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Want to supercharge your investment portfolio? Bet on rapidly growing companies that serve established markets in exciting new ways. Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) and Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) fit

Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) really wants consumers to believe it is serious about reducing the harm its cigarettes have caused. It announced that it's buying U.K.-based Vectura Group, a

Income investors are often older and principal preservation is their biggest priority. In investing, avoiding traps are a key way to make money. A 40% loss on one stock can wipe out a lot of 10%

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) play different roles in e-commerce. Amazon has become the world's single largest e-tailer, while Shopify has built its business by enabling smaller

Pool Corporation (NASDAQ: POOL), which describes itself as the "world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related outdoor living products," is slated to report its second-quarter

The IPO market hasn't really slowed down much, but the volume of companies choosing to go public via SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) mergers certainly has. In this Fool Live video clip

In last week's article on three stocks to avoid, I predicted that Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK), and Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OTC: OBTC) would have a rough few days.

The

There are generally two types of tech companies: mature ones that tread water with buybacks and dividends, and growing ones that spend most of their cash expanding their ecosystems.

Dividend-paying

Sales of personal computers remained rather brisk in the recently ended second quarter, up 4.6% compared to the second quarter of last year when demand was surging due to the advent of the pandemic

The value of Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) stock jumped 37% in the first half of 2021, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. And if we look at the trailing 12 months, the stock

For a good chunk of last year, the Federal Reserve banned share repurchases and put limits on dividend payouts in order to ensure that banks had plenty of capital to navigate through the

Technology stocks have been the must-own sector for more than a couple of decades now. That's not apt to change in the foreseeable future either.

If you think one technology stock is as good as

The only thing that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors can be sure of is that their stock will be on the move this week. The company behind the world's leading premium streaming video service reports

Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX), the file-sharing and content collaboration platform, has been in the press a lot lately. Following the announcement that activist investment firm Elliot Management obtained a

The Federal Reserve has taken steps to stimulate the economy throughout the pandemic. For instance, interest rates are near historic lows, and the Fed continues to buy $120 billion in

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ASPEN GROUP INC (NASDAQ: ASPU)Q4 2021 Earnings CallJul 13, 2021, 4:30 p.m. ET

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Everybody wants to know where to invest to produce immediate, outsized returns. If you came to this article hoping to do that with $1,000, then allow me to tap the brakes right now. Your odds of

Each week on Industry Focus: Financials host Jason Moser and longtime Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP reveal one stock that's at the top of their watch list. In this Fool Live video clip from

In the course of your lifetime, there are different mistakes you can make that impact the amount of money you receive from Social Security. One such mistake is not checking your annual earnings

Second quarter earnings season is upon us. Most of the stocks in your portfolio are likely going to release their latest results within the next few weeks. And we want you to be ready.

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Investing can be fun. And the idea of growing your money substantially over time is enticing.

But investing for long-term success will involve more than just picking a stock or mutual fund and

Growth stocks in general are experiencing a volatile year in 2021. Many growth stocks were also ones that benefited from the stay-at-home trend during the pandemic. Now that economies are reopening

For the past 12 years, growth stocks have been put on a pedestal on Wall Street -- and with good reason. Historically low lending rates and the Federal Reserve's ongoing quantitative easing measures

"We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO," Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings wrote to investors in January 2019. Two-and-half years later, Netflix is making moves to help it stop

Warren Buffett doesn't always beat the market. But he didn't become one of the wealthiest people in the world and earn the nickname "the Oracle of Omaha" by being a loser too often.

Investors don't