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Vaxart (NASDAQ: VXRT) soared to stardom when its shares advanced 1,500% last year. Why the excitement?

The biotech company is developing a coronavirus-vaccine candidate in pill form. Investors

Even a small amount of money allows you to invest in hundreds of stocks in the market, many of which have large growth potential. The difficulty is choosing which ones to invest in.

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Warren Buffett is once again doing what he's done throughout much of his career -- beating the market. Shares of his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) are handily outperforming the S&P

Whether you're already retired or plan to retire at some point in the future, the chances are high that you'll be reliant on Social Security to some varied degree to make ends meet during your

Investing ideas can come from many places, but I often start by considering highly impactful global trends. For instance, e-commerce has changed the world, affording consumers convenience, while

Back in March, many people enjoyed a $1,400 stimulus check thanks to the American Rescue Plan. But at this point, the likelihood of there being a fourth stimulus check in the near term is low

There are an increasing number of stocks -- especially companies that have gone public via a SPAC merger -- that are extremely long-term bets. It can be OK to take a very small portion of your

When picking stocks to invest in, it can be easy to gravitate toward a particular narrative. But if that positive narrative hinges on a singular binary outcome (a certain event happens, or it

Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM) undeniably has a great product. But if it can take that product and expand it into a true platform (or ecosystem), that can mean an amazing future for the company (and its stock). 

It's an immutable fact that the stock market is volatile -- and individual stocks even more so. Stocks can quickly fall in value over short periods of time, sometimes by double-digit percentages

Software giant Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) recently announced an agreement to buy email marketing platform Mailchimp. This comes shortly after Intuit's sizable acquisition of Credit Karma. In this Fool

When news and media outlets latch on to a story, it's sometimes easy to follow the story and let it dictate your investment decisions. But focusing on the short term can lead to disastrous

Unity Software (NYSE: U) is the company behind one of two major 3D game engines on the market, the other being Epic Games' Unreal engine. However, Unity has established itself as the industry

Biotechs such as Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) depend on health insurers like Humana (NYSE: HUM) to cover their drugs. But there can sometimes be a somewhat adversarial relationship between the two sides

Want more money from Social Security to help you fund your retirement? There are three steps to take that can help you make that happen -- some of which you'll need to start working on early in your

Salesforce.com's (NYSE: CRM) recent investor day covered how it sees its role in the transformation of businesses into digital-first workplaces, from the integration of recent acquisition Slack to

Very steep market plunges of 30% or more are rare, but they do happen every decade or so. But the crash of 2020 was different from downturns of times past. Fool.com contributors Jason Hall, Jon

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Merck (NYSE: MRK) compete head-to-head in the pneumococcal vaccine market. While Pfizer's Prevnar 13 remains the best seller, both companies have newer vaccines on the market

Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM) recently shared its churn numbers -- the number of customers it loses over time. In this Backstage Pass video, which aired Sept. 28, 2021, Motley Fool contributor Brian Withers

Volatility has returned to the stock market in recent weeks, pushing the S&P 500 down more than 5% below its all-time high at one point. While that's not a major sell-off, it's the biggest decline

Supply chain woes and the Delta variant have captured headlines causing some fears that the holiday season could be torched again for retailers.

However, Fool contributors Jeremy Bowman, Brian

Things are generally going well for a company when it's being compared positively to PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP). 

In this Backstage Pass video, which

Chances are you've heard a lot of talk about the metaverse. But what does that term mean? And how does it differ from technologies like augmented and virtual reality? In this Backstage Pass video

Finding the best companies to invest your hard-earned money in isn't always easy. With so many stocks to pick from, finding the right investment choices that align with your portfolio and long-term

September wasn't a great month on Wall Street. The S&P 500 dropped almost 5%, and plenty of stocks performed significantly worse. For instance, shares of biotech giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals