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Once you retire, your relationship with your money changes. Instead of saving and investing to build your nest egg, you're spending that nest egg to cover your costs of living. Your spending cash

Before we know it, 2021 will be here, and with any luck, it will bring some good news with it (like an end to the pandemic). But we don't know what 2021 has in store for the stock market, and while

It would be easy to doubt that Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) has a highly compelling, post-COVID-19 future. Not only is the discount retailing space already crowded by the likes of Dollar General

The stock market spoiled us in 2020. Sure, we had the fastest 30% drop in history. But year to date, the S&P 500 is up 15% as of Dec. 18. That's an above-average year for the market as a whole, but

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB), Door Dash (NYSE: DASH), and Disney (NYSE: DIS) were going to have a challenging week. I fell short of the

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It's not fair to say that all cruise lines are in the same boat. Carnival (NYSE: CCL)(NYSE: CUK), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NASDAQ: NCLH) have all suspended

Approximately 52% of workers say they plan to continue working past age 65, or never retire at all, according to a survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.

If the idea of working

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Nike (NYSE: NKE) have both benefited from shifts in consumer behavior this year.

With many brick-and-mortar stores closed and social distancing a necessity, people

Owners of General Electric (NYSE: GE) stock can be forgiven for thinking the company has already had its bounce. After all, the stock is up 83% in the last three months. However, it's worth noting

Millions of individuals have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic -- namely, those who have lost their jobs since the outbreak began. But companies are feeling the pain, too, and are cutting

Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), the owner of Tinder and the dominant player in online dating apps, has seen its stock rise over 1,000% since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2015. Bumble, one of

Stocks rose last week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) each added to year-to-date gains. The Dow is entering the final full trading week of

It seems everyone is talking about high-flying tech stocks, IPOs, and special-purpose acquisition companies these days, but you may be able to find some interesting investment opportunities in less

A recession and global pandemic were terrible for the world in 2020; however, it was also probably an ideal scenario for both discount retailers and e-commerce companies. So when you fuse both of

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America is quickly becoming the land of the on-demand workforce. Estimates vary, but a 2017 Bureau of Labor Statistics report found 55 million people in the United States were a part of the "gig

Some types of healthcare real estate -- such as senior housing -- were hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. But medical office properties were not. Not only are medical office properties extremely

Most Americans approaching retirement have not saved nearly enough. More than a third of those 55 and older have socked away less than $100,000, and about 60% have saved less than $250,000 (per the

You might not like what I'm about to say, but it's the truth: Stock market crashes and corrections are an inevitable part of the investing cycle.

No matter what the Federal Reserve or federal

The sheer volume of financial and business news published these days can be overwhelming for even the most seasoned investor. There is a reason why some of the largest asset managers in the world

A post-pandemic world. Those words sound pretty good, don't they? After the COVID-19 nightmare of 2020, it's nice to think about life returning to normal.

Americans are already beginning to receive

Though you're not entitled to your full monthly Social Security benefit until you reach full retirement age (FRA), which falls somewhere between 66 and 67, depending on your year of birth, many

Income investors are used to a balancing act when shopping for an attractive dividend. Often, stretching for high yields and stable cash flows requires a trade-off in terms of the prospect for

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