) shareholders endured a bumpy ride in 2019. The stock had been up nearly 40% at one point in the year, but that rally lost steam, and investors ended the year with

One of the most controversial questions in personal finance is when people should start taking their Social Security benefits. Yet while there will never be complete agreement about when the best

"In the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) ecosystem, Apple Music is the number one streaming service," said services chief Eddy Cue last summer when confirming that the company's music streaming service had hit

Well-chosen dividend stocks can provide you with a reliable and steadily growing source of income -- one that could help to fund your living expenses in retirement.

The key is to find companies with

On Jan. 21, 2020, Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced a further delay in its anticipated ungrounding of the 737 MAX, stating expectations for mid-2020. The January release was a painful follow-up to a

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) turned in a very good performance in 2019, with its shares jumping 32% -- slightly outpacing the S&P 500 index's 30.4% return. But Galapagos NV (NASDAQ: GLPG)

Though a lot of marijuana history has been made in recent years, most of it can be attributed to Canada, which became the first industrialized country in the modern era to green-light adult-use

There's a good chance that the thought of having a $100,000 portfolio -- or a bigger one -- will make you laugh, sorrowfully. After all, nearly half of Americans have saved precisely nothing for

Despite our best efforts to be financially responsible, it's easy to fall victim to blunders and setbacks along the way, according to KeyBank in its new financial wellness survey. While 75% of

Healthcare stocks languished during most of 2019 as the markets fretted over political risks associated with the upcoming presidential election. But the sector picked up some steam in the last three