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It seems only natural that with people living longer and expenses rising, the average retirement age would increase. For decades, 62 and 65 were the popular ages to leave the workforce, but now many

Health savings accounts (HSAs) are an extremely valuable savings tool for workers of all ages, as they let you set aside funds for medical expenses in a tax-advantaged manner. But recent data from

Social Security's importance to the pocketbook of the average American retiree can't be overstated. More than 60% of all retired workers lean on their Social Security payouts to account for at least

Samsonite International S.A. (SEHK: 1910), the world's largest travel luggage company, is principally engaged in the design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution of luggage, business and

Major benchmarks drifted lower on light volume in an abbreviated trading session Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closed down after recent

Things were slow on Wall Street on Friday, as many investors simply took the day off for a long Thanksgiving weekend. For the most part, there wasn't a lot of news moving the major benchmarks

Black Friday brought modest declines for the major benchmarks, as the few market participants who didn't choose to take a four-day weekend over Thanksgiving reacted nervously to comments from the

Monitoring and analytics company Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) posted fiscal third-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations. Furthermore, management forecast operating cash flow would reach $1 billion by

In this episode of MarketFoolery, Mac Greer talks with nalysts Ron Gross and Emily Flippen about some recent market news. Shares of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) are up on quarterly earnings, but the

One day after the turkey was served, investors in United States Steel (NYSE: X) are suffering heartburn this morning as they watch shares of their steelmaker sink as much as 10% in early trading. As

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) both play crucial roles in connecting devices across the world. Sierra is the world's leading provider of M2M (machine-to-machine) modules and

After a rocky first year and a half as a publicly traded company, Snap (NYSE: SNAP), the parent company of Snapchat, finally started to take off at the beginning of 2019. Year to date, the company's

First of all, you should contribute enough to your 401(k) to take full advantage of your employer's matching contributions, so if you're currently not putting in enough to get the full match, that's

It's certainly understandable to be afraid of any investments related to brick-and-mortar retail. But there are two types of retail stocks that can still be worth owning.

The first includes

Shares of Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AKBA) were jumping 10.3% higher as of 11:28 a.m. EST on Friday after rising as much as 18.2% earlier in the morning. The biotech didn't announce any new

It's not just merchandise that's on sale today. The holiday shopping season may officially be kicking off on Black Friday, but there are also plenty of stocks that are fetching much lower prices

Many investors are surprised that the stock market is even open on the day after Thanksgiving, as so many people take the opportunity for a four-day weekend. Most years, Wall Street is fairly quiet

Finding stocks that can double their value is something of the holy grail of investing. Riding a stock to 100% gains often takes years or even decades, though in rare cases it can happen much

The Internet of Things (IoT), which connects myriad devices to each other and the cloud, could link up to 41.6 billion devices by 2025, according to IDC. Two component makers that could benefit from

Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) recently treated investors to some good news about its operating trends. The footwear and apparel specialist's growth rebounded sharply in the fiscal third quarter, and its

Shares of Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) surged 12% higher on Black Friday. The technology distributor's shareholders are enjoying the benefits of Tech Data being the target of a bidding war.

Tech Data

When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) first introduced AirPods in late 2016, no one -- including Apple -- could have predicted how popular they would become. At the time of their debut, users lamented the loss

In retrospect, consumers liked the idea of meal kits more than they liked meal kits themselves. Letting someone else prep a healthy, home-cooked meal sounds nice, but it's just not the way modern

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) is back on track.

For the second quarter in a row, the stock was flying higher on the strength of an earnings report as the company's transition to a subscription-based

The last decade has seen a remarkable shift in the industrial sector. At the beginning of the decade, players within the sector seemed to believe in the diversity and scale of the industrial