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We're joined by Caitlin Zaloom, NYU professor and author of Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost. Her research explores the financial and moral conflicts Americans face when paying

Investors continued to lose confidence in the stock market on Thursday morning, with another round of weak economic data weighing on sentiment. The latest reading of the health of the service sector

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is giving consumers more reasons to purchase one of its electric cars: the ability to summon the vehicle and to partake in some in-vehicle karaoke.

In what the Palo Alto

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said that its U.S. sales rose 0.1% in the third quarter, as good results for its Ram pickups and Dodge muscle cars were largely offset by weakness elsewhere in its

Although Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) had plans to open 3,000 Amazon Go grocery stores featuring what it calls its Just Walk Out technology, only 16 such stores have opened in the past three years

I love to invest in software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies. Even more, I'm attracted to small to mid-caps that most people haven't heard of yet. AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF), the cloud

The good news for beleaguered Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) and Uber (NYSE: UBER) investors is that an analyst is initiating coverage of the ride-hailing duopoly. The bad news is that MKM Partners is rolling

Investors have seen plenty of signs of stress on Carnival (NYSE: CCL) lately, which have culminated in two consecutive 2019 outlook downgrades by the cruise ship giant. Conditions haven't improved

Buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks is one of the best ways for any investor to consistently beat the market over the long term. But while many people focus primarily on stocks with

The stock market's recent volatility shouldn't concern investors with a long-term outlook. In fact, it's probably a blessing in disguise for the buy-and-hold crowd. Several great stocks, after all

GoPro's stock (NASDAQ: GPRO) recently tumbled after the action camera maker cut its full-year revenue guidance from 9%-12% growth to just 6%-9% growth. It blamed the reduction on a production delay

The next phase of the Streaming Wars saga is nearly upon us. We're about one month away from the launch of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Disney's (NYSE: DIS) streaming video services. And while they

Small-cap stocks -- generally defined arbitrarily as having a market cap value of $2 billion or less -- can be an exciting but difficult investment. Stocks of small businesses are far more volatile

Great companies can fall on hard times -- or their stocks can fall due to the fear of hard times. Yet well-managed companies with winning business models tend to do well in the long run. So when an

The U.S. and China are set to resume trade talks in the second week of October. Investors shouldn't assume that these talks will yield any better results than the previous discussions in July but

Small-cap stocks can be outstanding growth vehicles for the buy-and-hold crowd. On balance, stocks with market caps below $2 billion have trounced the broader markets over the past two decades. The

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) has seen its share price collapse in the past few weeks after it released its most recent quarterly results.

While the enterprise software company disappointed investors and

To say that Realty Income (NYSE: O) and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) are both retail-focused real estate investment trusts, or REITs, would be like saying that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and NVIDIA

Another iconic Macy's (NYSE: M) store is set to close. Last Saturday, The Seattle Times reported that the department store giant plans to shutter its store in downtown Seattle in February 2020 and

Success investing often comes down to pattern recognition. The ability to spot early-stage companies that possess the same characteristics that helped other businesses achieve fantastic success can

Recession. The dreaded R-word strikes fear into investors' hearts.

A chorus of voices has been growing this year, suggesting that a contraction is near. And though the decibel level has zero bearing

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) fell in after-hours trading on Wednesday, following the release of the electric-car maker's third-quarter delivery and production numbers. While there were more

A retirement nest egg doesn't just happen -- it's the kind of thing that takes decades of hard work, saving, and planning. 

To help decode the retirement equation, we made put together this video

The U.S.-China trade war isn't cooling off, as the two countries have taken their fight a notch higher after the latest round of tariff impositions. This is bad news for companies such as Skyworks

Even though the stock market has been the greatest long-term creator of wealth for investors, bonds have also earned their seat at the table. Buying a bond usually gives investors a nearly