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More than 42 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, shattering previous unemployment records. Millions of those who were laid off or

If the events of the last several months have taken a toll on your mental and emotional health, you're certainly not alone. A poll operated by the American Psychiatric Association in March found

The Roth IRA is the best way to take advantage of current low income tax rates. With the tax reform efforts that became effective in 2018 cutting rates to their lowest levels in years, investors got

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, hospital workers around the world are responsible for keeping national healthcare systems afloat amid the most serious challenge to public health in many

Small businesses across the country have been struggling since March, when COVID-19 really took hold and many were forced to close their doors or change their business models. Thankfully, the

Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE) had good news for investors recently when it said its second candidate to fight coronavirus showed positive results in preclinical testing. That's after positive

There may be more disruption taking place in the oil and gas industry today than at any time in the past 100 years. COVID-19 caused such a disruption in oil markets that oil futures prices went

Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF), the financial institution that specializes in store-branded credit cards, was one of the most beaten-down stocks as the COVID-19 pandemic caused the U.S. economy to

It's no secret why young people everywhere aspire to become doctors. Society holds doctors in high esteem thanks to their lifesaving and life-prolonging services, their compassion, their scientific

For some people, the transition from working to retirement is effectively a hard stop -- one day you're plugging away for eight hours at your desk, the next day you're a person of leisure whose days

I could pretty easily rattle off the names of at least 20 stocks that I think will be long-term winners. But if you asked me to narrow the list down to just the top three, it would take me a while

Not every company can start out with the biggest market cap in its industry. But Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) did. How? It was the first publicly traded Canadian cannabis producer. And Canopy still

Should I buy stocks? Should I hold off? Those are the questions that are probably going through may investors' minds right now. After the big stock market rebound over the last three months, it's

Most of the buzz over Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) in recent months has centered on its antiviral drug remdesivir. That's understandable, considering that the drug is currently the most promising

It's probably fair to say that no one in late 2019 would have foreseen the crazy ride that Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) has had so far this year. Global pandemics aren't all that easy to predict.

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It's an interesting time in the stock markets to say the least. The S&P 500 is up 9% in the past three months, nearly making up for the crash that happened in March.

Despite millions of Americans

Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY), HEXO (NYSE: HEXO), and MediPharm Labs (OTC: MEDIF) are three Canadian companies that have been popular cannabis stocks, but there are good reasons to avoid investing in them

The medical device sector took a hit this spring when patients were forced to postpone elective surgical procedures due to the coronavirus pandemic, and Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) and Boston Scientific

Though the U.S. economy may be in a recession, the stock market, right now, seems to say otherwise. As of June 10, the S&P 500 was up nearly 1,000 points since its low in late March, and while

People who had COVID-19 and are now fully recovered may be eligible to donate plasma to help patients currently infected with COVID-19. Their plasma likely contains antibodies that bind and inhibit

Over the past three-plus months, Americans have been challenged like never before. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed the unemployment rate from near a 50-year low of sub-4%

CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) and Sangamo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SGMO) are clinical-stage biotech companies aiming to capture a slice of the cell and gene therapy market, which will grow to be

What's essential for businesses when a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic hits is to keep operating and try to make it out of the crisis without running out of money. Almost all the sectors are

Despite all that's gone on in 2020, it's important not to lose sight of the fact that we're now less than five months away from Election Day. We'll see voters choose who'll be president of the

Cruise line stocks were big winners during the first week of June. The second week, they didn't fare as well. Shares of Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK), Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH)