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It's a known fact that putting money in the stock market over the long term is one of the best ways to build lasting wealth. If you find yourself with some extra cash to invest, I recommend looking

3M (NYSE: MMM) is a company and a stock under pressure. The shares continue to look like a good value for the long term, but that depends on management delivering on its turnaround plans.

The good

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently canceled its Lord of the Rings video game, which was intended to be a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

Amazon initially partnered

The executive actions recently issued by President Joe Biden highlight just a few of the challenges facing the firearms industry with the current administration, as well as with a Congress willing

When it comes to estimating retirement costs, a lot of people's guesses are way off, sometimes by hundreds of thousands of dollars. That kind of math error is enough to turn retirement from a time

Reliance Retail's JioMart online grocery platform arrived in India with a bang last year. The new service quickly lapped up new subscribers and saw a sharp spike in daily orders in the space of just

Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) has been the beneficiary of digital transformation tailwinds driven by the coronavirus. But it's also helping its customers and state and local governments help combat the

Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT) is an office REIT with a portfolio of excellent office properties, mostly in New York City. And although it isn't the only New York City office REIT, it has a

Saying that Jack Dorsey is a busy guy is probably an understatement. Since 2015, he's been CEO of two companies that he cofounded: Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Square (NYSE: SQ). Does Dorsey, or anyone

Despite Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) building its business on the to-go model, it has never used third-party services to deliver its pizza. Instead, it relies upon its own employees to bring pies to

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) is offering investors a huge 10% dividend yield today. To grasp just how big that is, the S&P 500 Index is yielding just 1.4% right now. The only problem is

Understanding the value proposition of a software company can be challenging if you aren't familiar with a company's product in your day-to-day work. But that shouldn't keep you from investing in

We recently learned that Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) founder and CEO Katrina Lake plans to step down from her leadership role later this year, and the stock didn't exactly have a positive reaction to

Shareholders of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) have enjoyed a tremendous run over the past year. Even with the recent pullback, the stock has more than doubled in the past year. But

Buying the dip on unpopular stocks is a risky venture. There may be sound reasons why a stock isn't getting the credit it deserves -- but sometimes, a company's dips and dives are more than

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) posted a record first-quarter profit that crushed analysts' expectations, beating on earnings-per-share estimates by nearly 30%. And that's counting more than $900 million

Low-priced stocks can be attractive buys because there is a lot of potential for them to double or even triple in value -- if the company is built to do well over the long term. I can think of a few

Many people dream of retiring early, but without a game plan, you could wind up cash-strapped and ill-prepared. If you're going to wrap up your career on the early side, be sure to tackle these

Last year was a tough one for investors. Navigating a highly volatile stock market amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic made for a rollercoaster of emotions. But even in this

The economy is slowly but surely rebounding in the aftermath of the worst recession since the Great Depression, and the national unemployment rate is consistently shrinking each month. While the

Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ: BNGO) has been one of the "get rich quick" stocks of 2021. Back in December 2020, it was a penny stock trading for as little as $0.50. Then, traders from the WallStreetBets

Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) are miles below the impressive peaks the biotech stock reached last summer, largely due to a midstage clinical trial mishap that happened last fall

It's reasonable to assume that the federal prohibition of marijuana is deterring many companies from getting involved with the cannabis industry. But if the legal status of the drug changes one day

Investors in Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN) at the start of the year have reason to cheer. The stock has gained more than 260%. And those who sold their shares at the February high posted a gain of 763%. The

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have transformed the fight against COVID-19 thanks to the success achieved by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX), and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). The technology