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There were plenty of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the first half of 2021, as M&A in the sector rebounded following a slowdown in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. And while M&A this

Warren Buffett believes that individual investors are better off investing in low-cost index funds to mirror the market and ensure long-term profits than trying to pick stocks on their own. Fund

If you are trying to figure out what a cryptocurrency is -- or why it's even remotely valuable -- rest easy: You aren't alone. While cutting-edge technologists have been pounding on the table for

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Global (NYSE: DIDI) has had an eventful public debut -- its shares have fallen by 20% just days after it completed its initial public offering. The stock plunged

Shares of the highly popular biotech stock ChemoCentryx (NASDAQ: CCXI) ticked up a few notches after a Wall Street analyst upgraded the stock to buy. Stifel analyst Dae Gon Ha thinks a recent

The cryptocurrency market has been explosive this year, as more and more investors have rushed to get a piece of it. If you're thinking of putting money into cryptocurrency, you may specifically

For more than a decade, growth stocks have outperformed on Wall Street. The combination of historically low lending rates and ongoing quantitative easing measures from the nation's central bank have

In a recent episode of The Rank on Fool Live, Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, and chief growth officer Anand Chokkavelu ranked 10 of the most popular meme stocks in the market. While many

The announcement last month that pet insurance company Trupanion (NASDAQ: TRUP) was appointing 30-year animal health industry veteran Simon Wheeler as its first executive vice president of

The stock market is one of the few places where there is less demand when prices get cheaper. That's because investors often fear that if prices are dropping, they will just fall more. That's a

A recent flurry of cyberattacks has both the private sector and the U.S. government on edge, and for good reason. Many of these attacks involve ransomware, a type of malicious software designed to

Social Security can be claimed between 62 and 70. There are pros and cons to filing for benefits at different ages, so it can be difficult to figure out what's best. In fact, my colleagues and I

Cathie Wood and her ARK Investment Management firm focus on areas of disruptive innovation. And few sectors have the potential to be more disruptive than genomics, where recent advancements are set

Robinhood Markets, the commission-free stock trading and investing service, has been front and center in headlines in recent years -- for both good and bad reasons. While the app has helped

For more than 15 months, investors have enjoyed a historic bounce-back rally from the coronavirus crash. Through the previous weekend, the widely followed S&P 500 had gained 95% since hitting its

Reddit users have shone a spotlight on several stocks that have skyrocketed. You can put health insurer Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ: CLOV) and cannabis operator Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL)

The biggest COVID-19 story right now is the rise of new coronavirus strains, especially the highly contagious Delta variant. Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) recently reported data about its COVID vaccine and

CureVac (NASDAQ: CVAC) surprised investors a few weeks ago when it announced disappointing data from a trial of its mRNA vaccine candidate. Many expected the German biotech would follow in the

Most investors aren't big fans of stock market crashes or steep corrections, but the reality is that one is very likely on its way.

Even though the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has enjoyed a

With warm weather upon us and people in the U.S. eager to make up for lost time from last year, it'd be a shock if marijuana sales did anything other than surge. Canny cannabis investors are

Cryptocurrency has made an enormous impact on the investing world over the past few months, and many investors have scrambled to jump on the bandwagon in hopes of getting rich.

While prices have

Healthcare is undergoing a genomics revolution, and Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTLA) is leading the way. Founded by Jennifer Doudna, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her CRISPR-Cas9

Millions of seniors today rely on Social Security to cover their living expenses. And many of today's workers are counting on those benefits to eventually help them pay the bills during retirement.

The Pentagon has pulled the plug on a controversial $10 billion enterprise cloud contract awarded to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), ending a four-year-old effort that has been stuck in neutral because of

The Chinese for-profit education sector is not popular with investors at the moment. This is a key reason why a contrarian buy into the sector from a notable institutional investor drove TAL