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With interest rates and inflation near record lows, recession concerns subsiding, and the upcoming election providing an incentive for the Trump administration to tamp down worries over trade, it's

When you add stocks to your retirement portfolio, you ideally want companies with long-term growth prospects that also pay a dividend. Generally -- at least for much of your holdings -- you also

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) is one of North America's largest iron ore producers. AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) is one of North America's largest primary steel producers. Put them together and you get an

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been aggressively building out its in-house delivery capabilities in recent years, emerging as a key competitive threat to longtime delivery and logistics partners like

If your retirement fund isn't as robust as you'd hoped it would be, Social Security benefits can help bridge the gap between what you have saved and what you need to live a comfortable lifestyle in

In general, 2019 has mostly been a good year for China stocks. After the index fell over the course of 2018 because of the U.S.-China trade war, the Chinese market recovered somewhat in 2019, as

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is jumping on the CBD bandwagon, announcing it intends to start selling products infused with cannabidiol in 1,100 stores across seven states by spring 2020. It is limiting

Shares of the commercial-stage biotech Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS) dropped by as much as 18% in pre-market trading Tuesday morning. The stock tanked in response to a $250 million mixed shelf

Ambarella's (NASDAQ: AMBA) rapid rise in recent months might lead you to believe that this is a top growth stock that's riding on the artificial intelligence (AI) gravy train. Shares of the

Many stocks have discovered the benefits of delivering higher dividends to their shareholders year after year, but few have put together the track record that consumer products giant Procter &amp

As we approach our retirements, it's critical to get savvy about Social Security, because it's likely to be a vital source of income for most of us. Indeed, without this federal program, more than

Want to double your money in five years? Just invest in a dividend stock that yields 14.9%, and -- assuming the dividend stays the same during that time frame -- that's exactly what's going to

We'll soon be bidding farewell to the 2010s. So this is an opportune time to look back on some huge stock market winners of the last decade.

It would be easy to cover big-name stocks like

Tech investors have laughed all the way to the bank in 2019, as evident from the NASDAQ 100 Technology Sector index's impressive gains. But not all tech stocks have managed to create wealth for

Equitrans Midstream (NYSE: ETRN) and its affiliated master limited partnership EQM Midstream Partners (NYSE: EQM) currently offer dividend investors jaw-dropping yields of 15.8% and 18.1%

Investors had high expectations for lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) heading into its third-quarter earnings report. The apparel retailer had trounced management's sales expectations in each of

Though healthcare is a major burden for Americans of all ages, older adults are exceptionally concerned about it. In fact, in a new Allianz Life study, nearly one-third of baby boomers list rising

For years investors have hoped Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) would offer up some specific performance metrics for YouTube, and for years they've been denied outside irregular disclosures

One of this year's biggest gainers is Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). The company delivering a sticky streaming video experience to more than 30 million homes has seen its stock more than quadruple in 2019, as

It'll surprise absolutely no one who follows marijuana stocks that Cronos Group's (NASDAQ: CRON) stock is near the bottom of its one-year trading range. At the most recent closing price of $7.28

There's little doubt that marijuana has the potential to be a big-time moneymaker for investors over the long run. Based on various Wall Street estimates, worldwide weed sales should grow by 400%

Chinese tech giant Tencent (OTC: TCEHY) generates most of its revenue from its home market. It owns WeChat, the top mobile messaging app in China with 1.15 billion monthly active users, and its

In November, Mondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) released a first-of-its-kind study. Entitled the State of Snacking, it revealed that snacking is on the rise worldwide. Of course, it's not

It's been a brief, albeit rough, life on the public markets for Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE). Shares of the fuel cell developer, formerly a start-up darling in Silicon Valley, have fallen 58% since the

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) received some bad news earlier this month. Germany suspended sales of the company's medical cannabis products in the country. It was unknown at the time, though, exactly