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The combination of growing international travel demand, cheap oil, and easy access to capital drove a boom in long-haul budget airlines during the past decade. AirAsia X was one of the biggest

Are you thinking about claiming Social Security benefits? Before you do, there are four key things you need to know so you can fully understand how much income your benefits will provide -- and how

Sales are up across the consumer packaged-foods industry as the coronavirus pandemic lifts the frequency of at-home eating. Investors have assumed that this increase will be a strong, but temporary

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Chapek said from the beginning that selling Mulan to existing Disney+ subscribers was an experiment rather than the new norm. Now the media giant has effectively made

An ever-increasing focus on renewable energy, combined with volatile oil and gas prices, has left investors apathetic toward conventional energy stocks. However, oil products and related services

Impinj (NASDAQ: PI), a leading maker of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips, readers, and software, was generating robust sales prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies optimized their

The big day is now less than four weeks away. In 26 days, Americans across the country will head to the polls or mail in their ballots to determine who'll lead the country for the next four years

Many seniors worry about running out of money in retirement. And that's a valid concern.

The truth is, you can save diligently throughout your career, but if you're not careful about how much you

The end of the year is fast approaching. And for investors, several things are worth keeping an eye on between now and December. The presidential race is one example. The results of the November

Commission-free stock trading platform Robinhood has become a resource for investors looking for their next big bet, and its list of top 100 stocks holdings among traders using its app is a valuable

Despite 2020's challenges, this holiday season looks poised to be the best holiday season yet for streaming-TV companies like Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). Recent research by the Harris Poll on holiday

Shares of mall-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) have been cut in half in 2020. The big picture is COVID-19, which came on top of the already difficult

Cloud stocks have been a bright spot during the coronavirus pandemic. Tech researcher Gartner expects global spending on public cloud computing -- not including private data center cloud computing

Banks have made it through another quarter in the always uncertain and chaotic coronavirus pandemic. After two intense quarters, I think most analysts expect the third quarter to bring stronger

Value traps are companies that may seem cheap at first glance, but get progressively cheaper and cheaper until their stock destroys all the wealth investors can put into them. Such phenomena are

Telemedicine is rising in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's been a hot place to invest in this year. Look no further than Teladoc, which has soared 169% so far in 2020. As

Antitrust actions among corporations, particularly those in the tech industry, have received increased attention recently. Many politicians are explicitly calling for the breakup of some of the

The Canadian cannabis industry achieved a major milestone this summer, when the legal marijuana market generated higher sales than the black market for the first time ever, according to data from

AT&T (NYSE: T) is a very popular stock among retirees and income investors. As one of the three biggest mobile wireless carriers in the country, the company has traditionally enjoyed a large

After both Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) split their stocks last month, investors rightly wondered whether another high-flying stock, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), would also split its

It's been more than six months since the CARES Act provided Americans with a stimulus payment to help them get through the coronavirus crisis. Millions of people have been waiting for a second one

Popularity isn't necessarily a good thing. There have been plenty of popular stocks in the past that eventually flamed out.

But popularity isn't necessarily a bad thing, either. For example, quite a

Fears that another stock market crash might be imminent appear to have largely subsided. After dropping nearly 10% in September, the S&P 500 index has rebounded somewhat. But don't think for a

Early spring was a brutal time for mortgage real estate investment trusts. Unlike typical REITs, which invest in property and charge rent, mortgage REITs invest in debt securities secured by real

For the past decade, the FAANG stocks have been unstoppable. By FAANG, I'm referring to:

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Over the trailing 10-year period, the benchmark S&P 500 is up 200%, while the