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Last year, the Social Security Administration announced that seniors would be getting their largest cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, in decades. Fueled by rampant inflation, Social Security

The end of the year is a natural time to look back at the past 12 months and take stock of how your portfolio performed. For those holding stock in many growth companies, 2021 wasn't what they may

Today's video focuses on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB), formerly known as Facebook, and its plans to spend more money building the metaverse. I discuss Meta Platforms' current financial strength and

Despite all the talk of rising interest rates, the winter lull, and an impending buyer pullback, housing's still going strong these days. And homeowners? They hold all the cards.

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It was quite a year for fintech in 2021. Many new public fintech stocks got driven up to huge valuations before coming back down in the last two months of the year. On the whole, though, most

Investing has the power to make you a millionaire, but it can also cost you your savings if you're not careful. Some people choose to avoid the risk by not investing at all, but this brings its own

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) pioneered the concept of streaming video as we know it today, being among the first to deliver movies and television series via the internet. The company has long maintained

Cannabis is becoming a vast industry -- experts expect the industry to grow from $28 billion in 2021 to $198 billion in the United States by 2028. But the cannabis industry has been tricky for

2021 is now in the rearview mirror, and the broader market had yet another solid year. Unfortunately, not every company can say the same. Here's a pair of biotech giants that had a year to forget

Despite a very rough 2021, Hexo (NASDAQ: HEXO) could well be one of 2022's cannabis turnaround stories. Though the Canadian marijuana grower is growing its revenue rapidly, its highly inefficient

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Today's video focuses on Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and the new products it announced during CES 2022. Nvidia announced new laptops, graphics cards, software solutions for the metaverse, and even a

Bank stocks are expected to outperform in 2022, largely because the Federal Reserve is projected to raise interest rates this year, which benefits most banks. The economy is also expected to

Trying to make sense of cryptocurrencies can be a bit overwhelming for investors. It's a nascent but promising asset class built on technology that has the potential to disrupt a wide range of

I own about 30 stocks in my portfolio, but the position sizes aren't exactly equal. Some are relatively speculative positions that make up 0.1% or 0.2% of the total, but some are much larger. 2021

In 2021, the metaverse emerged as the next big thing in the investing world. But what exactly is the metaverse? Think of it as a parallel, computer-generated world that people can enter and in which

Shares of ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and Core Laboratories (NYSE: CLB) rose sharply this week, with these stocks up 11.6%, 13.2%, and 14.3% on the week, respectively

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock looks like a coiled spring.

Pandemic-related gains drove a stunning 76% surge in the online retail giant's share price in 2020. Then its stock essentially treaded water

In 2022, some seniors will get monthly Social Security checks totaling $4,194. This is the maximum benefit the Social Security Administration will provide retirees. It is also far more than most

Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN) became a surprise entrant in the coronavirus vaccine race last year. I say "surprise" because the biotech's specialty isn't vaccines or infectious diseases. Its focus is on

In poker, you can buy blue chips for $10 apiece. You need a higher budget to buy blue-chip stocks -- but you'll find they're better investments. More importantly, a larger play in blue-chip stocks

There's something especially alluring about the potential to achieve a 10x return. Mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch called such investments 10-baggers. He found quite a few of them during his time

Shares of Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) were sinking 15.1% this week as of the market close on Thursday, based on data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The only news from the company in recent days was

Success attracts attention. And that attention isn't always positive. 

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) ranked as the top-performing cryptocurrency in 2021, by far. Its ginormous gain has resulted in

Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) were dropping 15.2% this week as of market close on Thursday, based on data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The only news from the company in recent days were