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You don't have to invest a massive amount of money to give your portfolio a boost. If you have $1,000 to invest right now, you can snap up shares of companies that have proven themselves through the

The investing world is full of empty promises, and there are plenty of investments that guarantee to make you a lot of money essentially overnight. Generally, though, if it seems too good to be

"The trend is your friend."

You've probably heard the investing adage before. It's typically used in reference to buying stocks that are in defined upswings.

However, there's an even more important

Investors can always find promising long-term holding options among mid-cap companies that operate in large and growing markets.

Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR) and Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) both fit that

A partial victory is better than a complete loss. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) are experiencing this firsthand.

The two partners had hoped that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration

If Wall Street has demonstrated anything, it's the value of patience. If you buy high-quality companies and hang onto them for long periods of time, your chances of growing your initial investment

In 2021, over 700 companies have gone public so far, and it can be hard to sift through them to find the best in the bunch. Plenty of new companies will likely fizzle out quickly, but a few have

When I make plans for my retirement, I always operate under the assumption that I'll claim Social Security benefits at 62. This is a decision I made even though I know there's a good chance I'd be

While many Americans have access to 401(k) plans through their employers, not every company offers one. The good news is that if you don't have a 401(k) available for retirement savings purposes

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Bars and

Shares of Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), the Chinese tech giant, took a dive today in a broad sell-off in Chinese stocks in response to news that Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group could be forced

Sprawling engineering company Brooks Automation (NASDAQ: BRKS) will become a little less sprawling with an upcoming asset sale. It announced its deal on Monday and was rewarded with an almost 9%

Monday was a horrible day for the stock market, with just about the only positive thing to say being that major market benchmarks finished well above their worst levels of the day. The Nasdaq

Shares of online betting company DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) fell as much as 7.3% in trading on Monday as investors quickly exited growth stocks. Shares closed the day down 5.7% after a late-day

Mounting concerns of a potential financial crisis in China drove investors to reduce risk on Monday.

Here's how some of the largest and most popular tech stocks fared today:

China Evergrande Group

Shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME) were down 6.2% on Monday after the broad U.S. stock indexes took a tumble in reaction to the China Evergrande Group (OTC: EGRNF) situation this weekend. The meme

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) and Surface Oncology (NASDAQ: SURF) shares both traded up on Monday, bucking the heavily bearish trend of the overall stock market. AstraZeneca closed the day more than 5%

Shares in copper miner Taseko Mines (NYSEMKT: TGB) fell more than 9% as of 3 p.m. EDT today. Although Taseko's mining assets are nearly all in Canada (the company also has a U.S. project in

Monday put investors in lithium and rare earth metal stocks on the edge. While Standard Lithium (NYSEMKT: SLI) and Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC) sank 10.7% and 13.3%, respectively, by 2:30 p.m. EDT

Shares of lithium battery recycler Li-Cycle Holdings (NYSE:LICY) ended Monday's trading session up 7.7%, although the gain wasn't in response to any news from the start-up company. Rather, the stock

Metals stocks, particularly steel stocks, had a rough start to the week. Notable losers by the end of trading on Monday included:

Concerning news from China weighed on all these stocks, but it

Shares of many large bank stocks fell today along with the broader market sell-off that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed more than 600 points and the S&P 500 index fall 1.7%. Shares of

Shares of Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) fell today despite the fact that an analyst raised his price target for its stock. The company -- which is involved in everything from digital entertainment