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Square (NYSE: SQ) is a fintech company that rose to prominence by creating a mobile credit card reader, allowing businesses to accept payments with a phone or tablet. Since then, the company has

HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) used to be one of the most promising pot stocks in Canada. Over the past several months, however, things have taken a significant turn for the worse. Investors who hoped things

It's almost the end of 2019 and time to look back and reflect on the strongest-performing industrial stocks of the year. The interesting thing about the top 10 is how diverse they are. Outside of

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) unveiled the Xbox Series X on Dec. 12, and the next-gen system is quite large compared to earlier consoles. The upcoming hardware will launch late next year and looks

Professional furnishings manufacturer and design house Herman Miller (NASDAQ: MLHR) released fiscal second-quarter 2020 earnings after the markets closed on Wednesday, and results that missed

Unless you watch reruns of The Apprentice, you probably don't expect to hear "You're fired!" anytime soon. Nor might you expect your roof to start leaking, or a water pipe to burst beneath your

Investors have to be happy with the way 2019 has gone. Some big gains for the Dow Jones Industrials and other stock market indexes were a welcome change after a rare down year in 2018, once again

You never know when the next market crash is coming. But there will absolutely be another big market crash, and another, followed by another. These events may be months apart, or years, and maybe

A highly anticipated IPO in 2015, Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) opened at $21 per share on Jan. 29, 2015, and closed at $41.90 on the first day of trading. An investor purchasing $1,000 worth of Shake

Business development companies, or BDCs, help fuel the hundreds of thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses in the United States. These companies provide financing for businesses, usually in the

In late 2017, Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) unveiled its 2020 vision. The initiative aimed to reshape the energy company into one that could deliver peer-leading returns on invested capital for its

Memory chip giant Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) reported earnings this Wednesday evening, covering the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. The chipmaker exceeded Wall Street's expectations across

My, what a difference a decade makes!

10 years ago, with the American economy deep in the throes of the financial crisis, I started writing a little column entitled "Is Your Portfolio Bulletproof?

When you get a paycheck, you've probably noticed Social Security taxes have been taken out of it. These taxes fund the retirement and disability benefits system. And the amount you pay into the

In a year of busted IPOs, including debuts from Uber and Lyft, SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ: SDC) has been one of the biggest disappointments.

Shares of the teledentistry company, which sells teeth

When any given stock rallies 10% in short order, all too often the move can be attributed to a single encouraging culprit -- whether it's a strong quarterly report, an analyst upgrade, or some other

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) earlier this month posted strong fourth-quarter and full-year earnings, raised guidance for 2020, and gave some upbeat observations on the real estate market in general

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced last week some key initiatives that represent a huge shift in the legacy network vendor's strategy. Investors should benefit from this major transformation

No matter what the broader economy is doing, there are always opportunities to make money in the technology sector. These companies have the innovative bent that spawns new products and services

Everything seems to be going right for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) recently -- and investors are responding by bidding up the stock. Shares are have risen about 74% over the past six months, recouping a

The online grocery market in India is booming right now. Management consulting firm RedSeer estimates that Indians will spend $8.7 billion to purchase groceries online in 2022, compared to $1.2

If you are considering adding a position in streaming companies, HUYA Inc. (NYSE: HUYA) has some real potential. The China-based live game-streaming platform has content partnerships with several

Each year, millions of Americans eagerly await a tax refund upon submitting their returns to the IRS. And while it's easy to argue that tax refunds are not, in fact, a good thing, since they

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has mastered the art of the limited-time offer (LTO). The company has a number of drinks for each season that it rotates onto its menu, and customers love them. That tactic

Like many companies in the consumer discretionary stocks sector, Hanesbrands (NYSE: HBI) has seen its stock price slowly decline over the years as an indirect effect of the overall decline of