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One of the craziest years in history for the stock market is now in the books. After shedding 34% of its value during the first quarter, the benchmark S&P 500 rallied to finish 2020 higher by 16%

Theoretically, any stock could double in a given year. But the odds are definitely against most stocks delivering such tremendous gains within a 12-month period.

Some stocks, though, have better

Buying bitcoin was once taboo. Critics called it a fraud and a scam. Warren Buffett even went so far as to call it "rat poison squared" back in 2018. 

Yet people's views toward cryptocurrency are

A new year means new opportunities to put your money to work in the greatest wealth creator on the planet: the stock market.

Even with the broad-based S&P 500 ending 2020 at an all-time high

With 2020 and all of its volatility behind us, investors can hopefully begin to breathe a little easier now. But there are never any guarantees in the stock market, no matter what the investment

After a crazy 2020, investors are sitting down to figure out what their strategies will be for the coming year. Robinhood has become a go-to source for stocks as its mobile app has brought a huge

In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen chats with Motley Fool contributor Brian Feroldi about the best and worst consumer goods stocks of 2020. They discuss some

Shares of Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND), the leading maker of plant-based meat substitutes, soared 65.3% in 2020, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The company went public in May

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) is continuing its never-ending quest to make its Venmo service more convenient. The company announced Monday that it has introduced check-cashing to the service

If all goes according to its revised plan, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) will have far more doses of its coronavirus vaccine on the market than formerly anticipated. The company announced Monday that it is

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is on the cusp of entering a relatively affluent new market. Media reports published Monday indicated that the Israeli government was about to approve the company's entry into

Shares of clinical-stage company Matinas BioPharma Holdings (NYSEMKT: MTNB) increased a robust 27.9% on Monday, following news that it won a crucial nod from the Food and Drug Administration.

Shares of Inseego (NASDAQ: INSG) were climbing last month. The maker of mobile hotspots for 5G and other protocols jumped as it announced a number of new deals with telecom operators. According to

Bitcoin's price hit a new all-time high above $34,000 on Sunday before pulling back to roughly $31,200 as of 6:15 p.m. EST on Monday. That helped drive shares of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) and

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) was in the perfect position to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, having previously succeeded against two similar coronaviruses (SARS and MERS) in the lab. The company chose a

The stock market's first trading day of 2021 was just as muted as many people's socially distanced New Year's parties, and for much the same reasons. Market participants were nervous about the

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is looking to bulk up and expand its investment banking operations in order to better compete against its peers, Bloomberg reported.

That means underwriting more equity and

Buoyed by an optimistic research note from a prominent analyst, a clutch of notable marijuana stocks saw their share prices rise nicely on the first trading day of 2021.

Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) and

Marijuana stocks popped on Monday, as investors looked ahead to crucial Senate runoff elections. By the close of trading, shares of Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL), Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON), and

Google is getting its first labor union.

Approximately 230 workers out of the 130,000-plus employees and contractors at Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) joined forces on Monday to launch the

It seems that a battle is brewing in the fast-food henhouse. McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), eager to ride the recent popularity of crispy chicken sandwiches, is rolling out three new products in the

The beginning of the year is full of signature events. For many income investors, Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) first dividend declaration is one of them -- the pharmaceutical giant reliably

Shares of Energy Fuels (NYSEMKT: UUUU) entered 2021 on a down note today, falling 7.5% through the closing bell. The drop came in response to a Form 8-K filing that Energy Fuels made with the

Shares of Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the supply-side ad tech specialist, soared last month as analysts lined up behind the growth stock, sending it even higher after a surge in November.

Though there

Shares of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) closed down almost 6% on Monday, after a joint venture partner revealed that MGM is seeking to acquire it. 

MGM joint venture (JV) partner Entain