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Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) burned many investors as its stock was cut in half over the past 12 months. In addition to its anemic sales growth and contracting margins, the packaged foods giant

We are quite a ways into a bull market, which has left many great companies trading at premium valuations. But there are bargains out there if you know where to look.

Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK)

Retirement should be a wonderful time in your life, but far too many people struggle to save for it. The good news is, there are simple steps you can take to help get prepared for your golden years.

TerraForm Power's (NASDAQ: TERP) stock has been sizzling this year. Shares of the renewable energy company are up roughly 55% since the start of the year because its turnaround plan is starting to

According to Grand View Research, the electronic cigarette and vaping market in the U.S. is expected to be worth $47.1 billion by 2025. This represents a compound annual growth rate between 2019 and

Drug development is a losing game full of highly trained professionals who would rather be lucky than talented at their jobs. This is because experimental new drugs fail so frequently that an entire

Income-seeking investors don't have that many options to score an enticing yield. With the Federal Reserve recently cutting interest rates, the yields on lower-risk investments like bank CDs and

The market has never quite given up on shareholders retaining some value in the restructuring of PG&E (NYSE: PCG), the bankrupt utility that serves most of Northern California. The company had

In the recent past, I've advocated for owning Chinese internet giant Tencent (OTC: TCEHY) not via the stock itself, but rather through South African firm Naspers (OTC: NPSNY). While Naspers began

The marijuana industry made history more than a dozen times in 2018. We witnessed Canada become the first industrialized country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis, and observed the U.S

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are both considered mature tech stocks, but the former has outperformed the latter by a wide margin over the past five years. Microsoft's stock

Boeing (NYSE: BA) is attempting to enlist the U.S. government to help it battle Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for a $60 billion contract to replace the Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile

Owning companies that grow much faster than the economy over the long term can be one of the best ways to beat the market. Investors often have a hard time valuing a company that grows five times or

Earlier this month, Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM), a provider of a video-conferencing platform, reported its second quarterly update as a publicly traded company. The period's financial

For millions of Social Security recipients, the monthly checks are all or nearly all of the income they have. That makes it critically important for those on Social Security to make every dollar

Nearly everyone has, at one time or another, opened a gift that we hoped would contain one thing only to find something else that was entirely ... let's be generous and say "unsuitable." Whether it

In recent years, changing shopping trends and the growth of e-commerce have decimated the U.S. mall sector. Many malls have closed over the past decade, and an even greater number are trapped in

CannTrust Holdings (NYSE: CTST) had been in limbo for months, awaiting what seemed like the inevitable: the suspension of its licenses. Health Canada finally brought the hammer down last week when

Energy storage is becoming a hot product in corporate energy procurement, with everything from solar paired with energy storage to stand-alone storage systems on companies' wish lists. The market is

Nike (NYSE: NKE) is set to announce its fiscal 2020 first-quarter earnings results on Tuesday. Investors have high expectations for the period, given that the company significantly outpaced

Building a strong, cohesive team is a tough ask for any manager. But building a remote team can be even more challenging.

Of course, going that route isn't uncommon. According to Upwork's Future

General Mills (NYSE: GIS), like many packaged food companies, has struggled with shifting consumer tastes and competition from healthier or private label brands in recent years. However, General

With $57.5 billion in annual revenue, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a gigantic defense company -- by some measures the world's largest pure-play defense contractor. And yet with an estimated total

It appears to be pretty clear that Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ICPT) will beat Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) in the race to launch the first drug for treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

When it comes to Social Security benefits, one of the biggest questions you should ask yourself is when to begin claiming them.

The earliest you can start claiming is age 62, but you'll receive a