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Many people feel too intimidated to invest in stocks. It is scary to commit your hard-earned money when you have the chance to lose some or even all of it. But while stocks can fluctuate over the

Invest in the right stocks, and $5,000 could be the beginning of something big. Stocks are great wealth-building tools, but it's important to ignore the short-term price movements and focus on the

Square (NYSE: SQ) stock has had quite a run, gaining 260% year to date and over 500% in the past three years. The company has reported mixed results during the pandemic, but overall, it continues to

Media-streaming technology specialist Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) had been on my radar since it produced the first set-top box that could stream Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) content in 2008. The company entered

The internet stock trading platform Robinhood's list of top 100 stocks (as ranked by the number of users holding shares in that company) is an excellent heatmap of where retail investors are putting

Mark Tritton has been CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) for barely more than a year. Despite spending much of 2020 navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Tritton still found time to develop a

Whether you're prioritizing a big yield, rapid dividend growth, or a combination of the two, the technology sector hosts stocks with characteristics that should appeal to a wide range of

America's largest publicly traded trash collector, Waste Management (NYSE: WM), has performed well throughout the pandemic. Its revenue is sprinkled throughout various public and private industries

Many marijuana stocks have enjoyed a great year in 2020. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, cannabis has been in high demand among customers, and many states deemed dispensaries to be essential

This year has been a wild ride, to put it mildly. The stock market experiences some ups and downs every year, but in 2020 the market shattered records and saw extreme volatility.

While the stock

Altria's (NYSE: MO) first dividend payment of 2021 will be $0.86 per share, the company's board of directors has declared. It will be handed out on Jan. 11 to investors of record as of Dec. 28.

The

Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) share price actually fell a little after an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19

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Retirement planning doesn't have to be complicated. Sure, you could spend hours projecting your budget, estimating growth rates of your portfolio, and developing a retirement distribution strategy

This has been a banner year for U.S. tech IPOs, which raked in billions of dollars from investors even as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the broader economy.

In fact, three of America's biggest

Shareholders of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) have had an eventful year. A long-awaited spinoff and a global pandemic populated most of the headlines about the company, but those weren't the only developments

Renewable energy stocks certainly had a terrific 2020. As the year draws to a close, several top renewables stocks look set to crush the S&P 500 Index's return for the year. Whether you missed

When I'm talking about the year's best stocks, I'm not just thinking about their straight-up market returns. I prefer to sift through the strongest performers while also considering their prospects

The current low interest rates have created the perfect environment for mortgage originators. Refinancing volumes are pushing estimates for 2020 originations to $3.2 trillion, which would be the

Earlier this week, the email systems at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments were infiltrated by hackers. According to The New York Times, this was one of the largest and most sophisticated

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is seen by investors as one of the most reliable companies around. The company has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years. That reputation had been tarnished by

Investing your money in stocks is one of the most effective ways to grow wealth. But what if you're clueless about the stock market? What if you have no idea how to evaluate companies and figure out

There are two trends that have defined the equity markets in 2020.

The first is the rise of the public debut. Led by notable IPOs and the new kid on the block -- special purpose acquisition

More than 34 million Americans have diabetes and an additional 88 million are at risk of developing the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association. In this world of data, automation

GoodRx Holdings (NASDAQ: GDRX), Vaxart (NASDAQ: VXRT), and Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) are all up considerably for the year, but I'm concerned about where their share prices might be headed next