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Many publicly traded software-as-a-service companies pour cash into sales and marketing to rapidly acquire new subscription customers. Since the revenue from those customers is recognized over time

With earnings season just around the corner, many companies are putting dates to their earnings report. One of the latest tech companies to schedule its quarterly earnings release is digital

I recently added Canadian midstream giant Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) to my portfolio because of its generous and well-supported dividend and efforts to contribute to a cleaner-energy future. But every

In 2011, Eric Yuan left Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) after realizing that customers were dissatisfied with the company's collaboration solutions. Believing he could create a better product, one that

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) capitalized on rapidly changing consumer habits to post impressive sales growth during 2020. The leading warehouse club's low prices and its broad selection of

If your employer offers a workplace 401(k), you have a choice to make when it comes to your retirement accounts.

You can invest only in that 401(k) and focus all your retirement planning efforts on

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) stock price continues its march higher. It is currently trading near all-time highs as a substantial percentage of the world's population uses its platforms every month

Archegos Capital Management's recent meltdown shines a light on a fact of life that financial companies don't like to talk about: counterparty risk. Briefly, Archegos was a hedge fund that used

When it launched in 2006, LendingClub (NYSE: LC) was a pioneer in peer-to-peer lending, offering a digital marketplace for individuals and businesses to obtain loans from one another instead of

If you have money to invest and want to make the most of it, you should consider putting it into cheap stocks that can easily rise in value. This is a wiser approach than investing in an expensive

When it comes to big-cap fintech, stocks like PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Square generally come to mind for most investors. But there's another big player called Adyen (OTC: ADYE.Y) that should be on

Spring is in the air, baseball season is underway, and long overdue summer vacations are just around the corner. Things are looking up in the real world, and the U.S. stock market reached a new

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been on a yearslong shopping spree, including recent rumors that it is interested in buying gaming chat start-up Discord for over $10 billion. The enterprise software

The past month has been awfully hard on biotech stocks across the board. That made it an inauspicious time to report clinical trial results that were anything less than outstanding.

Apparently

The last year has been transformational for Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). There aren't many diversified businesses that were impacted in so many ways by the pandemic. But the company navigated the

Social Security won't provide enough income for you to live comfortably during retirement. Rather, you'll need savings of your own to supplement those benefits and ensure that you can cover all of

There has been a significant uptick in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the burgeoning cannabis industry lately. This month, Canopy Growth announced plans to acquire Supreme Cannabis. And

Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) dMY Technology Group III (NYSE: DMYI) recently announced that it will be merging with quantum computing start-up IonQ. A number of quantum computing deals

It's understandable why so many investors love dividend stocks. Even if you're not an income investor, the ability to generate some extra passive income from your portfolio is appealing. And

Maybe you want to save up $1 million but don't know how to do it. While many people want to achieve this milestone, only about 7.6% of Americans do. 

Becoming a millionaire is possible, but will

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is already on its way to billion-dollar revenue this year. The company in February said advance purchase agreements for its coronavirus vaccine translate into $18.4 billion in

The volatility of the marijuana sector often overshadows the long-term returns the industry could deliver when it reaches its full potential. Because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level

In his most recent letter to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) shareholders, Warren Buffett spelled out some of the biggest reasons many conglomerates have been bad investments over the

Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) was one of the best-performing healthcare stocks of the past five years, especially thanks to its performance in the last 18 months. If you'd invested just $10,000 into

In the second quarter of 2020, spending on the legal pot market in Canada finally came in ahead of the black market. One of the big reasons the industry has been making progress is that companies