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Two weeks ago, I looked at a few stocks that were already trading at least 10% higher just a few days into 2020. Now I'm going to raise the bar, limiting my search to investments that have gained at

The acquisition of Yahoo! by Verizon (NYSE: VZ) hasn't paid off quite the way the telecom giant likely hoped it would, but it may yet fuel some of its biggest growth opportunities. 

In November

Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) has seen its share price soar in the last five years since its IPO, more than tripling from $30 per share in its first days of trading to over $90 as of this writing. The

The streaming wars are sizzling, and there is debate about how many of the streaming providers will be around when the dust settles. However, you would be hard-pressed to find a case made where

Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), a maker of heart pumps for use during medical procedures, had a difficult 2019. The stock fell 48%, earnings missed analysts' estimates after three quarters of positive

The idea sounded reasonable enough. If a struggling J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) store is beyond salvaging, then cut it loose -- don't let dead weight drag the entire organization down. That's why the

Stocks declined last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) shedding over 1% as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) inched lower by 0.9%. Both indexes remain near all-time highs and

Gold is a commodity that is often bought as a store of wealth to protect against severe market dislocation. With the S&P 500 Index near record highs and at historically extreme valuation levels, it

Virtual reality (VR) was once thought to be something of a technological holy grail -- the type of tech that science-fiction plots revolved around and a subject that futurists and gadget enthusiasts

Death and taxes may be two certainties few people look forward to, but there's another, rosier certainty -- that many ways to shrink your tax bill exist, and most of us can take advantage of at

Last year was another lackluster one for investors in the energy patch. The average energy stock in the S&P 500 rose only about 5% on the year, which vastly trailed the overall index's 28.9% surge.

Companies that have a long streak of paying dividends (think longer than 25 years) are typically managed by shareholder-friendly management teams and have a competitive advantage. If you invest in a

Social Security plays a vital role in the financial livelihood of retirees, and especially valuable is Social Security's provisions to keep up with rising costs. Annual cost of living adjustments

Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) surprised everyone in the third quarter by posting better than expected sales numbers. Motorcycle sales were still down in the U.S., and the performance was worse than

If your savings aren't looking quite as strong as they should, you're not alone. More than half of U.S. workers have less than $50,000 stashed away for retirement, according to a survey from the

Last year began with a mountain of promise for the cannabis industry. Canada had recently legalized recreational pot and high-margin derivatives were slated to hit dispensary shelves later in the

2019 is in the record books, and it will go down as yet another strong year for American consumer spending in the decade since the Great Recession. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, retail sales

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently closed the books on a strong fourth quarter that included far higher subscriber gains than management had predicted. Yet the big finish wasn't enough to keep the

Why pay retail prices? That's what some of the most successful consumer goods companies ask of their customers every day, and customers are responding. In the current troubled retail market, some of

Some people see a glass of water as half full. Others see it as half empty. And then some see a glass of water like it's about to spill all over the table, and they're willing to bet that the

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) shares fizzled in 2019, underperforming the market by 10 percentage points. That gap widened during the rally in the year's final weeks as investors showed a preference for

Ideally, you should close out your career with 10 times your ending salary socked away for retirement. In reality, many older workers are worlds away from reaching that milestone.

More than 50% of

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Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI), one of the largest midstream companies in North America, offers investors a yield of nearly 4.8%. Smaller Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) offers investors a yield

I won't bury the lede: In my ten-plus years at The Motley Fool, I've never seen a company grow faster than Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK). Three years ago, it didn't even exist. Today, it has over 4,500