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The perks of getting older include wisdom, senior discounts, and Social Security checks for the rest of your life. But deciding when to take Social Security is a big deal.

Claim too early? You may

There's a saying in investing that winners keep winning.

Letting winners ride can work in investing because the factors that made a company successful in the past often extend into the future. Jeff

West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices have largely been above the $60 per barrel mark since mid-February. Prices rallied further last week after Saudi Arabia announced it would extend its

It's a comedy cliche that smoking marijuana causes paranoia for some people. But if you're a cautious investor, it's completely reasonable to think that cannabis stocks are quite risky. Many of the

Shares of troubled retail REIT Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG) have been on a tear in recent months. Investors have bet enthusiastically on reopening and recovery plays -- especially stocks

A business doesn't grow explosively by doing the same thing as everyone else. So if you want to invest in growth stocks -- companies that expand faster than rivals -- bet on companies with

Despite the recent increase in long-term interest rates in the U.S., finding yield is still a struggle for many income investors. But it's easier if you know which sectors give you the best

In recent months, the regional banking space has already experienced lots of change after several high-profile acquisitions. But there could still be lots more mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Reddit stock traders hype any move GameStop (NYSE: GME) makes, regardless of whether it actually means anything. The stock simply ticking higher is seen as a sign a moonshot is coming and pointing

Electric vehicles and related stocks have been some of the hottest on the market over the past year. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has surged to new highs, and newcomers like Fisker (NYSE: FSR), Blink

Three COVID-19 vaccines are already on the market in the U.S. Another could be on the way. Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) CEO Stanley Erck thinks his company's vaccine just might win U.S. emergency use

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Braskem (NYSE: BAK)Q4 2020 Earnings CallMar 11, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ET

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Everyone hopes to be a millionaire by the time they retire. But a lot of people think that you have to find crazy bargains on growth stocks to make that happen.

That's not the case. A well-invested

Let's define something that's pretty insidious: work theater. That's what you do when you're at work and trying to look busy, without actually being busy. At its best, it's "innocent fakery." But

AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) has made it through the darkest days of the pandemic, and it will come out on the other side.

The company reaffirmed that in its fourth-quarter earnings report, saying

The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) had a roller-coaster ride over the last few weeks. After hitting a record high in February, the index dropped 11% to enter a correction phase on Monday. It

Membership-only discount retail company BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings (NYSE: BJ) reported outstanding fourth-quarter performance across many metrics last week. Comparable club sales, digital sales

Recent weeks have been pretty wild for many high-flying U.S. growth stocks. The Nasdaq Composite lost 4.5% of its value and won it all back (and some) in the past month. While the drop unnerved some

There are plenty of good reasons to choose a Medicare Advantage plan over original Medicare. Advantage plans generally offer a wider scope of coverage than original Medicare, picking up the tab for

Growth stocks have been on a bit of a roller coaster ride lately. Sometimes this gives opportunistic investors a chance to buy great companies at a discount. On a Fool Live episode recorded on March

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Buying a SPAC that hasn't announced its acquisition target yet can seem like a risky bet -- after all, you don't even know what type of business you're going to be investing in. But that's why it's

The dynamics in the COVID-19 vaccine market continue to shift. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) recently won Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In

Timing the market is inadvisable, because it's very hard to do it correctly. But sometimes it's tempting, even for the savviest of investors. Innovative businesses rarely make disruptive moves

Over the past month, we've witnessed an extremely rare divergence between the technology-dependent Nasdaq Composite and the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI). Whereas the Nasdaq