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If you're lucky, you'll have several distinct sources of retirement income that will come together to buy you a comfortable lifestyle. One such source will likely be Social Security, assuming you

Shares of cloud computing specialist Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) jumped on Monday, rising as much as 12.7%. By the time the market closed, the stock was up 11%.

The gain comes despite the fact there was no

It's clear the cord-cutting phenomenon has reached a fever pitch, as anyone with a library of content now wants to keep its shows exclusive and launch a subscription streaming video service of its

A 401(k) is most Americans' first choice for a retirement account. It can automate their savings, the contribution limits are high, and their employers may match some of their contributions. But not

Sales at U.S. department stores have been declining since the early 2000s. Early in that decade, Americans were spending close to $20 billion each month at department stores like Kohl's (NYSE: KSS)

As a whole, the cannabis industry is growing by leaps and bounds, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSEMKT: MJ). Over the past six months, shares of this

Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) surged 15.73% on Monday, September 16th as a result of strikes that knocked out half of Saudi Arabian oil production. The stock proceeded to fall around 33% from that

Major benchmarks ended the third quarter on a positive note Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) rose in the morning before fading in the

Major benchmarks gained ground on Monday, finishing the third quarter on an optimistic note. Investors have gotten whipsawed on various news items coming out of Washington, and today's more positive

Last week, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stepped up its offering in the smart voice-assistant market, announcing an array of new Echo devices, new Alexa features, and more Alexa-enabled devices from

Monday was a solid day on Wall Street, as market participants seemed to be more optimistic that contentious issues affecting stocks will reach resolutions. In particular, a calming of tensions

Medical device companies often fly under the radar of individual investors. That's a shame, as medical device companies have unique attributes that can make them wonderful long-term holdings.

Investors should be cautious when a business relies too heavily on a single customer. If the relationship changes or ends, then it's usually not very fun to be a shareholder. It can take years for

On Sept. 25, Ctrip.com International (NASDAQ: CTRP), China's leading online travel site, announced that Chinese search engine giant Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) planned to sell more than 31 million shares

The majority of cannabis stocks have seen their shares plummet over the past few months, eradicating most of the earlier gains seen in the first quarter of 2019. While many of these companies have

Shares of Slack (NYSE: WORK) have jumped today, up by 9% as of 2:45 p.m. EDT, following a bullish article in Barron's. The article was published Friday evening and suggests the stock's recent

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which the nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain slowly die, leading to

In what should send shudders through the retail healthcare market, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) took another step into the industry by announcing the creation of Amazon Care in September.

The pilot

iPhone volumes have been plateauing for a few years now, which is why Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been trying to diversify its business into areas like subscription services. With the iPhone 11 Pro

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In the wake of the devastation left by Hurricane Dorian, several Caribbean

Just when Sonos (NASDAQ: SONO) figured out it needed a low-cost speaker to counter the threat posed by Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) cheap Echo devices, Amazon turned around and raised the stakes by

The major stock indices had notched solid gains by Monday afternoon, on pace to close out the final day of the third quarter on a high note. Comments from U.S. Treasury officials shooting down

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) were up 6.3% as of 2:00 p.m. EDT Monday after an analyst at Wedbush upgraded shares of the specialty retailer from neutral to outperform. The firm also

Self-driving cars are poised to revolutionize the transportation industry. There have been many significant shifts in the auto industry since the beginning of commercial auto production roughly

Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one