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For 14 years, international professional services company Deloitte has published its annual Tech Trends report. In it, the team at Deloitte attempts to identify new technologies that could gain

Suppose you bought $10,000 of Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ: ACB) stock five years ago and held onto those shares. How much would your initial investment be worth today? Around $91. Ouch.

With that

Investors in retail stocks have often looked for the small retailer that could someday become one of the top retailers in the world. One example was Home Depot (NYSE: HD), an Atlanta-area home

Most leading brokerage firms offer fractional investing to their clients, which helps them buy less than a full share of a given company if they don't have the means to buy full shares. It's a great

In a diversified portfolio, Treasury bills -- a short-term security backed by the U.S. Treasury Department with a maturity of one year or less -- have been considered an afterthought over the past

Shares of Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE: APD) have been a great inflation hedge over the last year. Prices for everything from energy to manufacturing materials have soared, but Air Products has

Retirement savings are supposed to help you cover your expenses after you leave the workforce, but sometimes you can't wait that long. More than a quarter of workers have taken a 401(k) loan at some

It's been a wild ride for the tech sector over the past few years. After dropping 30% at the beginning of the pandemic, the Nasdaq Composite rose 134% through the end of 2021 and then fell another

During the early days of the pandemic, Etsy's (NASDAQ: ETSY) growth soared. The platform brings together buyers and sellers of handmade items, and shoppers have flocked to it for everything from

Cathie Wood and her team are known for their aggressive investment style that focuses on megatrends and multidecade growth opportunities. Many of the highest-weighted stocks across the Ark Invest

Investing for retirement should be a priority for anyone with the means. Any amount is a good thing, but considering how much you'll likely need to not worry about outliving your savings, strictly

There's no doubt the market sell-off last year shook investor confidence in a way not seen since the 2008 market crash. After plunging more than 20% from its highs, the blue-chip-heavy S&P 500 index

If you thought the cable TV industry's customer attrition would slow as COVID-19 issues go away, I've got bad news -- it isn't happening. The country's cord-cutting movement marches right along

In case you missed it, one of the most important data releases of the quarter occurred last month -- and I'm not talking about the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that led to interest rates

Rexford Industrial (NYSE: REXR) is an industrial real estate investment trust (REIT), but it looks at this broad market in a very specific way, geographically speaking. Not only does it focus on a

Are you tired of paying through the nose for video streaming services that you barely have time to watch? You're not alone.

In 2022 there was a big shift toward ad-supported streaming services. For

In the early 1960s, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) was a struggling textiles company based out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. At the time, it would have been almost unthinkable to

Freelancing platform Fiverr International (NYSE: FVRR) was a big winner during the pandemic but has struggled since. Today, its share price is down about 88% from its high.

Revenue growth continues

There are a lot of things to consider before choosing a stock. Ideally, you want to invest in a company that is profitable, or at least on the path to profitability. You also want its business model

After losing half its value last year, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been on fire so far in 2023, with shares up roughly 62%. While that's impressive in its own right, it pales in comparison to the

The year 2022 was quite challenging for the U.S. stock market. However, many analysts and investors started expecting a bull market in the coming months. The broad-based S&P 500 index gained around

Investing in the stock market over the past 14 months hasn't been for the faint of heart. All three major U.S. stock indexes fell into a bear market in 2022 and produced their worst full-year

The bear market of the past year has kept investors on their toes. While stocks across a variety of sectors feel the pain, few have been hit as hard as those on the growth-centric Nasdaq Composite

Target (NYSE: TGT) may have topped last quarter's earnings estimates. But between flat sales, a dramatic year-over-year dip in profits,  and weak guidance for the quarter now underway, the earnings

There are any number of consumer staples stocks that an investor can buy, and yet Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) consistently stands out in the crowded field. Part of the reason for that relates to its