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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been under intense antitrust scrutiny regarding the App Store, with CEO Tim Cook testifying virtually in front of Congress over the summer. One particularly contentious

Palantir Technologies, a Peter Thiel-backed data analytics company best known for working with government spy agencies, is preparing to trade on public markets for the first time on or around Sep

When you've worked hard all your life and have finally reached retirement, you deserve to enjoy your golden years without financial worries. Unfortunately, making some common mistakes could cost you

The oil industry entered 2020 with the wind seemingly at its back. Crude oil prices were in the $60s, fueled by the view that demand growth was on track to accelerate. That outlook had many oil

It is easy to blame Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) problems on COVID-19. Admittedly, government stay-at-home orders and the retailer shutting its doors to the public for a time hurt recent results. In its

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) is making great progress in capturing its addressable market. Connected fitness subscribers more than doubled to 1.09 million last quarter. Peloton has estimated

If you're aiming to supercharge your retirement savings, maxing out your 401(k) or IRA may sound like a smart move. As of 2020, you can contribute up to $19,500 per year to your 401(k) and $6,000

Could e-commerce and cloud-computing giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announce a stock split in the near future? It's quite possible. After all, shares are trading at a lofty $3,000 each.

Assuming shares

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced non-essential retailers to close earlier this year, retail landlords -- especially mall owners -- suddenly found it very difficult to collect the rent they were owed

Volatility has ruled the day in 2020. The stock market nosedived in March as the COVID-19 outbreak caused governments to restrict travel and close certain businesses to slow the spread. The market

Millions of seniors collect Social Security in retirement, and many rely on it as their primary or even sole source of income. But the monthly benefit seniors start out collecting doesn't

The upcoming console battle between the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox Series X and Sony (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 5 is just around the corner with both systems slated to launch this holiday season

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) was one of the hottest tech stocks of the dot-com boom. It performed so well that in 2000, it briefly achieved the world's largest market cap.

However, Cisco lost 90% of

After Apple and Tesla announced stock splits, many people have been speculating about which large company will be next. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been at the top of the list of possible options, and

Among all the high fliers and volatile stocks we see on the markets these days, there are many good stocks that quietly go unnoticed by investors. Consider this an introduction to one of them

Although Inovio's (NASDAQ: INO) shares lost half of their value in a little over a month this summer, shareholders have since given the biotech company a glimmer of hope. The stock soared 20% in one

Processing platform creator Xilinx's (NASDAQ: XLNX) 5G momentum faded in 2020 as its programmable chips gave way to application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) made specifically for deployment

When you think about marijuana stocks, popular Canadian cannabis companies including Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) and Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) likely come to mind. But there are several U.S.

The stock market has been a bit disconnected from the U.S. economy as of late. The economy is still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus, resulting in an unemployment rate of 8.4%. And yet

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) has earned investor attention this year for one tough reason -- it's desperately trying to recover from a disastrous 2019. The stock dropped 56% last year, compared to

As we all know, the economy and the stock market are two different things. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused our economy to slow to a grinding halt -- with recovery being more recent, but still below

How much money do you need for retirement? You hear large numbers quoted all of the time that make retirement planning seem intimidating and out of your reach. The amount of money you need isn't a

In 2035, Social Security's trust fund is scheduled to run dry, necessitating a 24% automatic cut to benefits as payroll tax revenue will be enough to pay only 76% of the promised amount. For a

Canadian cannabis sales are continuing to balloon amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The latest data from Statistics Canada show that in June, retail sales topped 201 million Canadian dollars and were

Electric-vehicle stocks have taken investors on a wild ride in recent weeks, fueling a debate about whether the stocks are overvalued.

It's not an easy time to be an investor. On one hand, it