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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA), and Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) have crushed the stock market in 2021, as shares of all three tech companies have appreciated substantially on the back

For Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), the past two years have been the tale of two businesses.

When the pandemic shut down the economy in 2020, Disney theme parks shuttered, greatly impacting the

Mortgage real estate investment trusts, or mortgage REITs, are known for their high dividend yields, but it's important for investors to know how interest rate fluctuations could affect them. In

Large-cap growth stocks aren't the most exciting investments around. However, what they lack in big market-obliterating returns they make up for with consistent growth rates.

Despite a solid outlook

When it came to light in 2016 that employees at Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) had opened millions of depository and credit card accounts without the consent of customers, regulators did not take the

The way oil prices and energy stocks tanked in 2020, who could have predicted the energy sector to not only rebound but emerge as the top-performing sector in 2021? It's been a thrilling ride for

The English physicist Isaac Newton's first law of motion can also indirectly be applied to dividend investing. Newton's physics standard, which says an object in motion tends to stay in motion

College is not cheap, as Iʻm experiencing firsthand at the moment. But one thing that has made the payments a lot more manageable is the fact that I started investing a long time ago, specifically

Hunting for stocks to add to your basket so that you can kick off 2022 on a high note? If so, you've come to the right place. We'll look at two very different stocks -- a biotech giant and a red-hot

By just about any measure, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has a massive content budget. It planned to spend $17 billion in cash this year, or about $14 billion on a profit-and-loss basis (which amortizes

Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) will be glad when 2021 is over. The year has been an agonizing one for the interactive exercise equipment maker. The stock is down 75% as world economies are reopening, and

It's been a wild year, and we're now just two closing bells away from putting 2021 away for good. A lot of quality stocks bubbled up to the surface, but a lot of quality names also got even cheaper

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has moved in a different direction since former CTO Pat Gelsinger took the CEO position in early 2021. Among the most pressing problems for this blue-chip stock is a lost

Portillo's Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: PTLO), a restaurant sector newcomer after its Oct. 21 initial public offering (IPO), has registered some dramatic ups and downs since its trading debut. The

Companies that have increased their dividend every year for a minimum of 50 years are known as Dividend Kings. These companies have had their finances through many business cycles but continue to

Retiring on Social Security alone is a pretty big mistake. The average monthly benefit these days amounts to $1,657 (that figure accounts for 2022's 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment). All told, that's

Gannett (NYSE: GCI), the largest news publisher in the country, had a nice run in 2021, with its stock up about 75% at year's end. The stock is still down from pre-covid levels, though, after

Stock market crashes and corrections happen. Since the end of World War II, the benchmark S&P 500 has tumbled 10% or more 27 separate times. They've been slightly more common this century, however

2021 has been a wild year for stocks making initial public offerings (IPOs). Several big-name fintechs made their public debuts in 2021, including Coinbase Global, Robinhood markets, Marqeta, and

It all started with the cryptocurrency boom in recent years, but blockchain technology is about far more than investing in digital money. A slew of new crypto projects has popped up, trying to

Two years ago, few would have likely predicted the course of Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) stock. At that time, the company had beefed up its omnichannel presence to better compete with Amazon (NASDAQ:

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has been at the front of the industry, developing treatments for COVID since the pandemic started. While it's unfortunate that the world continues to grapple

Vipshop (NYSE: VIPS), one of the distant underdogs in China's crowded e-commerce market, lost about 70% of its market value this year. China's crackdown on its top tech companies spooked Vipshop's

Have you ever been to the hospital for hernia, gallbladder, bariatric, or other general surgery? If so, you may have experienced minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgery -- or wish you had

Looking for big gains in 2022? At the end of each year, many investors look to the underperformers, or "dogs," of the year to do just that. In that light, some may want to look toward the telecom