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Small investors and Wall Street analysts are on the same page quite a bit. For example, several of the 100 most popular stocks on Robinhood -- a trading platform that caters to small investors --

Any way you look at it, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is on a roll. Its shares skyrocketed more than 430% last year. The stock has close to doubled so far in 2021. 

Moderna keeps reporting more good news

Last month, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) celebrated its 125th anniversary. Originally made up of a dozen components, the Dow Jones was expanded to 30 companies in 1928

Many investors have ridden the wave of interest in cryptocurrencies to big gains in 2021. Yet more recently, the price of the crypto token Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) has fallen dramatically. It is down

Retirements can take many forms. Lots of retirees, for example, are living mostly on Social Security benefits (which average less than $19,000 per year!) and struggling to make ends meet. That's a

Last week was a rough one for the markets -- their worst since October. And with talk of interest rate increases coming sooner than expected, investors are on edge with concerns about a possible

Contributing to your 401(k) is one of the easiest ways to save for retirement. Many employers automatically enroll new workers in their 401(k) plans, and investing is as simple as diverting a

Income investors often shy away from high-yielding dividend stocks because of the risk. If a stock is paying 10% or more, it's not likely that the dividend will remain at that yield for too long

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has had a solid year so far in 2021. Gains of 9% might not seem like all that much compared to the double-digit percentage gains we've seen in past

China doesn't want its citizens mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) anymore, and it ramped up its crackdown efforts over the weekend. That's why the price of Bitcoin is down roughly

Shares of FIGS (NYSE: FIGS) jumped 17.1% today after the maker of medical scrubs received a slew of positive analyst notes.

The good news came as the quiet period for analyst coverage lapsed

Investors were tuning in to Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) on Monday, with the stock peaking at 4.7% over Friday's close; ultimately, it ended the day 3.9% higher. An analyst's price target was a major driver

DoorDash (NYSE: DASH), the largest third-party food delivery company in America, went public at $102 per share last December. The stock opened at $182 on the first day, continued rallying, and

Reverse stock splits aren't generally seen as a good sign. When a stock has to resort to cutting its number of shares outstanding to boost its price, it's often an indicator that the company doesn't

Shares of Torchlight Energy Resources (NASDAQ: TRCH) soared 58% on Monday after the oil and gas driller extended the closing date of its merger with advanced materials manufacturer Metamaterial.

Biotech Enochian BioSciences (NASDAQ: ENOB) enjoyed a nice share price lift on Monday. The small-cap stock rocked 12% higher at one point, although it ultimately cooled down to a 1.2% gain on the

When DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) stormed onto the scene last December through its highly successful IPO, the stock immediately became a darling among growth-oriented investors. At the time, the country's

Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ: AVXL) stock rocketed as much as 25% higher Monday before landing at a nearly 14% gain at market close. This was hardly surprising, as earlier in the day the company

Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) climbed 4.5% on Monday. The drugmaker is increasing its manufacturing capabilities at one of its U.S. plants to meet the rising demand for its COVID-19 vaccine

Shares of Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) soared 12.6% on Monday. The solid gain came after the company provided a clinical update on several programs. 

With Biogen recently winning U.S. Food and

Shares of Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) fell today after China's central bank said it was cracking down on cryptocurrencies that are bought and sold through the country's banks and payment

Shares of Callon Petroleum (NYSE: CPE) rallied 11% by 2:30 p.m. EDT on Monday. Fueling the oil stock was a proposed debt offering. 

Callon Petroleum announced today it intends to offer $650 million

The world recently learned that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) is investing $500 million in a Brazilian fintech start-up, following up on its successful investment in StoneCo (NASDAQ:

At 2 p.m. EDT today, the stock of U.S. energy company ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was higher by roughly 5%. There was no news out of the company, but an analyst at Bernstein and another Wall Street

Volatility has returned to the stock market, but finally, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) is starting to make waves once again. The tech-heavy index is making a run toward all-time highs