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Investors are starting to come back around to PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) after a disappointing second-quarter earnings report sent the shares tumbling around the middle of last year. PayPal saw

Each year, the majority of people who file a tax return wind up with a refund on their hands. Sometimes, that refund is sizable. Otherwise, it's a smaller but appreciated sum.

But what if you're in

So you're looking for a great dividend stock. Fantastic! There are dozens -- maybe even hundreds -- all around the stock market; finding one oughtta be easy as pie!

Oh, you want a great dividend

Small-cap biotech stocks have consistently been one of the best-performing groups of equities for almost 10 straight years. The advent of several game-changing technologies, broader access to

When Workday (NYSE: WDAY) released its fiscal third-quarter 2020 results early last month, there was nothing technically wrong with its headline numbers. Revenue had climbed more than 26% to $938.1

If you're a fan of quick-service food, you've probably picked up dinner at a Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM)-operated chain. Its brands include KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, with over 48,000 quick-service

JOYY (NASDAQ: YY), the Chinese streaming video company formerly known as YY, fully acquired Singapore-based start-up Bigo last March. The acquisition added the live streaming app Bigo Live, the

Shares of DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) crushed the broader market in 2019. The stock gained 85% last year, nearly tripling the return of the S&P 500 and setting it apart as a winner among growth stocks.

Investors have been pushing up the stock price of TAL Education Group (NYSE: TAL) on expectations of accelerating growth. The Chinese private education specialist beat Wall Street targets in late

Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) finished 2019 on a solid note as its fourth-quarter results came in slightly above its forecast. The company's full-year numbers were roughly on target with its initial

Some people view retirement as an end goal -- something to work toward; a kind of dream life. Maybe you want to spend your days golfing or perhaps you just plan to sit on your porch in a rocking

There's no denying that Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has been a superb investment when measured over almost any time frame. If you invested in the IPO almost 14 years ago, it's more than an 80-bagger at

For many, the stock of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has long been a safe-haven stock due to its unbeatable brand, unmatched distribution, high-margin business model, and excellent management. Yet after

Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP) started the year by making an offer for an all-stock buyout of TerraForm Power (NASDAQ: TERP). The companies have been intertwined for a few years, and the

2020 will be a growth year for International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM). Thanks to the acquisition of software company Red Hat and a new mainframe system, IBM sees revenue, adjusted earnings per

In 2019, for the first time in 25 years, U.S. consumers drank less wine than the year before. Beer sales also inched lower last year, extending a slump that's been in place since 2016.

The waning

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) shares had been keeping pace with the broader market's rally last year -- right up until late October. That's when the fast-food giant's stock fell in the wake of soft

HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) has concluded its latest round of financing, the cannabis company announced after market hours on Thursday.

In a registered direct offering that was announced late last week, the

Trulieve Cannabis (OTC: TCNNF) has generally been one of the safer cannabis producers in the industry to invest in. Strong sales coupled with consistent profits in each of its past four quarters

Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON) was once known as the best-performing marijuana stock of all time, and the good news for the company is that it performed better than many of its peers in 2019.

The bad

The maximum Social Security retirement benefit you can collect in 2020 is $3,790 per month, but very few people will receive that big of a payday. Why? Because Social Security benefits are based on

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently became the fourth company to achieve a $1 trillion market cap. It reached this milestone less than 22 years after its founding by dominating the

There's often a lot of uncertainty involved when buying a company that has just recently gone public. But sometimes it is worth the risk. That appears to be true for mortgage real estate investment

Each year, millions of Social Security recipients eagerly await news of a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. Introduced back in the 1970s, the purpose of automatic COLAs is to help seniors on

Last year was supposed to be a breakout year for marijuana stocks. The stage appeared to be set for a good portion of the industry to push toward profitability. Canada was selling adult-use weed