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People are often misled to believe that it's possible to retire comfortably on Social Security alone. In reality, those benefits probably pay less generously than you'd assume.

Plus, Social Security

Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN) has given vaccine investors a roller0coaster ride over the past year or so. It started out by soaring more than 700% in a few days after saying it would co-commercialize Bharat

You should certainly celebrate as you close in on the end of your working days. This is also a good time to examine your investment portfolio. Since you will no longer draw a regular paycheck

The Cambridge Dictionary defines "investment" as "the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this."

Winston Churchill once stated, "Never let a good crisis go to waste." I'm not sure that "good crisis" is the best way to describe the current stock market environment, but Churchill's idea is

As the stock market toys with officially crossing the threshold into a bear market, investors are looking at one of their best opportunities to find bargain growth stocks to buy. 

Rampant inflation

American author Mark Twain is sometimes misquoted as saying, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." His actual statement was a little different, but the sentiment of the misquote is

When the S&P 500 was up nearly 27% in 2021, it was easy to feel like the broad market would go up in a straight line forever. Cash reserves were yielding under 1% for the year. Why would an

Despite the continued market volatility, ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) is poised to remain the world's leader in making chip-fabrication equipment. In this video clip from the "Semiconductor Revolution" on

Since the first of the year, the S&P 500 is down more than 16%. Depending on how your retirement funds are invested, you might be seeing a drop of 10% or more in your balance. The big question is

If there was an investing version of Paul Revere today, he might ride around proclaiming, "The stock splits are coming!" Several big companies are poised to conduct stock splits soon.

Amazon

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) plunged after the company released its first-quarter earnings report last month. Recently, the company's stock dropped to a 52-week low and lost nearly all the gains

Over the very long run, arguably no asset class has helped people generate wealth quite like the stock market. Even though stocks don't go up every year, the average annual return of the equity

It's hardly a secret that these days inflation is wreaking havoc on a lot of people's budgets. With everything from gas to utilities to apparel to groceries costing more, many consumers are

There's no question that it's been a challenging year to be an investor. Since hitting all-time closing highs in January, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average has entered correction territory

A correction in the stock market is usually defined by a drop of 10% to 20% in major indexes, such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, or Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). While it's not as

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) was one of the financial sector's winning stocks on the last day of trading before the long holiday weekend. The company's shares popped by nearly 6%, trouncing the

Shares of Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) climbed 12.9% on Friday after the computer maker reported strong sales and profit growth.

Dell's revenue jumped 16% year over year to $26.1 billion in its

Investors finally got the week they had hoped to see, producing a sizable rebound from last week's stock market lows. There's still plenty of uncertainty in the economy, but investors are starting

Shares of Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) popped 12.5% on Friday after the cosmetics retailer's earnings came in far above investors' expectations.

Ulta's net sales climbed 21% year over year to $2.3

On Friday, investors were digesting fresh data that suggested a "Goldilocks" economy -- not too hot, but not too cold -- is still a reasonable forecast for the quarters ahead. That would be good

Shares of Pinduoduo NASDAQ: PDD), a Chinese e-commerce platform company, spiked today after the company reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that surpassed Wall Street's average estimates. 

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office -- the NRO, America's spy satellite factory -- has awarded "billions of dollars" of contracts to commercial spy satellite operators Planet Labs (NYSE: PL)

With the S&P 500 up 1.8% today, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite up 2.6%, it looks like Friday will finally end on a high note for investors -- and break an eight-week losing streak for the stock

Shares of drugmaker Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) are up to the tune of 18.9% as of 2:11 p.m. ET Friday, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, thanks to a confluence of events that work in