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Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) represent two very different ways to invest in packaged foods. Beyond Meat, which went public last May, attracted growth-oriented investors

Even in the best of times, life can be challenging for senior citizens living on fixed incomes. For most retirees, Social Security is the largest part of their financial support. The program is

Wayfair's (NYSE: W) second-quarter earnings report showed a sharp acceleration in revenue growth and much improved performance on the bottom line. 

But the most important number Wayfair reported was

Media-streaming technologist Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) and ad-buying software developer The Trade Desk (NYSE: TTM) are two of the newest additions to my personal investment portfolio. I grabbed some

Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Tencent (OTC: TCEHY), two of the largest tech companies in China, both recently posted their second-quarter earnings. And there was a stark difference between the two

If you've ever read anything about investing, you probably know how important diversification is. Diversifying your portfolio means you spread your money around so you don't put all your eggs in one

The data center market has turned out to be a happy hunting ground for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) ever since the company reentered it in 2017 with its EPYC server processors.

The chipmaker

Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) stock recently tumbled after the company followed up its fourth-quarter earnings beat with downbeat guidance for the first quarter.

The networking hardware and software

During good times, pharma stocks are often great buys thanks to their steady cash flow, high-profit margins, dedication to research and development, and market exclusivity from drug patents. In a

Holding shares of a company that issues a rising stream of dividend payments can have a big impact on your returns. A $10,000 investment in Walmart (NYSE: WMT) stock in 1990 would be worth $175,000

As of 2018, U.S. savers had stashed nearly $7.4 billion in their IRAs. No doubt a good many of those dollars were deposited solely for the annual tax deduction. There's no shame in that, but if

The coronavirus pandemic has likely resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in total loan deferrals, in which lenders allow borrowers to skip certain payments and move them to the end of a

More than five months into the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., air travel demand remains stuck at a fraction of 2019 levels. That's a big problem for airlines and their employees. The short-term

Latin America has almost twice the population of the U.S., and 25% more internet users, but it's way behind in e-commerce adoption. In 2019, the region's online spending was only 4.4% of total

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) are as close as you can probably get to companies that have their own mantras. Chipotle's been waving the "food with integrity"

I've followed Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV), a provider of cloud-based services for life science companies, over the past few years. Its growth rate and wide moat impressed me, but the stock always

You've spent years in the workforce, diligently paying into the Social Security program. Unfortunately, though, that doesn't exempt you from potentially paying taxes on your benefits in retirement.

Any shortlist of leaders in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine will definitely include AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN). And Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) will certainly rank highly on any

Data from Pew Research suggests that millennials overtook baby boomers in 2019 as the largest age demographic in the U.S., and people within this increasingly influential generation are just

The energy sector is deeply out of favor, as oil and natural gas companies pull back in the face of depressed oil prices. But the different parts of the industry aren't impacted equally. Midstream

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) hasn't even been publicly traded for two years, but shares have risen by leaps and bounds since the company held its initial public offering (IPO) on Dec. 7, 2018, when the

There have been more than 20 million coronavirus cases and 749,000 COVID-19-related deaths worldwide. The U.S. alone has recorded 5 million cases and 169,000 related deaths. Before life, and the

Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the course of the COVID-19 outbreak, so much so that the U.S. unemployment rate has been in double digit territory since April. But not everyone

With the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, the cruise industry is facing a historically tough challenge. As numerous countries imposed lockdowns and closed borders, cruise

This year has not been a good one for income investors. With the COVID-19 outbreak shutting down much of the global economy, many companies slashed their payouts to preserve cash. While investors