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Though not everyone who files a tax return gets a refund from the IRS, the majority of filers do. And this year, that money may come in even more handy than usual.

Many households have lost income

Many investors are scared to death of the stock market right now. Nobody wants to invest at all-time highs only to see the market crash right after they've put their money to work. And now more than

Happily, with many marijuana stocks on the market, investors are spoiled for choice if they want to buy in on the sector. Two companies are particular standouts at the moment.

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Canadian marijuana companies look south of their border with thirst and envy. That's because U.S. federal law prohibits them from selling product directly to American consumers, except in very rare

Investors looking for stocks to buy and hold love companies with robust growth and stellar profits. But to call them "forever stocks," they need more than this. It's one thing to buy stock in a

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) to produce micro OLED displays for its long-rumored augmented reality devices at a secretive facility in

Cloud-based data connectivity platform LiveRamp Holdings (NYSE: RAMP) has been rallying in the last year as initial effects of the pandemic ease. The stock is up nearly 80% over the last 12-month

If 2020 taught us anything from an investing perspective, it's that companies that are built to last are better able to withstand the unexpected negative surprises the world throws at them

Over the last several years, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has worked to update its legacy portfolio of services to better compete against various high-growth innovative players it competes with in

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK), Lyft, and Chuy's were going to have a challenging week. After getting burned on earlier bearish

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has certainly been on a bumpy ride over the last few years. It has had to deal with the fallout from its phony-accounts scandal, its many leadership changes, and its slumping

XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) has suffered through a bit of a midlife crisis in recent years. The one-time high flier has sputtered, weighed down by some company-specific issues and macro concerns

The stock market is a great vehicle for generating wealth over time. And that is just as true for those putting much smaller amounts of capital to work as it is for people investing tens of

Shares of Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) extended their brutal two-day decline on Friday. By the close of trading, the cannabis stock's price was down 9.8% and a total of 56.7% from its highs on Wednesday. 

The pandemic has swept across the economy, causing what might turn out to be permanent changes to consumer behavior. Kevin Bennett, CEO of consumer finance start-up MotoRefi, says it has impacted

If you take the push toward cannabis legalization in the U.S. and mix in Robinhood traders on Reddit message boards and the current trend of pumping up low-priced penny stocks, you get Sundial

A combination of high yield and stable outlook should get anyone's attention. The past year of a frothy bull market has pulled attention away from the slow-and-steady dividend payers, but retirees

2U (NASDAQ: TWOU) stock has more than doubled over the past 12 months as the education technology company, which helps colleges and universities provide online degree programs, generated robust

SpaceX wants to bring fast satellite broadband internet to the world -- and in particular, to internet users in far-flung, rural locations, where download speeds are low and prices are high.

One of

Consider two fintech juggernaut stocks: PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), which pioneered online payment processing, and Square (NYSE: SQ), which enabled sellers to take credit card payments with their mobile

Fastly's (NYSE: FSLY) edge cloud platform allows enterprises to deliver content and process data at the network edge (close to where the data is generated). This creates a fast, reliable experience

Trivago (NASDAQ: TRVG) reported reported fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 9, and as expected, the numbers were grim as the hotel-booking platform continues to endure an unprecedented disruption in

Many restaurant chains and food companies got squashed by the pandemic in 2020. But their businesses -- and their stock prices -- could be headed for a comeback this year. Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND)

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) seems to be firing on all cylinders lately. With the incredible success of its digital apps and partnerships with delivery services, its sales have grown through

PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) most recent quarter was great, full stop. But investors are even more excited about what's ahead for the electronic payment processor. Motley Fool contributor Matthew Frankel