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Two years after Canada officially legalized recreational marijuana, investors are still searching for the winners. But investors looking to build lasting wealth in the sector have a better base to

No CEO should be evaluated on their company's stock performance in a single year. Strategies often take several years to play out. When a company's fortunes depend on drug development, the timeline

The tech sector has performed especially well in 2020, thanks to investors flocking to technology companies that they believed could grow during a recession and pandemic. But which companies will

Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON) is a company that has captivated the attention of marijuana investors ever since tobacco-giant Altria Group (NYSE: MO) purchased a $1.8 billion stake back in 2019. In the

The median amount of money that workers think they'll need to retire is $500,000, according to a survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. However, roughly one-third of survey

Surprisingly enough, one of the best performing coronavirus vaccine stocks of the year is Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ARCT). If you had invested $10,000 in the San-Diego based biotech last year,

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It has been a banner year for stocks of companies that want to disrupt the automotive industry, and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ: LAZR) is the latest to ride the wave.

Luminar is a maker of lidar, a

Since rumors of a deal were first leaked right before Thanksgiving, shares of salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) are down almost 15%, while Slack Technologies (NYSE: WORK) stock has surged 43%. On the Nov

How much are you currently saving for retirement? If the answer to that question is either "nothing," or "not enough," chances are there are some good reasons you've hesitated to start investing for

Cannabis stocks sound like a great way to make a buck. After all, marijuana is an in-demand product in an expanding multinational industry that has plenty of room to innovate, and there's no single

After years of waiting, the big day has finally arrived for North American cannabis stocks. In 2021, more than half a dozen pot stocks are expected to push into the black. This will definitively

One of the most surprising stories of 2020 is the huge surge in home sales. In typical economic downturns, housing takes a big hit as economic uncertainty and job losses take a bite out of demand

If you had an eccentric friend with a reputation for impulsiveness and hyperbole, you'd definitely think twice before agreeing with their appraisal of their latest obsession, like the value of an

Everyone thinks of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) as an advertising company with nine products boasting over 1 billion users. That's fair. The company's Google search engine, Gmail, and

Investors in gold won't forget 2020 anytime soon. It appears a gold bull supercycle is underway. Gold prices and many gold stocks have had double-digit surges this year. The rally may not be over

On the fence about investing in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)? Soon enough, you may not have a choice. With the electric carmaker set to join the S&P 500 on Dec. 21, you'll automatically get a piece of Tesla

Big problems tend to attract big problem solvers. So when a global pandemic first threatened the world earlier this year, it wasn't surprising that the two largest pharmaceutical companies on the

Dividend stocks can be great investments. Yet looking exclusively for dividend stocks can cause investors who don't need the income now to miss out on future dividend dynamos that could pay massive

Insurance-technology stock Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) has been on fire lately. Since the beginning of November, shares of the rapidly growing insurer have gained more than 85%. However, it's important

It's been an exceptionally volatile year for equities due to the unprecedented uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, it'll probably go down as a largely positive year for

A global push toward cleaner sources of energy combined with falling costs is leading to continued growth for renewable energy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that, by 2050

When the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year, many analysts worried that decreasing gas prices meant that seniors would get no Social Security raise going into 2021. In the end, seniors are

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Housing is a massive industry, and it's one that is often overlooked by investors. That's particularly true for homebuilders, a tough, competitive business that requires a lot of debt to buy land to