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Last week, some Americans began receiving their first dose of BNT162b2, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX). Soon after the vaccine began shipping

Some oil companies avoid mergers and acquisitions (M&A) because they're often costly and can destroy shareholder value. However, for Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ: FANG), "M&A activity is as

Most dividend stocks haven't exactly found themselves anywhere near the spotlight in 2020. Characteristics like stability, consistency, and value have taken a backseat to paradigm-shifting growth

In early November, General Motors (NYSE: GM) stunned Wall Street by reporting an unprecedented $5.3 billion adjusted operating profit for the third quarter. Adjusted earnings per share reached

The S&P 500 is up more than 14% in 2020, as of the market close on Dec. 21. That's a great year for the market average, but some individual stocks have fared far better. Consider plant-based-meat

The oil industry has had had a strange decade as the seeming rise and fall of oil stocks have happened over and over again. The decade started with depressed demand because of a global recession

There's little doubt that 2021 will look much different than this past year. Hopefully, for instance, we'll reach an inflection point in the pandemic and the threat of COVID-19 will largely recede

Canadian marijuana stock HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) wasn't a winner in 2020, to be blunt: $1,000 spent on its shares on the first trading day of 2020 would have shriveled to only $628.90 today.

Hexo's

Last week was a very good one for Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273. An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unanimously voted to recommend Emergency

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have finally reached a tentative deal to authorize the issuance of a second coronavirus-related stimulus check to qualified recipients. This is follow-up legislation

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Would you want to invest in a company if you knew that it was a major polluter? What about if it underpaid its workers, or didn't communicate transparently with its shareholders? For people who

Axon (NASDAQ: AAXN) didn't intend to be in the spotlight in 2020, but that's the way things played out. Policing in the United States has been a hot-button issue this year, with several high-profile

Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AGIO) threw investors a curveball recently. Instead of being a commercial-stage business, Agios will sell Tibsovo and the rest of its oncology pipeline to Servier

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) introduced the free, ad-supported Roku Channel in late 2017. Over the last three years, it's seen a lot of changes, most of them behind the scenes. The company originally

Energy stocks significantly underperformed broader markets in 2020. Not just small names, but leading oil and gas stocks also got crushed during the year. A steep fall in the demand for oil products

Here's a secret. You don't have to be an expert investor to retire a millionaire. It does help, though, to master a few simple investment rules. Here are three you can pick up fast. They'll keep

Up 64% and 34%, respectively, Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) and HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) are among the best-performing cannabis stocks in the industry over the past three months. And the momentum seems to be just

The coronavirus health crisis brought Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) to its knees nine months ago. The parent company of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse was forced to shut down its dining rooms

Hundreds of companies cut, canceled, or suspended their dividend payments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This list includes several huge businesses, including over 40 members of the S&P 500

When investors look back on 2020, they'll likely remember it as the year that crammed in about a decade's worth of volatility. During the first quarter, the widely followed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)

When it comes to saving for retirement, you have a number of choices. You could house your savings in a traditional IRA and lower your near-term tax bill in the process, or open a Roth IRA and enjoy

The year 2020 has been a rough one for many industries, but most tech stocks proved to be well-insulated from the macro headwinds. The crisis even generated tailwinds for tech companies that

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) is enjoying a stellar 2020. Consumers sheltering at home during the coronavirus pandemic dramatically increased the time they spent playing video games.

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Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) is a virtual health pioneer. The company provides internet access to healthcare professionals 24/7 for patients around the world. In 2020 the doctors in the Teladoc