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Social Security helps millions of seniors today keep up with their expenses and maintain a decent standard of living. And even though those benefits have been losing buying power for the past couple

December is here, and taxpayers are running out of time to make last-minute planning moves for the 2019 tax year. In order to make sure that your 2019 tax return has as small a tax bill as possible

With the market at an all-time high, an investor would be hard-pressed to find a stock trading at an earnings multiple that's less than its growth rate while sporting a dividend yield close to 3%

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is always looking for ways to innovate and achieve incremental growth, and the company has shown it isn't afraid to disrupt other industries to do so.

Focusing on sectors

When you sell an asset for more than you paid for it, or specifically for more than your cost basis, the net profit is considered to be a capital gain. For a simplified example, if you spend $5,000

Anyone following marijuana stocks hears about the big Canadian players a lot. But don't overlook the U.S.-based companies. And some of them are pulling in a lot more revenue than their counterparts

2019 was not a great year for Nucor (NYSE: NUE) investors.

On the one hand, yes, Nucor stock is up 8.5% for the year as we enter the home stretch of 2019. On the other hand, the S&P 500 as a whole

Oil companies like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) are taking a double hit lately. First, oil prices have been relatively weak for several years. Second, carbon-based fuels are under increasing scrutiny due to

Gender inequality gets a lot of press these days, for good reason. American women, on average, are still only earning about $0.80 for every dollar that men make, and that statistic is even worse for

Before we ring in 2020, December will be ripe for swings in biotech stock prices. 2019 started strong, waned, and then regained momentum amid a slew of successful clinical trial results, several

Finding good buy-and-hold stocks to invest in for the long term can be a bit of a challenge. This is especially true in the tech industry, where what's popular today may become tomorrow's fad

OPEC members, along with several non-member allies, agreed this week to reduce their oil supplies by an additional 500,000 barrels per day (BPD) starting in January. This cut is on top of an output

Whether you're aiming to retire in the not-so-distant future, or in a number of years, the more you plan for it, the more you're apt to enjoy it. Here are a few important milestones you should aim

If you were judging by their relative performance over the past year, it would be easy to assume that Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) is a better investment than Tellurian (NASDAQ: TELL). After all, the

There's probably no decision more important for senior citizens than when to take their Social Security payout. Even though Social Security is only designed to replace about 40% of the average

Financial independence is a big part of the American dream, and if you want to maintain that independence in retirement, it's up to you take steps to make it happen. Two of the best ways to build

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Culp (NYSE: CULP)Q2 2020 Earnings CallDec 06, 2019, 11:00 a.m. ET

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RGC Resources (NASDAQ: RGCO)Q4 2019 Earnings CallDec 06, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET

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After climbing 7.4% on Thursday following the company's solid fiscal third-quarter results, shares of Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) gained another 15% on Friday as investors continued to cheer the

Shares of PagerDuty (NYSE: PD) fell sharply on Friday, declining 12.7% by the time the market closed. The stock's drop followed the digital operations management company's fiscal third-quarter

On the surface, Big Lots' (NYSE: BIG) fiscal third-quarter earnings report didn't seem to contain the ingredients to catalyze a huge share price leap. The consumer staples discount chain did report

On Dec. 5, Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) reported third-quarter earnings, sending the stock up double digits the following day. Ulta was actually down in 2019 in an otherwise strong year for the

After its share prices slipped following the announcement of a dilutive stock offering earlier this week, Immunomedics (NASDAQ: IMMU) bounced back on Friday, rallying 11.3%.

The company was dealt a

A strong jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor boosted stocks on Friday, with major benchmarks making big moves. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) erased most of its losses

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IDT Corporation  (NYSE: IDT)Q1 2020 Earnings CallDec. 05, 2019, 5:30 p.m. ET

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