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Investing seems easy when almost everything is going up. It's been hard to lose money in the stock market over the past year as stocks rebounded from the pandemic crash last March. Growth stocks

The stock for audio-streaming giant Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) jumped 5% on Feb. 16 following the announcement of its newest board member, Mona Sutphen. Why does the market care so much about one board

Shares of low-code software development platform Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) exploded higher in the fourth quarter of 2020. The stock price is up some 200% since the start of October, getting a massive

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) just ended a record year on a high note. The world's leading retailer revealed this week that sales growth sped up over the holiday season as consumers consolidated shopping

There is no one type of stock that will guarantee outstanding returns. Looking back over the 10 best performing stocks of the 2010s, you would find everything from equipment leasing and pizza to

Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), the Chinese tech giant that owns the country's largest online search engine, launched its online video platform iQiyi (NASDAQ: IQ) in 2010.

Baidu spun off iQiyi in an IPO in

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3D printing stocks were all the rage a few years ago, but few have stood the test of time. 

ProtoLabs (NYSE: PRLB) has been the standout, continuing to perform even as other stocks have seen their

When Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) reported results earlier this month, the company exceeded expectations by nearly every metric. The generated revenue of $2.41 billion and adjusted earnings

Investing in the stock market is a smart move, and it's an effective way to generate long-term wealth. However, investing in the right places is critical.

Not all investments are created equal; some

Shareholders of Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON) have endured a roller coaster ride in 2021. The company, which makes stun guns and body cameras for police forces:

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You won't find many biotech stocks that have upset as many investors over the past year as Galapagos (NASDAQ: GLPG). In fact, shareholders voicing their disappointment have pushed the stock into the

Copying someone else's actions isn't always bad, at least when it comes to investing. We have a lot to gain by studying the moves of super-investors, and in some cases, following along. So who

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) was one of the most volatile stocks of 2020. As debates about whether or not the once-giant pot grower could face bankruptcy, its shares saw violent swings upwards of 60%

With interest rates still hovering just above the record-low levels reached last month, dividend stocks have adjusted accordingly. The S&P 500's current average yield of around 1.5% is also at an

Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest investor alive today. Although Buffett's investing style may not resonate with the get-rich-quick ethos permeating the market in early 2021, few if any

There are two ways to imagine where Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) will be in five years. The optimistic scenario is that the biotech company is profitable, underpriced, and has a potential blockbuster drug

In the current market environment, finding income can be incredibly difficult. Short-term interest rates are stuck close to zero, and corporate bonds are paying miserly yields. One of the few asset

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) recently announced that it's run into some problems shipping some doses of its COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273. However, the company stated that these should only be short-term

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) reported its fourth-quarter earnings results on Feb. 16. Although the healthcare giant ran into some headwinds with the COVID-19 pandemic, it still beat Wall Street earnings

It was about a year ago at this time that we started to see the market's upward climb start to reverse. Within a month it would become a full-on crash. It was brought on, of course, by the deadly

An advisory committee convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is scheduled to review Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) filing for Emergency Use Authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine

For months, the hottest investment on Wall Street has been an asset you won't even find on Wall Street: Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). This past Friday, Feb. 19, Bitcoin surged above $56,000 per token

Almost a year from the start of the pandemic, the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500) is up 18%. At all-time highs with the pandemic still going on, a crash must be imminent, right? 

Probably

We now know which stocks Warren Buffett liked and disliked in the fourth quarter of 2020. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) submitted its 13F-HR regulatory filing to the U.S. Securities