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If you earn enough work credits in your lifetime to be eligible for Social Security, you can sign up for benefits as early as age 62. Doing so will mean slashing those benefits on a permanent basis

Growth stocks have been pummeled recently. While this is partly evidenced by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite's 6% slide since Feb. 13, this doesn't fully capture the beating many growth stocks have

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) share many similarities as investments. Each company dominates its niche of the retail industry, and each has a long track record for generating solid

Five years ago, heavy spending, a heavier debt load, and plummeting prices for rare-earth metals spelled doomsday for rare-earth miner Molycorp. Today, however, Molycorp is back with a vengeance --

Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE: CP) is set to create the only true North American railroad whose rails will stretch from Canada, through the U.S., and down into Mexico.

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In today's low-interest-rate environment, retirees are increasingly looking for stock dividends as a source of income to cover their costs. With stock yields often sitting higher than the interest

Biotech investors are probably a little depressed, with valuations of the industry down since their peak in February. In this video from Motley Fool Live, recorded on March 8, Fool.com contributors

Earlier this month, 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 results. For the quarter, the 3D printing company's revenue rose 2.7% year over year to $172.7 million, driven

Arguably two of the greatest dividend stocks are from tech giants Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Though they currently have low dividend yields, with Microsoft's at 1% and

After confirming last month that it would be merging with Lucid Motors, shares of special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Churchill Capital IV (NYSE: CCIV) crashed back down to Earth following a

Digital banking is gaining traction throughout the world, and especially in emerging Asia. Across the globe, it's estimated to be an $8 trillion market that will grow 6% a year for the foreseeable

The fortunes of mortgage bankers can shift pretty rapidly, and we may be in one of those periods of volatility right now. Last year, the industry benefited from a wave of refinancings as the Fed

Becoming a millionaire investor may seem like something that's only possible for the ultra-wealthy or the Wall Street gurus of the world. However, with the right investing strategy, nearly anyone

Americans have received more than 120 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. Another 2.4 million shots are administered each day. Within the next few months, every adult in the U.S. who wants to be

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Embraer Brazilian Aviation Co (NYSE: ERJ)Q4 2020 Earnings CallMar 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m. ET

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Vuzix (NASDAQ: VUZI), a developer of augmented reality glasses and headsets, was a penny stock throughout 2019 and most of 2020. Its stock remained below $5 a share as its unpredictable sales and

Target (NYSE: TGT), the eighth-largest retailer in the U.S. by sales, performed well in 2020, in part thanks to consumers stocking up on household items during the first half of 2020 at the start of

Retail was one of the more badly hit sectors when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Early last year, companies with numerous brick-and-mortar stores had to shut them temporarily as governments around the

There are many ways to examine a stock's potential. For biotech companies, I usually look at their pipelines, revenue prospects, and various financial metrics. But today, I'm going to look at

Investors can sometimes be wary of buying shares in businesses that are going through hard times. But it's important to pick out companies with lucrative opportunities ahead, no matter how grim

Last year, when the coronavirus outbreak first hit hard, the IRS was quick to respond by postponing the 2020 tax-filing deadline from April 15 to July 15. At a time when so many people were losing

Canadian marijuana company Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL) has been incredibly popular among the WallStreetBets subreddit. After all, who doesn't love an underdog with ambitions of taking the weed

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) and The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) both play important roles in helping brands and marketers reach potential customers. They compete in the digital ad space, a massive and

While much ado has rightfully been made of the COVID public health disaster, we haven't seen a lot of long-term forward-looking analysis -- few prognosticators seem focused on skating to where the

Medical diagnostics is not the buzziest sector around. Even as increasingly advanced technologies pave the way for earlier and more effective identification of diseases, much of the industry's