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Investors are looking forward to a big week of earnings reports, especially in the growth and technology sector. Early-stage electric vehicle (EV) names aren't part of this week's reporting wave

The calendar tells us that we're less than halfway through the summer, but the season is pretty much already in the books for multiplex operators. Movie studios tend to lay low through August and

You want to retire comfortably, and that can be a tough task to complete. The statistics prove it -- according to a recent study, median retirement savings among workers aged 60 or older is a meager

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) tumbled on Monday, falling as much as 3.9%. As of 11:21 a.m. ET, the stock was still down 3.5%.

While the chipmaker was no doubt caught up in a down day for

Shares of the commercial stage pharmaceutical company Siga Technologies (NASDAQ: SIGA) are on fire Monday. Specifically, the drugmaker's stock was up by a hefty 23%, on higher-than-normal volume, as

Construction company MasTec (NYSE: MTZ) is making a big bet on clean energy and infrastructure, agreeing to buy Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives (IEA) (NASDAQ: IEA) for $1.1 billion in cash and

Shares of FaZe Holdings (NASDAQ: FAZE) are skyrocketing on Monday, in what seems to be an attempt by retail investors to create a short squeeze. The company only recently went public and has low

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has a gift for growing money. Since 1965, he has guided Berkshire stock to a compound annual return of 20%. That average rate of

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders haven't had much to celebrate in 2022. The stock slumped roughly 70% following a tough series of earnings reports that had investors questioning whether the

Ready to live the dream and collect the Social Security retirement benefit you've earned? Of course you are. But there's one small task to complete first. Answer six questions to confirm that now's

Video games make up one of the largest industries in the world. In fact, the category is larger than the combined value of the music and movie industries, worth around $200 billion in 2021. With new

Today's video focuses on three stocks that have huge potential for long-term investors: PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD). Each company deals with some

The investment community is abuzz with chatter about Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) stock. The metaverse pioneer's stock has been on a face-ripping rally in the last month. Indeed, the stock is up more than

Shares of most cryptocurrencies fell over the weekend as digital assets and stocks prepare for what could be a turbulent week, with the Federal Reserve set to hold its July meeting, another big

Today's bear market began in late 2021 when the Federal Reserve started hinting it would be raising interest rates to combat the threat of rising inflation. Rising interest rates are bad news for

You may be looking at your portfolio's performance over the past eight months or so and scratching your head, wondering when the pain will end. But when you are investing for retirement or some

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO, Warren Buffett, undoubtedly has a keen eye for value. Berkshire's book value per share, which is often used as a proxy for the diversified

The first half of 2022 was historically bad for investors. The S&P 500 fell 16% in the second quarter and 20% during the first half of the year. That was the largest first-half decline for the stock

The COVID-19 lockdowns hit the retail industry hard, causing stores to close for weeks and months, arguably an unprecedented challenge for many businesses. The pandemic didn't spare retailer The TJX

So here's the good news for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors this week: Reporting earnings for its infamously difficult second fiscal quarter 2022, Tesla managed to dodge a lot of bullets. Despite

The market's decline is creating buying opportunities, and even though all three of these companies face near-term risk, they all look priced to generate strong long-term returns for investors

To put it lightly, the first half of 2022 has been a challenging year in the stock market. Between the major indexes being down double-digit percentages year to date, blue-chip companies seeing

Uniswap (CRYPTO: UNI) is one of the best-known pioneers in decentralized finance (DeFi) and has always had a passionate following in the crypto space. It is now the number 18 crypto in the world by

You've been watching it happen all year, so you already know the market has pulled back in 2022. You also know that it's been a time of volatility in the market, adding to the difficulty of picking