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Heading into the end of 2019, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find companies to add to a portfolio as 2020 is looking to be full of strong political headwinds and continued trade tensions

The market's rolling, and there were nearly 650 stocks on the three major U.S. exchanges hitting new 52-weeks highs this past week. If you're looking for the top stocks to buy you may as well start

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) sent a buyout offer to fellow print technology and data management veteran HP (NYSE: HPQ) a couple of weeks ago. HP's board of directors considered the offer and responded over the

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Without retirement savings, you risk struggling financially during your golden years. That's because Social Security isn't designed to sustain seniors by itself. If you're an average earner, those

The over 60% stock price increase so far this year is one sure sign that investors are expecting good news from Target (NYSE: TGT) when it posts its third-quarter results and updates its predictions

One of the largest utilities in the United States, Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) is currently offering investors a very attractive 4.6% dividend yield. That's 1.8 percentage points higher than the

Investors have some excellent reasons to follow Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) upcoming earnings report. The home improvement specialist has been posting solid sales growth recently, with customer traffic and

"Ugly," "yuck," and "disappointment" are probably the first three words that come to mind when investors pore over the latest quarterly operating results from the marijuana industry's "Big Four" --

There are a lot of opinions about what the best age is at which to claim Social Security benefits. Some experts advise waiting until age 70 so you can receive bigger checks each month, while others

At this time last year, the cannabis industry could do no wrong. Marijuana sales growth projections were off the charts, and pot stocks were expanding their capacity and infrastructure as quickly as

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has been a stock that investors have loved to hate. Four years after its IPO, the stock had lost more than half of its value despite being a very popular social media site that

The economy is fairly healthy these days, which means your chances of getting a new job are pretty good if you apply for a role you're qualified for. If you're unhappy with your current employer, it

The diversified industrial giant Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) has raised its payout to shareholders annually for the last 45 consecutive years, earning itself a place on the S&P 500's list of

One of the most impressive winning streaks in the realm of low-priced stocks seems safe for another year. Shares of Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI) are trading 22% higher in 2019. Barring a

This week will big for retail, as multiple major names are reporting earnings results. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) should give us a clue to the state of the housing market, in terms of home investments

The holiday season should be an enjoyable time to count your blessings and celebrate with those you love. Unfortunately, for many Americans, it's instead become a season of budget busting -- or even

Despite each of the major U.S. stock market indexes hitting fresh all-time highs in recent days, warnings of recession continue to fill the air.

For example, in recent months we witnessed a couple

Working Americans are often urged to save independently for retirement, rather than rely on Social Security alone to pay the bills when they're older. But a troubling number of U.S. adults aren't

In today's Market Foolery, host Chris Hill talks with Australia's Motley Fool Money host Scott Phillips about some of what he's seeing on the other side of the world. Tune in to hear Scott's takes

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, host Nick Sciple and Motley Fool analyst Matt DiLallo dive into utilities giant NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE). Learn why renewables are such exciting

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Healthcare, host Shannon Jones talks with Motley Fool medtech guru Brian Feroldi about three earnings reports from three fantastic medtech companies

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google appears poised to launch its own checking accounts for users sometime next year. Caesar Sengupta, a Google executive, spoke to The Wall Street

The early numbers are in for Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) streaming service Disney+.

So far, the entertainment giant's new service is a smash hit. It nabbed 10 million subscribers on its opening day

SINA (NASDAQ: SINA) and its social media platform Weibo (NASDAQ: WB) both shed nearly 20% of their market value after posting their third-quarter reports on Nov. 14. SINA spun off Weibo in an IPO in