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As the world started to go on lockdown a year ago, internet data traffic started to swell. Data traveling across the web has been steadily on the rise since the internet was first commercialized

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is the world's biggest retailer and the world's biggest company by revenue.

The superstore chain is set to bring in more than $550 billion in revenue in 2020, benefiting from

About a year ago, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) CEO Dan Schulman was talking about his aspiration for the digital wallet to reach one billion users transacting on the app daily. The company was coming off a

Target may be the conventional place to register for baby shower gifts, but savvy parents will request college fund donations instead. Those donations, invested today in an ETF positioned for

Renewable energy remains red-hot even after a scorching 2020 where renewables trounced the broader market's gains. From small pure-play wind and solar stocks to large companies looking to diversify

For any software company, retaining and growing customers is a valuable way to drive growth. Existing customers are a great source of new revenue at a low cost of sales and marketing dollars

Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) finished off 2019 with a bang and amazing 75% year-over-year revenue growth. But what a difference a year makes. Its Q4 2020 result only saw revenue grow at a paltry 3%, leaving

Retiring can be a daunting prospect. When you're used to collecting a steady paycheck, the idea of losing it and relying on savings and Social Security can be overwhelming.

The good news? A few

The 5G revolution is just getting started, and growth opportunities in the space combined with explosive gains for companies with relatively high short interest has put Nokia stock in the spotlight

Shares of Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RIGL) recently popped after the company announced a collaboration deal with one of America's largest drugmakers, Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY). Despite more than

In the last year, Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) added 120 million users to its platform to reach almost half a billion. But what's exciting for investors is that this platform has plenty of growth runway

Merck (NYSE: MRK) has won multiple U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals for its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda. However, the big drugmaker seems to have run into a roadblock with its

Reaching millionaire status isn't easy, especially if you're earning an average income. But earning $1 million or more is possible even if you're not already wealthy.

Investing in the stock market

With the S&P 500 up by about 16% over the past 12 months, but the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, many investors fear another market crash is imminent.

To be clear, stock market corrections --

Investors buying into stocks are, in some ways, buying into the company's story, expressing an optimism that the company can stay on plan and generate growth and earnings for years to come. It pays

There has been a lot of attention generated by the recent volatility around "meme stocks" like AMC Entertainment Holdings and GameStop. Some of the biggest headlines were the result of Robinhood's

SpaceX Starlink wants to bring broadband satellite internet to the world -- and it's a popular idea. In addition to legacy satellite internet providers like Viasat and Hughes, both of which operate

Cannabis companies seem like they're the opposite of what the famed investor Warren Buffett would like. They're typically unprofitable, have few products that competitors can't replicate, and

This quarter's 13F filings are out, revealing what many top hedge funds bought and sold last quarter, ended Dec. 31. 13Fs are always interesting, and while they shouldn't necessarily guide your

For nearly 11 months, the stock market's three major indexes have been virtually unstoppable. Since the March 23 bear market low, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite are

Investors often have reservations about buying stock in a company that's trading at (or near) its all-time highs. And with a bull market that continues to trend upward, this is the dilemma many of

When it comes to pet healthcare, Idexx Laboratories (NASDAQ: IDXX) is arguably the best in show. As a leading veterinary diagnostics firm, Idexx provides instruments (testing equipment) and

Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) started the coronavirus vaccine race on the right foot. Investors cheered last spring when the company became one of the first to bring a coronavirus vaccine

The market's rally over the past 11 months or so has simply been remarkable. Since bottoming in late March after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy, the S&P 500 has risen by

Investment guru Warren Buffett once said, "Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well."