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The travel and resort businesses have been devastated by COVID-19 in 2020, but you wouldn't notice it by the price of Vail Resorts' (NYSE: MTN) stock. Shares are down a relatively modest 5.5% over

When it comes to saving for retirement, you have choices. You could sock your money away in an IRA, or you could sign up for your employer's 401(k) plan.

Saving in a 401(k) is easy and convenient

It's a bit of an understatement to say that the stock market has been pretty wild this year. The S&P 500 index took a steep drop in March and then rebounded significantly in the following months,

The stock market can be the best place to create wealth because of the endless opportunities it offers to grow your money -- you can back anything from value plays to rule-breaking mavericks

No matter how close or far away retirement is right now, it's crucial to be socking some money away in your retirement fund. The unfortunate truth, though, is that saving is tough, and there are

Precious metal and rare earth mineral miners surged as much as 20% today. Shares of New Gold (NYSEMKT: NGD) and PolyMet Mining (NYSEMKT: PLM) remain up 12% and 13%, respectively, and Northern

Nike (NYSE: NKE) shares popped following its strong fiscal first quarter earnings report last week . One of the highlights was a return to growth in footwear sales, after sales declined in the

With the market rebounding sharply from lows during the pandemic-induced market crash earlier this year, it's getting increasingly difficult to find great stocks to buy at good prices. A careful

When it comes to retiring with a seven-figure nest egg, there are some circumstances that aren't easy to control. For example, if you earn $50,000 per year, it will be tougher for you to retire as a

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been in the spotlight recently. Not only has its stock soared over the past year, but the company also launched new products last month, including new versions of its Apple

The year 2020 has been a roller coaster for investors. The market crashed after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in late March, and while it has recovered nicely since then, many stocks remain in the

This month, you may have noticed your take-home pay get a little bigger. If you did, that's likely due to President Donald Trump's executive order allowing employers to defer the collection of

It wasn't all that long ago that many people saw AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) as the leader in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. The U.K.-based drugmaker partnered with the University of Oxford

You won't find many stocks that have been more volatile this year than Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO). We're talking about a biotech that saw its share price skyrocket more than 300% by early

Any stock that skyrockets over 4,600% from the beginning of a year through early August is bound to create a lot of buzz in the investment community. Although biotech Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) has been

President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis immediately became the top story in the United States, and perhaps the world, late last week. Political pundits speculated on how it might affect the 2020

Acquisition activity has been heating up in the video game industry in recent months, with Zynga, Take-Two Interactive, and Microsoft's Xbox business announcing deals.

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has done pretty well for himself and his shareholders throughout his career.

Buffett's net worth has swelled to $80.5 billion as of

Choosing when to file for Social Security is one of the most important retirement decisions you'll ever make. That's because your filing age will determine your monthly benefit amount.

You're

This has been a year that'll undoubtedly go down in the record books as of one the most volatile on record. In just a six-month time frame, we watched the widely followed S&P 500 lose more than a

Shares of Citigroup (NYSE: C) were falling last month as the stock got tripped up by a report in The Wall Street Journal that regulators were preparing to censure the bank over a failure to improve

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has lost the first round of a David-and-Goliath legal battle. The company has been ordered to pay roughly $1.9 billion in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a far

Three top names in the fight against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease that can result from it have been sued for patent infringement. The trio includes Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:

Late last week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ: REGN) experimental COVID-19 treatment was administered to President Donald Trump. Perhaps it helped; Trump tweeted that he was "feeling really

Shares of Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) soared 25% in after-hours trading Monday as the company made several announcements that made the bulls run. 

The company said that Alteryx co-founder, Chairman, and CEO