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Stocks were mixed last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) held near their all-time highs. The Dow is up 16% year to date, and the S&P

Arguably the one company most associated with messenger RNA (mRNA) is Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). The biotech even has MRNA as its stock ticker. But it's not the only vaccine maker focused on mRNA

There are several major players in the iBuying space, including real estate heavyweights Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z)(NASDAQ: ZS), Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN), Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ: OPEN), and last

Like most people, I sometimes indulge in daydreams about how I'd spend my time if I were retired right now. I have no doubt I could happily fill the extra free time. But the truth is, even if I were

Last week was a pretty good one across the board for biotech stocks. The industry-tracking iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ: IBB) took some steps forward on Wednesday and held on to finish

If you are waiting for stocks to go on sale, join the crowd. For the last few years nearly everyone has screamed about the market being overvalued, interest rates being too low, and how it would all

For more than a century, the stock market has been the undisputed leading wealth creator. While it may not surpass the returns of gold, housing, or bonds every year, it's delivered the highest

Lots of investments can double your money. Some of them require huge amounts of upfront cash. Many also require a long time to provide that 100% return you want.

There are some investment

Most Wall Street analysts recommend buying or holding Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) shares. But they don't necessarily expect big gains in the coming 12 months. The average analyst estimate for that period

When you reach age 62, you hit an important milestone: You can start collecting your Social Security retirement benefits.

Unfortunately, just because you can file for your checks doesn't necessarily

It's easy for investors to identify reasons to be fearful. Stock market valuations are frothy. Interest rates are likely to rise. The delta variant is causing COVID-19 cases to increase. We could

Dealing with the delta variant has proven to be more difficult than hoped. It's more contagious than earlier coronavirus strains. The efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines appears to be lower against delta

Over the long run, the stock market is a proven wealth creator. Despite undergoing 38 double-digit percentage corrections since the beginning of 1950, the benchmark S&P 500 has put each and every

Packing your portfolio with rapidly growing stocks is key, but it's all too easy to buy growth stocks that fizzle out after a couple of quarters. If you want to become more wealthy over the next few

One thing that scares many workers today is the idea of not having any income from Social Security to fall back on during retirement. Now the good news is that the program is not, in fact, in danger

Albert Einstein once said compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. That means something coming from one of the greatest physicists of all time, and he's absolutely right. As an

A new tech hardware upgrade cycle is under way, and with the pandemic propelling digital change like never before, this strong demand phase for devices and tech infrastructure has no end in sight

C3.ai's (NYSE: AI) stock tumbled 10% on Sept. 2 after the artificial intelligence software provider posted its first-quarter earnings. Its revenue rose 29% year-over-year to $52.4 million, beating

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Tezos (CRYPTO: XTZ), and FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) are up 21.28%, 7.97%, and 29.12%, respectively, in the past seven days as of 10:42 a.m. EDT Saturday. They are now trading at

Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes severe hardships to patients and their families. The disease also comes with a high societal cost of $291 billion per year, according to the U.S. government's Centers

After dropping 6% in July, shares of SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG) rebounded in August and climbed 12%, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Besides the company's

One of the major stories in financial markets this year has been the popularity of Reddit-fueled meme stocks. Thanks to the power of online communities, large numbers of individual investors have

Shares of Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) surged 42.7% in August, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock gained ground after the open-source data analytics company published

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock popped 14.8% in August, significantly outpacing the S&P 500's 3% return, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. 

This robust performance can be attributed

Even as meme stocks GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) trade near one-month highs, they may soon be included in a new meme stock-exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Roundhill Meme