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On Jan. 8, pharmaceutical giant Merck (NYSE: MRK) moved to acquire biotech Harpoon Therapeutics, (NASDAQ: HARP) for $680 million in cash. The point of the acquisition, which should close in the

The spread of COVID-19 emptied out offices around the world. Employees at all levels worked from home and relied on enhanced cybersecurity protocols and video conferencing tools to stay productive.

In today's video, I discuss recent news affecting Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and a few other semiconductor equipment companies. Check out the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click

Retirement-minded investors have likely heard of the so-called "4% rule." Indeed, current retirees may well be utilizing the rule, which determines how much of your retirement savings you can spend

Many stock analysts entered 2024 with the expectation that the year would mark a shift to value. After all, large-cap growth stocks had a stellar performance last year and many of them are now

All of a sudden, investors have access to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the real-time value of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). American regulators finally approved 11 applications for

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The holidays are behind us and now we're entering the much less fun tax season. Soon, we'll have to share all the details of our 2023 income and expenses with the IRS. It's pretty straightforward

Investing is a long-term game. You win by finding great companies and then buying and holding them. Your investment will grow in value as the underlying businesses grow.

So, how do you apply that

Think about your financial goals. Are you hoping to go on a big vacation? Saving for a down payment on a home? Working on saving for retirement? How would you like to retire early? If retiring

Based on his impressive track record during the past few decades, Warren Buffett is a source of inspiration when it comes to investment ideas. Take a peek through Berkshire Hathaway's massive

After losing 65% of its value in 2022, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) experienced a major resurgence last year, as the digital asset soared more than 150%. Anticipation was likely building for the approval

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is experiencing something that has eluded it for decades -- a sustained bull market. For most of the PC era, volatility in the memory chip market tended to wipe out

The pandemic accelerated the trend to digital payments, and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) was a big winner. The company saw staggering growth and topped $1 trillion in total-payment volume in 2022, and the

The age you begin taking Social Security will affect your monthly benefit amount for the rest of your life, so it's wise to take this decision seriously.

You can begin claiming as early as age 62,

The housing and real estate industries have been pressured by high interest rates. Less than three months ago, the 30-year mortgage rate was approaching 8% -- its highest level in over 20 years. A

To say that Costco (NASDAQ: COST) has worked out to be a wonderful investment would be pretty accurate. Including dividends, if you invested $10,000 in the business five years ago, you'd be sitting

If you got sick of all the artificial intelligence (AI) talk in 2023, you should know it probably won't lessen in 2024. With some saying AI and machine learning (ML) could be as transformational to

Warren Buffett has built Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) into one of the biggest companies in the world and he's done so using a simple trick in some of his biggest businesses

The market rally has stalled since the start of the year, but it could be just a breather before another advance. Following a once-in-a-decade market correction in 2022, the blue chip-heavy S&P 500

Dividend growth stocks have a long track record of outperforming most other asset classes. The key reason is that companies that regularly boost the size of their dividend checks tend to be

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is losing power as an electric vehicle manufacturer, resulting in falling margins and slowing revenue growth. But one company continues to make billions in cash, and it's buying

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is trying to take a stake in Bally Sports and bring regional sports content to Amazon Prime. Travis Hoium covers the implications for the biggest streamers in the world in this

From 2020 through 2022, about 950 companies went public via special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Quite frankly, many of them went public at ridiculous valuations and had no clear paths to

If you're at the point where retirement is a mere five years away, you may be getting increasingly excited about making your workforce exit. But before you start picturing your newfound freedom