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The low interest rates offered by banks today give investors a tremendous incentive to consider dividend stocks. According to the FDIC, the average national rate on a savings account is 0.06%. In

Investors can't fault the ambition of Aerie Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AERI). The company aspires to consolidate a fragmented market for glaucoma treatments and grab a combined 40% market share with

As of June 30, the daily number of new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. has skyrocketed to more than 46,000. Since the pandemic was declared in mid-March, the cumulative number of cases in the nation

Your 401(k) retirement plan is all about investing in your future. That means a few different things as far as choosing the mutual funds in which to invest.

First, you want to consider your time

Though countless Americans have been hurt financially in the course of our current recession, small businesses have perhaps been hammered the most. It's estimated that more than 100,000 have already

The large and growing role that technology plays in commerce and everyday life makes the tech sector the single best starting point for investors seeking explosive returns. Narrowing in on

The memory and storage manufacturing industry is an interesting one for sure. Unlike many proprietary chipmakers, memory companies produce commodity-like DRAM volatile memory, NAND flash storage, or

Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) hit a major legal wall as it sought to complete a big capital project. It was a long, drawn-out fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court, but the battle is now

There are several important investing lessons that can be drawn from the past few months. One is that it's always wise to pad your investments with reliable dividend stocks that offer an added layer

Regardless of whether you're a novice investor or one who's seen their fair share of recessions, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-induced stock market crash challenged investors'

When U.S. cases of COVID-19 started multiplying back in March, the economy pretty much imploded overnight, and by late March, stocks plunged into bear market territory for the first time in over a

Never is a long time, and it seems almost ludicrous in investing to make such a broad and sweeping statement as, "I'm never selling." Admittedly, no one can truly say for certain that they'll not

The $13.1 billion asset Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE: BHLB) began to struggle in late 2018, after its CEO Michael Daly abruptly left the company due to what some analysts believed were workplace

If you only looked at stock performance, you might conclude that Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) is a better coronavirus stock than Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). While Moderna's share price has more

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock is hovering near an all-time high after nearly tripling over the past five years, but Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives recently claimed the stock still has a "lot of gas left

The country is in a recession, unemployment is at its highest levels since the Great Depression, and it's an election year with a great deal of political uncertainty. I don't need to read you the

Last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin indicated that filers could get more time to submit their taxes this year beyond the July 15 deadline. The original filing deadline was set for April 15

Over the last three months, shares of Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z)(NASDAQ: ZG), Carvana (NYSE: CVNA), and Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) have more than doubled. Here's why -- and why there's much more room for

To put it mildly, the first half of 2020 was quite a roller-coaster ride for investors. After plunging into a bear market faster than ever before, the major benchmarks rebounded sharply in April and

Social Security is one of the most important and widely used benefit programs in America, but it's also one of the most widely misunderstood. In fact, millions of Americans believe a few pervasive

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is facing significant disruptions in its business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales are surging as people shift more shopping online to reduce trips they need to make

Though investors have dealt with some wild vacillations in the stock market before, nothing could have prepared them for what 2020 has offered thus far. Since mid-February, the widely followed S&P

Tens of millions of Americans are out of a job due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, some have been getting adequate monetary relief thanks to the $600 weekly boost in unemployment benefits

The future of transportation is almost certain to rely far less on fossil fuels than it does today. That's particularly true in the trucking segment, where fuel is one of the biggest expenses for

Congratulations, folks! We've finally reached the halfway point of 2020. Sure, it might have felt like it's taken five years to get here, but history suggests there will be brighter days ahead.

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