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Two of the hottest places you can invest today are in biotech and cannabis. Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CARA) will give you exposure to the former, while Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) is a good

Cloud security specialist Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) reported earnings last week, covering the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019. This was the second earnings report in the company's publicly traded

While malls and department stores are closing and some of the ones in operation are wallowing in promotions to keep operating, there are still some retail chains that are holding up well under the

Roughly half of baby boomers say Social Security benefits will be their primary source of income in retirement, according to a survey from American Advisors Group. However, the average Social

CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) fourth-quarter earnings came with mixed reviews for investors. The fiber-optic company met earnings while beating Wall Street expectations in revenue. This news sent the

Retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT) reported its fiscal 2020 fourth quarter earnings before the market opened Tuesday. The company delivered weaker-than-expected top and bottom-line growth, though the

Let's start with a disclaimer: These two stocks haven't been selected for their yields right now -- anyone can run a stock screener and find dividend-paying stocks with high yields. Instead, these

No one enjoys doing their taxes, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel for most people: a tax refund. After you fill out all of your paperwork, the government will send you a check. Of

After trimming some of its Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) position in Q3, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) unloaded nearly 3.7 million Apple shares in the fourth quarter. That

Nike's (NYSE: NKE) new CEO, who was appointed last October, is making changes to the company's leadership. John Donohoe, who takes the lead position coming from eBay, announced two important changes

One-day delivery may be making Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime membership program just too successful. 

Although the number of paid members surged to 150 million worldwide at the end of 2019 (a

Many seniors are shocked to learn that healthcare coverage under Medicare is by no means free. Quite the contrary -- there are numerous costs associated with Medicare, from monthly premiums to

Terry Booth has a way with words. The founder (and CEO up till a couple of weeks ago) of Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) recently told BNN Bloomberg, "You can't buy a hunk of junk right now and fix it

SS&C Technologies Holdings (NASDAQ: SSNC) announced stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter 2019 results late last week. And though shares of the financial services software leader initially popped in

The continued spread of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV or "pig Ebola") hit the international segment of Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) hard, sending sector profits into a tailspin during Q4

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is now the most valuable automaker in the world by a wide margin, despite the fact that many manufacturers make in just a few weeks the number of cars it sells in a whole year

If you're looking to get a credit card, you only have a handful of options within the major card networks. Two such options are Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS)

Pinterest's (NYSE: PINS) stock recently dipped after Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) rolled out Hobbi, a similar app for curating photos of interests and activities. The app was developed by Facebook's NPE

World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE) stock is down nearly 50% over the last 12 months. And most recently, shares fell 9% after the company reported disappointing fourth-quarter and full-year

Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) has agreed to acquire smaller peer Taubman Centers (NYSE: TCO) for $3.6 billion. The deal is a huge statement about the mall industry, but it also has massive

When NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) launched its GeForce Now cloud gaming service earlier this month, it generated more positive buzz than Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Stadia, for three

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock has steadily moved higher since it broke away from eBay in 2015. The growing popularity of e-commerce and digital payments have driven PayPal and other financial tech

Calling it a wild ride doesn't begin to describe what Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) shareholders have experienced since the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company went public in mid-2017.

The stock has gained

Switzerland's ABB (NYSE: ABB) is one of the most interesting stocks in the industrial sector, not least because its shareholder base must be a smorgasbord of investors. If you got them in one room

Believe it or not, Warren Buffett has bought shares of a biotech. On Friday, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) submitted a regulatory filing listing the huge company's stock