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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has been a top healthcare company for decades. From selling pharmaceuticals to producing a wide range of consumer products, it's become a household name. It's also a

Online pet supplies retailer Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) is making major strides in the pet industry. The company was already growing revenue and customers at a healthy pace and then was boosted at the

Investors in the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) aren't used to having to deal with declines. However, at least over the past couple of days, the Nasdaq has faced some challenges that make the

The stock market is trading near all-time highs and the yield on the S&P 500 Index is a remarkably low 1.3%. As such, it's hard for income investors to find dividend stocks worth buying right now

Four years ago Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) went public at $14 per share. The streaming device company's stock opened at $15.78 on the first day, closed at $23.50, and now trades in the $340s. If you had

When Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) went public last September, the cloud-based data warehousing company attracted a lot of attention because it was partially backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway

The stock market has been roaring through the first eight months of 2021 with gains easily outpacing the long-term annual average. That surge could set investors up for a tough final quarter if

Value stocks are shares in companies that trade at low multiples compared with their earnings and future potential. While General Motors (NYSE: GM) faces near-term challenges from the chip shortage,

Wall Street wasn't impressed with the latest earnings update from Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE). While the youth-focused retailer beat sales expectations and issued an aggressive short-term outlook

After a down day on Wednesday, investors seemed ready to watch the stock market extend those losses on Thursday morning. Conflicting guidance from the Federal Reserve has some market participants

GameStop (NYSE: GME) has met its Kryptonite, and apparently it comes in the form of an earnings report. "Will GameStop stock finally break the curse of earnings season?" I asked last week, as the

Are you less worried about today's headlines and more focused on finding great long-term growth investments? That's fine. In fact, that's good. Often, the current noise ends up being just that

The stock market has been on fire this year, with the S&P 500 returning a total of 21.5% and the Nasdaq Composite up 19.3%. It seems like every corner of the market has had a good year, which can be

The market isn't always rational, and that could be good news for forward-thinking investors. If the market assigns a low value to a stock based on short-term factors, that provides a hot

While the largest server manufacturers focus on systems built around industry-standard x86 chips, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) goes a different way. The century-old tech giant sold

A Dividend Aristocrat is a stock that has exhibited a remarkable level of consistency, measured by the fact that only those S&P 500 companies that have increased their annual dividend for 25

For many of China's biggest companies, 2021 is playing out like a disaster film. Back home, Beijing has cracked the whip on several industries, citing data security and antitrust issues. And in the

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), the largest e-commerce and cloud infrastructure company in China, went public in September 2014. Its stock price rose 38% on the first trading day, giving it a market cap of

Since 1983, warehouse retailer Costco (NASDAQ: COST) has sold consumer goods in bulk, giving its customers deals at a fraction of the price of competitors like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) -- a business

I don't know about you, but the day after Labor Day has never been a very productive one. The same cannot be said for ARK Invest CEO and founder Cathie Wood. Yesterday, the collection of

On Sept. 3, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high after a weak August U.S. job report reduced the likelihood of the Federal Reserve opting for bond tapering in the near term. This

Every year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation updates data for all FDIC-insured banks to show the amount of deposits each bank holds. Although the data is just a look at one point in time

This year has been a wild one for lumber prices. Measured per 1,000 board feet, the lumber price soared close to $1,700 by May before crashing down to just under $500 as of this writing.

It's the

With the S&P 500 up 20% in 2021 and trading at record levels, investors might suspect stocks that went in the opposite direction this year have something seriously wrong with them. If a rising tide

Millions of older adults rely on Social Security during retirement, and benefit cuts could make it more difficult to make ends meet.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently released its