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Social Security is largely funded by payroll taxes. When you work, a portion of your income is allocated to Social Security, up to a certain dollar amount.

Currently, 12.4% of workers' earnings go

Coming into 2019, marijuana stock investors had a lot to look forward to. Canada had become the first industrialized country in the modern era to legalize recreational cannabis in Oct. 2018

When it comes to rivalries, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) have a long and storied past. Always playing second fiddle to Intel, AMD was almost put out of business because of the

Most Americans (77%) said they expect to return at least some of the gifts they received during the holiday season, according to data from B-Stock Sourcing, an online liquidation marketplace

Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) has come a long way from starting as a crop-dusting company in 1924. Deciding to purchase larger planes in 1928 and obtain routes for the United States Postal Service led

Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), the tech giant that owns China's top search engine, shed nearly 20% of its market value this year as its core advertising business stopped growing. The economic slowdown in

Chances are, you're looking forward to retirement and the chance to escape the daily grind. But if you're not careful, a few seemingly minor mistakes on your part could turn into major sources of

In just a matter of days, we'll be closing the curtain on 2019, which turned out to be an incredibly good year for the broad-based markets, and an abysmal year for marijuana stock investors.

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently filed a document with the SEC disclosing the new compensation arrangement for Sundar Pichai. Mr. Pichai has been the CEO of Google since 2015 and was

Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA) has had a rough few years, with shareholders feeling the brunt of the pain. Both classes of shares are down about 50% over the past five years.

This gloom wasn't

Shares of energy-drinks expert Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) have absolutely crushed the market over the last decade. The stock has returned a thrilling 896% since the end of 2009, despite a few

New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYCB) has had a bit of a rocky year.

In particular, the company's shares fell by about 15% after it released its third-quarter earnings report at the end of

When you file your taxes, deductions reduce your income and the amount you owe. Taxpayers have two choices: They can claim a standard deduction or they can itemize and claim specific deductions

The Oculus Quest from Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was billed as the most important headset for the virtual reality (VR) industry in 2019, and in many ways it has lived up to expectations. The headset has

Retirement is a financially tricky period of life. Once you leave the workforce and say goodbye to a steady paycheck, managing your finances can become all the more stressful, even if you're

The big day that 64 million people have been waiting for is nearly here. Next week, following the change of the calendar year from 2019 to 2020, Social Security beneficiaries will be receiving a

In this last full stock trading week of 2019, let's tip our collective hat to the markets. It was quite a year for equities, with major indexes rising to fresh all-time highs on a frequent basis and

Shares of Zillow Group (NASDAQ: ZG) (NASDAQ: Z) plunged more than 30% in August, after the online real estate leader's full-year guidance left investors wanting more. In September I went out on a

Shares of WW International (NASDAQ: WW), the company formerly known as Weight Watchers, were heading lower today after rival Tivity Health (NASDAQ: TVTY) introduced a new, more competitive product

Christmas is over, Kwanzaa is just beginning, Hanukkah is just past its midpoint, and retailers are beginning to take stock of their performance during the holiday season. So far, one of the big

Investors reacted to CarMax's (NYSE: KMX) recent earnings report by sending shares 6% lower. The used car retailer announced plenty of good news, though, including a double-digit spike in unit sales

All of a sudden, Argentina is popular again. Or at least, one of its banks is.

Shares of Argentine bank Grupo Supervielle (NYSE: SUPV) are hopping today, up 10.8% as of 2 p.m. EST and up a combined

Shares of Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD), a large U.S.-based retail drugstore chain, continue to ride their recent hot streak, having risen another 11% Thursday morning. What's going on?

For

Every time I read a Home Depot (NYSE: HD) quarterly report, I have to stop and marvel at its off-the-charts return on invested capital, or ROIC. This vital metric tracks the percentage return a

Saving for retirement is hard to do, regardless of your relationship status. But if you're single, you may have a harder time socking funds away for the future.

After all, being single means not