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As the world stands on the verge of getting vaccines for COVID-19, investors interested in the pandemic theme are faced with a dilemma. Do they sell stocks of companies that have been big winners

Just because a stock has a low share price, that doesn't mean it's a great deal. There are many stocks under $10 per share with bad fundamentals, no earnings, or bad management that aren't going

The 124-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) made history last week. After briefly tumbling below 19,000 during the depths of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-induced bear

Some Americans could receive COVID-19 vaccinations before the end of 2020. Two coronavirus vaccines are in a prime position to win U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) next month -- Pfizer's

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, millions of Americans are experiencing financial hardship. Around 18% of U.S. adults are behind on their rent, according to research from the Center on Budget and

One reason that long-term investing is so effective is that successful businesses are built for the long term themselves. Companies need time to execute their strategies and wait for them to bear

Over the past quarter of a century, technology has played a big role in helping make John and Jane Q. Investor a lot of money. In particular, the advent of the internet has allowed for the

A good rule of thumb to follow in the stock market is that if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. In today's low-interest-rate environment, stocks with big dividend payments

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang said his company was "firing on all cylinders" during the three months ended Oct. 25. It's easy to see why. Revenue and adjusted earnings per share exploded

Earlier this year, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) surpassed eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) as the second-largest e-commerce platform in the U.S. by sales volume after Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).

That was a humbling blow for

The 737 MAX grounding broke a streak of strong performance by Boeing (NYSE: BA) last year. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to Boeing's woes by undermining aircraft demand.

However, Boeing stock has

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), a cloud-based cybersecurity company that serves nearly half of the companies in the Fortune 100, went public at $34 per share last June. Its stock has since surged to

Earlier this month, water utility giant American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) released solid third-quarter 2020 results. Revenue increased 6.5% year over year to $1.08 billion and earnings per share

With General Electric (NYSE: GE) stock up 32% in the last month, it's time to take a pause and question whether it remains a good value or not. To shed some light on this question, let's take a look

Shares of Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP)(NYSE: BEPC) have been scorching hot in 2020, surging a market-crushing 70%. That rally probably has investors wondering if shares of the leading renewable-

Many investors got cold feet when COVID-19 hit in March and the market crashed, but long-term investors weren't fazed by the dip. Even the greatest companies sometimes falter, but shareholders who

With the S&P 500 Index yielding less than 2%, it can be hard to find stocks offering generous dividends. But if you are willing to think a little outside the box you can find yields of 5% and more

Boeing's (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX in mid-November got the all clear to fly again after 20 months on the ground, removing a significant anchor that has been weighing on shares of the aerospace giant this

In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen and Motley Fool contributor Asit Sharma take another look at DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG). They talk about the company's business model

While "recovery" stocks have been making big moves upwards in November, 2020 has been a year when technology stocks have pulled away from the pack. Yet just because tech stocks have soared this year

Dividends have been under a lot of pressure this year. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on the global economy and the ability of many companies to maintain their shareholder

Electric car stocks may very well be in a bubble. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has rocketed around 600% this year, pushing up the market capitalization of the Elon Musk-led automaker to roughly $540

In early 2019, CenturyLink -- now known as Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) -- slashed its quarterly dividend by 54%, from $0.54 per share to $0.25 per share. Clearly, investors weren't pleased

The stock market hasn't been kind to fossil fuel stocks in 2020. So far this year, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, which tracks the oil and natural gas sector, is down 40% compared to a

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), the maker of cloud-based hyperconverged infrastructure software, delivered another solid earnings report last Monday. 

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