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Can Square Keep Going After Last Week's 12% Pop?
We may never know if Huey Lewis was right about being hip to be square, but it's certainly been hip to be a Square (NYSE: SQ) shareholder these days. Shares of the high-tech transactions enabler hit
Do You Need $1 Million to Retire? Maybe.
When we talk about saving for retirement, we tend to throw around the $1 million figure as a target to aim for. Why $1 million? Perhaps people are drawn to that number because it's nice and round, and
Surprise! Lockheed Martin's "Expensive" F-35 Now Costs Less than a Boeing F/A-18
Give President Trump his due.Late last year, the then-president elect blasted Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for charging taxpayers a "tremendous cost" for its F-35 stealth fighter jet. At the time
Can Fitbit Inc. Regain Its Mojo?
Back in Sep. 2015, I predicted that Fitbit (NYSE: FIT) would drop from the $30s back to its IPO price of $20. That happened just a few months later, but the stock subsequently dropped another 70% to
3 Things to Watch in the Stock Market This Week
Stocks reached record highs last week, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gaining more than 1%. The two indexes are each showing returns
Better Buy: Biogen Inc. vs. Celgene Corporation
Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) have ranked among the most successful biotech stocks of the past decade. Biogen stock has soared more than 430% in the last 10 years, while Celgene's
Will the "First State" Be the Next to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Early 2018?
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably well aware of the blazing quick growth pace of the legal marijuana industry -- as well as why investors have been gravitating to marijuana
How NVIDIA Makes Most of Its Money -- and Why the Mix Is Changing Rapidly
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock is one-upping an '80s hit tune: Rather than raining mere men, it's raining money. The graphics-chip specialist's stock has returned 52.9% in 2017 through July 12
How to Invest in Gold Stocks: 3 Options You Should Consider
Gold has attracted interest for millennia, and even today, investors like the idea of a physical store of value that can protect against the inflationary pressures that periodically plague monetary
Social Security's Reserves Grew by $35 Billion in 2016 -- So Why Is the Program in Trouble?
According to the just-released 2017 Social Security Trustees' report, Social Security brought in $35 billion more than it paid out, and now has a whopping $2.85 trillion in reserves in the OASDI Trust
These 3 Charts Don't Lie: Gilead Sciences Needs an Acquisition
Pretty much everyone familiar with Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) wants the company to make an acquisition. Many think the big biotech desperately needs one (or more) to reenergize the lethargic
4 Ways Trumpcare Could Decimate Medicaid
Change is in the air on Capitol Hill -- or at least Republican lawmakers would like you to think so.When Donald Trump was elected president and Republicans retained their majority in Congress, the
Roundtable: 1 Stock I'm Never Selling
Stocks that are worth buying and holding for exceptionally long periods of time are far less common than most investors may think. Changes in underlying market conditions, after all, can knock even
5 Top Commodity ETFs
Investing in commodities can be extremely difficult for ordinary investors. Many commodities aren't tradeable in physical form in any practical sense, and even those that are can involve storage costs
How to Start a Career in Politics
When it comes to starting a career in politics it's not what you know as much as who you know.However since most of us are neither members of the Kennedy clan or the Bush dynasty, it's not like we can
Trump Administration Unveils $1 Billion Plan to Arm Taiwan
If you haven't heard yet about President Trump's plan to arm Taiwan, then, well, you probably don't live in China -- because China has been very vocal about this event. Calling America's plan to sell
Disney World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Better
There was a lot of hype and conjecture heading into Disney's (NYSE: DIS) theme-parks presentation on Saturday afternoon during its D23 fan expo. The House of Mouse found a way to exceed expectations.
Can Twitter Stock Keep Going After Last Week's 10% Pop?
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) stock's days as a teenager may be ending. The stock moved 9.85% higher last week, fueled by an analyst upgrade and an encouraging update of its product's usage in India. Twitter
5 Retirement Questions to Ask Yourself in Your 50s
You may not have put much thought into retirement back when you were in your 20s, 30s, or even 40s. But if you're in your 50s, retirement is probably just a decade or so away, and that means it's time
5 Credit Score Myths -- Debunked
Can you get a credit card with a bad credit score? And how many different FICO credit scores do you have? If you said "no" or "three," respectively, to these questions, you've fallen victim to a
What Zynga's Management Doesn't Want Shareholders to Focus On
Market sentiment about Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) seems to be shifting as the company focuses on keeping costs down and increasing sales from its core game properties. The stock has received a number of
Is NVIDIA a Pick-and-Shovel Play on Ethereum?
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is known for semiconductor products that are used in high-speed graphic cards for computers, chips that can power artificial intelligence, and potential applications
Government Infighting Is Holding As Many As 75,000 Jobs Hostage
Despite some headwinds, U.S. employment is healthy. The latest government data shows 222,000 new jobs last month, well ahead of expectations. Yet there's a potential hiring boom that's on hold because
Can Snap Stock Bounce Back After Last Week's 11% Drop?
The bears are winning the war on Snap, Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) these days. Snapchat's parent company saw its shares plummet 10.9% after a pair of analyst downgrades helped send Snap stock below its early
Could This Be the Least Risky Way to Profit from Marijuana Stocks?
Investing in marijuana stocks can be a very risky proposition. There's a real possibility that the Trump administration could attempt to enforce federal anti-marijuana laws in states that have