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Getting paid year in and year out is the core of dividend investing, but you need to make sure you don't get lured in by story stocks that burn out. The real goal is to find companies that have

Twilio's (NYSE: TWLO) stock more than tripled in 2020 as the cloud services provider generated robust growth throughout the pandemic. That wasn't surprising, since Twilio's platform processes calls

You know that saving for your retirement is something you should do, but getting started is tough. Not knowing the answer to important questions like how much you should save can leave you frozen

Up-and-coming Chinese entertainment platform Bilibili (NASDAQ: BILI) has a catchy name and an even catchier business model. The company has a diversified revenue stream, riding the growing demand

The European Commission on Thursday revealed its Sustainable and Smart Mobile Strategy, an ambitious plan to cut transport-related emissions by 90% by 2050. The plan, if enacted, is sure to disrupt

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) await critical FDA advisory committee reviews for their respective COVID-19 vaccine candidates over the next two weeks. The prospects that both vaccines

Growth stocks can make you rich. Companies that grow their sales and profits quickly often create tremendous wealth for their investors over time.

The challenge, of course, is being able to identify

Online pet supply specialist Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) report third-quarter earnings earlier this week, and the results easily topped expectations on numerous fronts. Investors weren't quite sure how to

Cloud observability software company Dynatrace (NYSE: DT) recently announced it's entering the security industry, but with a twist.

While cloud-native and endpoint security stocks have been all the

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are a great investment for many people. They are traded like stocks on major exchanges, but you don't just buy shares of one company when you purchase them. Instead

The midstream niche of the energy industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Canada's Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) is down roughly 16% so far in 2020, while Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI), based in

Gaming was one of the few industries to indirectly benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Due to an increase in free time fostered by increased unemployment and government-mandated lockdowns

Having a long time horizon in investing is crucial to getting a good return. Even with the stock market at record highs, there are companies whose stock will look like bargains in hindsight a few

It paid off to own Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) this year. The streaming video giant's stock trounced the market during a volatile year in 2020, delivering impressive gains to shareholders along the way.

The demise of Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) at the hands of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was prophesied long ago. Consider this 2019 headline from Business Insider: "Fresh off its IPO, Chewy might be the next company

The COVID-19 pandemic has crushed air travel demand this year. U.S. airlines have responded by slashing capacity dramatically. Yet counterintuitively, many airlines have also added new routes and

Investments into Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock paid off in spades this year. Shares have trounced the market in 2020 and produced massive returns for investors who simply held on to the dominant

Gamida Cell (NASDAQ: GMDA) and its approach to attacking cancer with natural killer cells faded into the shadows shortly after the company's stock market debut in 2018. After years of languishing

Insurance is one of the largest markets in the world, generating over $5 trillion in annual revenue . It's also one of the oldest; some of today's largest insurers have been around for over 100

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the entertainment industry forever, and some companies may not recover. Shares of movie theater operator AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) have fallen 52% this

Many tech stocks easily weathered the COVID-19 crisis this year, as stay-at-home trends boosted the usage of cloud services, streaming media, social networks, e-commerce services, and tools for

Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have done remarkably well this year, having climbed 53% so far in 2020. Roku's (NASDAQ: ROKU) stock has done even better, more than doubling Netflix's performance

For people over 72 with tax-deferred individual retirement accounts (IRAs), required minimum distributions (RMDs) are a part of annual income planning and tax budgeting. RMDs require the account

This has been a bad year for investors in AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL), and Carnival (NYSE: CCL). Folks just aren't going to movie theaters or booking flights these

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has had a phenomenal start to its life as a publicly traded company, with the stock up more than 150% in just over two months.

The data analytics company is