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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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You have lots of choices about when to claim Social Security. In fact, you can start your benefits as soon as age 62. You can also wait and earn delayed retirement credits (which raise your

Investors looking to build a retirement portfolio during their working years may not be interested in utility stocks. They just don't dish out that much growth.

Investors who have already built a

2020 has been a year of investing themes -- both positive and negative. As the coronavirus market crash slammed the market in February, the investing narrative went from greed to fear in a matter of

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) appears to be likely to be the first drugmaker, along with its partner BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX), to win U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) for a coronavirus vaccine

There are successful companies out there that don't garner the attention and excitement of many investors simply because they operate in uninteresting industries. O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY)

Retirement is a period of life you'll need to carefully plan for. But the wrong moves could end up wrecking your senior years and leaving you uncomfortably cash-strapped. Here are a few ways you may

Cannabis stocks have been on fire since the November elections, which also coincided with generally positive third quarter earnings reports across the U.S. marijuana industry. The incoming

Over 10 million people are playing the markets using Robinhood, the red-hot stock trading app that was offering no-commission stock trades long before the major online brokerages followed suit. Some

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world. But it has also accelerated certain technological trends that investors should be tapped into. During lockdowns, consumers have turned to e-commerce

The Dow Jones hit a milestone this week, closing above 30,000 points for the first time. Fueling the surging stock market is optimism that vaccines will soon end the COVID-19 pandemic.

However,

Most baby boomers are retired already, or are getting close to it. Unfortunately, far too many are putting their retirement security at risk. Recent data from Fidelity shows members of this

For many investors, 2020 has been an incredible year. Several sectors are well on their way to gaining more than 20% this year, and tech stocks in particular have crushed it. But it hasn't been all