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Soaring demand for computing devices during the pandemic has helped fuel a global shortage of semiconductor chips. PC sales exploded in 2020 as people worked from home, marking the first time since

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is a familiar name, but it's more than most consumers or investors might realize. Not only is it the company behind Pepsi Cola and its sister sodas like Mountain Dew and 7-Up

When it comes to saving for retirement, it never hurts to have multiple channels. For example, saving in a 401(k) or IRA is a smart move because those funds can be used for any purpose whatsoever in

It's not often when you can genuinely describe three of the highest profile stocks in the industrial sector as "unloved" or "ignored," but that's the case right now. In a nutshell, there appears to

When Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched its new online pharmacy, the stocks of industry stalwarts like CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) fell precipitously. It wasn't the

It can be tempting to try "get rich quick" schemes in an attempt to jump-start your finances. But there's a reason why these types of tactics rarely work, and investing is no different.

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What will be hot for auto investors in 2021? Electric vehicles, of course -- but maybe not in the way they've been hot in the last few years.

In a recent appearance on Motley Fool Live, Industry

Newton's first law of motion says that "an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force." The same is true, more often than not, when applied to investing in

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are red-hot right now, with investors clamoring to get into promising young companies.

In this video from Motley Fool Live, recorded on Jan. 28

Stocks have had a remarkable run in recent years. Even after the market had to climb back from the plunge it endured early in 2020, the S&P 500 has doubled in value over the past five years.

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There's no question that 2020 was a year like no other. The stock market experienced both a record decline and a record recovery in the space of months, with the worldwide pandemic as a backdrop

Investing in biotech stocks is a risky endeavor, but sometimes you can eke out a return without facing as much potential trouble as usual. By identifying companies that are likely to report rapid

On Jan. 7, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings III completed its $3.7 billion merger with Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ: CLOV). The deal was just what

Short-sellers gained a lot of attention in recent days as they rushed to cover positions in rapidly rising stocks such as GameStop (NYSE: GME). In this case, they lost their bets on the stock's

Despite co-developing the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized in the U.S. and undergoing a transformational spinoff, Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) stock closed out 2020 almost exactly where it began the

Up by about 2,700% over the past five years, fintech giant Square (NYSE: SQ) has been an incredible performer for its investors. While growth in the payment processing side of Square's business

NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP) is poised to take advantage of the increasingly important shift toward clean energy. That's great, but it isn't enough on its own to make the business a buy. Here

In less than two weeks, we'll mark the one-year anniversary of when the epic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crash began on Wall Street. Despite losing 34% of its value in less than five weeks

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is about to cross the coronavirus vaccine race finish line. But cheers may not be as loud as they were for rivals Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). That's

Pot investors are hardly strangers to splashy mergers and acquisitions. And following the big news about Aphria and Tilray combining their companies, there's a new deal that's making waves in the

With a market cap that has reached as high as $2.5 trillion in recent weeks, it might seem like Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) growth potential is limited. But one of our experts thinks there could be more

If I told you that the internet is abuzz about an unprofitable marijuana company with sharply shrinking revenue and a stock price of around $1, you'd probably assume that the chatter was about an

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IPOs are hot. A University of Florida professor known as "Mr. IPO" has data showing that the 48% average first-day jump in shares last year was the biggest since the halcyon days of 1999. Need more

For much of the past year, investing in the stock market has required an iron stomach. The unprecedented nature of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic turned societal norms on their