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Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) shareholders have trailed the market through most of 2019 despite generally strong results from the global ski resort giant. Revenue and profits each set new records in the

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) is slated to report its first-quarter fiscal 2020 results after the market closes on Monday, Dec. 9. 

Investors are probably feeling more uncertainty than usual about the

What's better than payday? A payday that you didn't have to work for. Owning dividend-paying stocks offer just that: a business working for you in the background, the fruits of which are realized

Social Security is not a retirement plan itself, but it's a crucial part of one for most seniors. The government ultimately decides how much you get per check, but you can do a lot to influence that

Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) reported strong third-quarter earnings results this week while also raising its outlook for fiscal 2020 -- a classic beat and raise. The enterprise identity access management

Today, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL), American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL), and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) operate hundreds of Boeing (NYSE: BA) 757 and Boeing 767 jets, with transatlantic flights being

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is often depicted as an unstoppable juggernaut in the retail and cloud markets. The numbers certainly support that thesis: It's the largest online retailer by annual revenue in

Without independent savings, retirees risk struggling financially during their golden years. That's why workers are advised to sock away funds in an IRA or 401(k) -- to ensure that they have enough

There's little question that the legal cannabis industry could be a giant. Every year, tens of billions of dollars of marijuana is sold in the black market, so we know that consumer demand for the

I own several Chinese stocks, and many of them stumbled as the trade war escalated over the past year. However, my worst performing Chinese stock was SINA (NASDAQ: SINA), the 21-year-old tech

With so many stocks to choose from, building a winning portfolio can be an overwhelming task. The best way forward is to anchor your portfolio around companies that are well-established, not going

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has always been on the leading edge of technology. It pioneered digital financial transactions and has continued to be a leader when it comes to peer-to-peer transactions

Dividend stocks are near the top of many investor shopping lists right now. With stocks near all-time highs and sporting a 24% gain year to date (as measured by the S&P 500 index as of this

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) and GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH) are two cannabis companies seemingly going in different directions. It's not just their strategies that are different; so are their

In her book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Australian nurse Bronnie Ware drew on her years of working in palliative care to synthesize the common themes about life's biggest regrets. 

Number two

Solar energy is growing quickly. Very quickly.

Consider that the United States had less than 200 megawatts of installed solar power capacity at the end of 2009, but has added at least that much in

Investing done well can be boring, and that's how it needs to be. Legendary investors have emphasized the importance of long-term investing. Renowned economist Paul Samuelson famously explained

It's common practice for businesses large and small to throw a holiday party for their employees. Sometimes, those parties are modest get-togethers that involve putting sandwich platters and drinks

Software -- specifically of the variety delivered via the cloud -- has been one of the best investing motifs of the last decade. The age of mobility has spawned all types of new use cases, and the

Stocks were roughly unchanged last week, with both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing less than 0.5%. The drop left indexes close to record highs, with both up over 20% so

Investors can usually find good opportunities in tech stocks by buying shares of an established company when it's going through a rough patch. Both Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Intel (NASDAQ:

Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED) has likely flown under the radar of most dividend investors over the years. That could be because the New York City-focused utility doesn't offer a particularly high

It's been quite the year for marijuana stocks.

When the year began, it looked as if it would be another green year for the green rush. At the end of the first quarter, more than a dozen pot stocks

Tens of millions of Americans rely on Social Security to provide them with monthly income in retirement. It's become increasingly popular over the years to collect Social Security before reaching

Some might look at Abbott Laboratories' (NYSE: ABT) year-to-date gain of 18% and rightly point out that it's well below the performance for the S&P 500 index. Others might note that Abbott has