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No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. -- Alfred North Whitehead

The quotation above, from English mathematician

The holidays are a festive time of year, but it's not just consumers who are having all of the fun. For many businesses, the holidays are a crucial time of year in industries like retail and beyond

Age 66 may not seem like the same milestone age 65 is. But if that's how old you'll be at some point in 2020, here are a few important things to be aware of.

Your Social Security benefits are

One week from today, we'll enter a new year and a new decade, which for marijuana stock investors can't come a moment too soon. Although cannabis stocks have been on fire for years, 2019 was the

Saving enough money to retire comfortably isn't easy, and most workers are falling short of their financial goals. In fact, the average American is expected to outlive their savings by around eight

The holiday season is a time for family, friends, feasting, and for yours truly, football. But it's also time to dust off your thinking cap and make those resolutions that'll put you on track to

Though many working Americans look forward to retirement, it's hard to ignore the fact that it's a potentially worrying period of life to deal with. The loss of a full-time paycheck, coupled with

Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR) is expanding its real estate empire. The cannabis-focused real estate trust (REIT) said on Monday that it purchased two properties in Pennsylvania and

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) posted fiscal third-quarter earnings last week above expectations. Given the 12.39% increase in the stock price after the publication of the results on Dec. 20, the market

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) launched its much-anticipated Disney+ streaming service on Nov. 12, and the first 10 million who signed up were in for a surprise. The main action of Disney's marquee show

Curaleaf Holdings (OTC: CURLF) struck a new financing deal that should help to shore up its cash reserves.

The U.S.-based cannabis dispensary company said on Dec. 20 that a syndicate of lenders

With Nike (NYSE: NKE) up 35% year to date, some investors likely chose to lock in their profits after a solid fiscal 2020 second-quarter earnings report, as the company's shares dipped 1.2% the day

Back in 2010, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) services business was so immaterial to the big picture that it was aggregated within a larger segment called "iTunes, Software, and Services." The company's most

Shares of microchip designer Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are reaching fresh all-time highs daily. The stock has nearly doubled in 2019, gaining 84% since Christmas eve 2018. Will Nvidia's momentum carry

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) stock has had a terrific year, rising 57% so far despite declining sales (and the year's not done yet). This morning, investors kept the momentum running, bidding up

Investors have ignored NVIDIA's (NASDAQ: NVDA) shortcomings this year. This is evident from the stock's terrific rise in 2019 that has been achieved despite tumbling top and bottom lines.

The

The stock market was little changed on Tuesday morning as many investors got an early start to the Christmas holiday. In the absence of big news, most market participants seemed content with the big

Workplace uniform giant Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) completed its $2.2 billion acquisition of competitor G&K Services in March 2017, and integrating the two companies and realizing merger benefits has

Altria (NYSE: MO) and Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) are  tobacco stocks with robust dividends and the ability to weather recessions. While they face a number of challenges, including

2019 was a challenging year for China stock investors. Trade tensions with the U.S. and concerns about the slowing economy tested investors, but in the end Chinese stocks broadly finished higher

Software as a service (SaaS) is the dominant tech trend over the last several years, and it's likely to continue dominating over the next several years.

We're in the midst of a changing of the

Wearables are easily among the most exciting market opportunities for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with CEO Tim Cook saying the segment is enjoying "explosive growth." Based on Cook's silly habit of

Although China's internet economy is booming now and will continue to do so over the next decade, most American tech giants won't benefit from that growth. That's because China has traditionally

Growth stocks may be riskier than traditional value investments, but they also carry the promise of far greater returns. A single big winner can make up for what's lost on several failed ideas, with

In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with analyst Jason Moser about his stock baskets. Learn what companies make up the "war on cash" basket -- so named because it gets investors