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Every investor wants their investments to rise in value. But when you sell a winning investment, you typically don't get to keep all your profits. Instead, the IRS steps in with taxes on your

2019 has come to a close, and the year was a great one for the stock market. Investors entered the year having seen a big drop in December 2018, prompting panic among many mutual fund shareholders

During the months that preceded the launch of two much-hyped streaming platforms, Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Disney+ and Apple's Apple TV+, many pundits declared the imminent fall from grace of the

Age 65 has traditionally been viewed as the standard retirement age. It's when people become eligible for Medicare, and it was the original full retirement age (FRA), at which people are eligible

High-end sound equipment specialist Sonos (NASDAQ: SONO) is moving forward with its supplier diversification plans that will see more production move out of China and into Malaysia, particularly for

Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) stock more than doubled in 2019, but it remains below its IPO price of $17, mainly due to concerns about its valuation and competition from Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram.

The new year promises to be an exciting one in the video game industry. New consoles are due to come out ahead of the 2020 holiday season from Sony and Microsoft, and new monetization models for

Trucking is a cyclical industry, and truck manufacturers like Navistar (NYSE: NAV) have certainly seen significant volatility in revenue and earnings over time. With 2020 set to be a down year for

January is a big month for investors in retail stocks. Not only are the businesses seeing elevated customer traffic tied to the holiday season crush, but the start of the year is when companies

New year, clean slate: That's the thesis for most marijuana stock investors following the drubbing they took in 2019.

Last year was expected to represent a major leap forward for cannabis stocks

In every industry dominated by a small number of giants, there's an opportunity to seek a niche audience and create a strong business.

Skechers (NYSE: SKX) has been carving out such a niche

Social Security benefits can have a major effect on your retirement, particularly if your savings aren't as robust as you'd hoped they'd be by the time you retire. But in order to make the most of

Since the Great Recession enveloped the global economy back in 2008-09 related to a crisis with sub-prime mortgages, there has not been any real indication of a similar crippling economic downturn

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) is "a leading global alternative asset manager."  Over its 120 years, the company has developed a portfolio of real estate, infrastructure, renewable power

Kudos to Walmart (NYSE: WMT) CEO Doug McMillon for thinking outside the box.

The retailer's 4,800 stores peppered across the United States mean most of the country's consumers live within 10 minutes

Many of us look forward to it for decades -- retirement! Work can be pleasant or even fun, but it's exciting to think of when we can stop working and enter our golden years, perhaps even achieving

As 2009 came to a close, we were still surveying the wreckage of the financial markets' collapse and the worst economic recession the U.S. suffered since the Great Depression. While many industries

Curaleaf Holdings (OTC: CURLF) and Trulieve Cannabis (OTC: TCNNF) have been taking two very different approaches to expanding their cannabis businesses. Curaleaf's been focusing on expanding

NBA all-stars score 20-plus points a game, while showing off their defensive prowess. A baseball all-star might log 25 home runs and 60 RBIs before the All-Star break. But what are the markers for

Don't think for a second that just because many marijuana stocks performed miserably in 2019 that there weren't any big winners. One key to finding those winners is to focus on U.S.-based stocks

As a new decade begins, it's a great time for investors to review the stocks in their portfolio. This is especially the case after a year of strong returns for the market. The S&P 500 climbed nearly

All bull markets come to an end, and this past decade has been a remarkable one for investors who've escaped largely unscathed from any corrections. While no one knows when the next recession will

Canadian cannabis companies are still in the honeymoon phase of what's been rapid early growth for the new recreational marijuana market in Canada. However, in 2020 that's going to change in a

2020 is here, and many people are excited about starting a new decade. Yet for those who watch Social Security's financial condition, New Year's Day just means we're a year closer to the challenges

Many investors in marijuana stocks are probably breathing a sigh of relief that 2019 is over. The year brought dismal performances for most pot stocks. To put things in perspective, the two leading