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Want a bigger Social Security benefit? Increasing the amount of money your retirement checks offer can be a smart financial move since they'll probably be a primary income source along with your

Shares of the clinical-stage biotech Sierra Oncology (NASDAQ: SRRA) jumped by as much as 90% in premarket trading Tuesday. Investors are piling into this small-cap biotech stock today in response to

E-commerce giant Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) has been a market darling, appreciating more than 3,000% since going public in 2015. Despite its history as a big winner, the market-wide chaos among growth and

Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) is at it again. The private-equity giant is buying another real estate investment trust (REIT). This time, it's paying $3.7 billion to acquire Resource REIT, a non-traded

January has not been kind to growth stocks. At the time of this writing, the Nasdaq is down 12% year to date and has already had multiple sessions of over 2% declines.

Longtime investors know that

In 2015, Ethereum became the world's first programmable blockchain, a decentralized platform on which developers can build self-executing computer programs (i.e., smart contracts). That marked a

After underperforming growth stocks for 11 out of the last 13 years, value stocks are finally having their time in the sun.

The market is known to go through irrational cycles that overly reward

Solar energy stocks have fallen hard over the past few months as investors have questioned the growth trajectory and profitability of the industry while interest rates rise and the economy recovers

Tech giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the largest corporations in the world, boasting a monster market cap of $2.7 trillion. It may be difficult to believe that the California-based company

According to a recent report by ATTOM Data Solutions, one in every 18 homes sold in the U.S. as of the third quarter of 2021 is a fix and flip.

As activity for this real estate investment mainstay

Well-chosen dividend stocks can add a potent combination of growth and income to your investment portfolio. The key is to choose companies that can successfully navigate the market environment

Many people invest in their 401(k) by default if their employer offers one. It may seem like the simplest option to sign up for this workplace retirement plan and build your nest egg through

The marijuana industry witnessed higher sales during the pandemic as many states legalized cannabis. At one point, all the bigger, multistate operators (MSOs), caught investors' attention. As with

The key to the investment case for General Electric's (NYSE: GE) stock lies in the successful execution of its breakup plan. As such, the most significant risk to the stock lies precisely in the

When venturing into buying real estate in the metaverse, it can feel like stepping off of a cliff into nothing. There's no tangible land, no sea, no sky, no molten core, no gravity holding it all

Wall Street seemed to revel in the pause in the stock market's recent correction, but that respite appears likely to be short-lived. Based on futures market activity on Tuesday morning, the Nasdaq

To say that Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) investors haven't had a smooth ride recently is a massive understatement. Amid a string of successes (and a few setbacks) in getting its coronavirus vaccine

Investing in stocks is one of the best ways to build life-changing wealth. Over the past two decades, the S&P 500 has produced an annualized return of 7.3%, a pace that would double your money every

During bouts of market volatility like the current one, stocks that actually generate earnings and cash flow can be godsends. Honestly, this may be true in all market environments, but it is

Top streaming stocks are seeing their share prices fall along with the broader market and/or because of weak earnings results. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) just reported that it missed subscriber

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) might not seem comparable tech stocks (or in the real estate investment trust's case, a tech stock at all), but both are poised to take advantage

Rising real estate prices and the desire for more space have created surging demand for single-family rental housing. But up to this point, most SFR rental homes have served middle- to upper-class

When a company executes a stock split, it doesn't fundamentally change anything for the business or for investors in that business -- at least not in the practical sense. Some companies have

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) stock hit new lows this month as investors pulled their money out on fears about its growth prospects and profitability. It's down more than 80% over the past year

Nobody can predict when the stock market will crash. But savvy investors know that market crashes often present a great opportunity to buy quality stocks. The best stocks, which otherwise trade at