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Professional services giant Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported financial results on Dec. 19, covering the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. The company edged out Wall Street's estimates across the

The investment worthiness of ride-hailing company Uber (NYSE: UBER) is smack dab in the middle of a war zone at the moment. On one side sit many customers who love the use of technology as a means

With the market at record levels in what has been the longest bull market in history, an investor can be forgiven for feeling a little wary. Although we don't know when the bull market will end, one

Working Americans are often warned to save for retirement because Social Security alone won't be enough to sustain them once their paycheck goes away. Yet many workers neglect their savings

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) expanded into Match Group's (NASDAQ: MTCH) backyard last year with Facebook Dating, a new tab that lets users maintain separate dating profiles. That seemed like dire news for

For all of the hype surrounding gene therapy and gene editing, the precision genetic medicine approach that turned in the best 2019 may have been RNA interference (RNAi). The gene-silencing

Last year was supposed to when the marijuana industry proved skeptics wrong and demonstrated that it could be a profitable industry. For the most part, this vision fell flat on its face.

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The energy industry is decidedly out of favor today, even though the world still needs the oil and natural gas that it creates. That presents an opportunity for investors with a contrarian bent. But

2019 is in the history books, and overall, the stock market performed extremely well. Even many broad-based index mutual funds produced returns of 20% or more, and some of the top performers had

If you have access to a 401(k) plan through your employer, then you have a prime opportunity to save for retirement. That's because 401(k)s come with much higher contribution limits than IRAs and

As the calendar changes to a new year, it's once again time for investors to scour the stock market for intriguing bargains. For a lot of investors, large-cap stocks (those with a market cap of at

Pestilence stalking the world's commercial swine herd, plus a breakthrough in trade talks with China, could spell strong profits for Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), major producer of pork, beef, and

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), the largest direct retailer in China, lost half its market value in 2018 amid concerns about its decelerating growth and rising expenses, along with a rape allegation against

There's little question that Disney (NYSE: DIS) investors have been enthusiastic about the prospects for its namesake streaming service Disney+. The stock has soared 35% over the past year since

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) are two of the bigger names in healthcare, and they're great options for investors looking to add safe stocks to their portfolios. They have

If you're looking for investing ideas to begin the new year, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway portfolio isn't a bad place to start. After all, he's one of the world's greatest investors, having

Nothing provides greater stock price swings in the biotech sector than late-stage clinical trial results and drug approval decisions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A recent research

With the long bull run in stocks extending to a 10th year -- the S&P 500 index is up nearly 28% for 2019 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite up nearly 35% -- it's no wonder people are worried about

While small-cap stocks -- those with market caps between $500 million and $2 billion -- don't get as much attention as their large-cap cousins, there are plenty of promising investments in this

The start of a new year is a good time to take stock of your finances and change them for the better. That could mean making an effort to boost your retirement savings, paying off some costly debt

Just two days ago on Jan. 1, Social Security marked its 80th anniversary of making payouts to retired workers. Today, it's a program responsible for divvying out more than 64 million benefit checks

Going big doesn't mean you have to sacrifice growth. It's a common misconception that to find millionaire-making stocks you have to invest in small growth companies, but that's not necessarily the

The stock market's 2020 got off to a roaring start on Thursday, the first trading day of the year. With the headwind of a strong 2019 behind it, investor optimism burst into the new year. Top stocks

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Of all the stock purchases Warren Buffett made last year in Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-B)(NYSE: BRK-A) portfolio, arguably most confounding was his third-quarter buy of roughly 1.2 million