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Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has a long and storied history of deal-making. And the big drugmaker's business development activities aren't likely to fall by the wayside in 2021. In this Motley Fool Live video

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is a high-flying biotech stock with a big year ahead of it. The company should make billions of dollars in 2021 from sales of its COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273. 

In this Motley

Wall Street analysts don't always get it right. It's important to acknowledge this right off the bat. However, they're paid the big bucks to pore over every detail they can find about a given

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya is a big fan of Amazon and Tesla. But the goal for the special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that he launches is to find the companies with the

Since 2021 began, perhaps no industry has created more buzz than cannabis. It's certainly not hard to understand why, with some estimates suggesting that annual U.S. pot sales could triple between

Many seniors today rely heavily on Social Security to manage their living expenses, and one day, you might do the same. That's why it's important to know the facts about the program, and that means

Finding dividend stocks is really easy. There are over 4,000 from which to choose. But finding a great dividend stock to buy? That's not so easy.

It's pretty hard to choose a dividend stock to buy

Shopping center landlord Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) has been struggling, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. Here's a look at where this real estate investment trust

Last week, on Jan. 20, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. With Democrats also holding very slim margins in the House of Representatives and Senate, it's fairly safe

When you think of exciting investments, exchange-traded funds  might be the last thing that comes to mind. But while most ETFs simply track indexes, the active ETFs offered by red-hot investment

In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, join host Emily Flippen and Motley Fool contributor Asit Sharma as they put their top five consumer goods companies for 2021 and beyond in their

Surely it's not possible to beat the market with a random roll of the dice! But what if we're dicing in a universe of great companies? What if we're randomizing Rule Breakers? In this episode of

In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, host Alison Southwick is joined by Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp and The Motley Fool's chief investment officer, Andy Cross, to look back

In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool senior advisor Jason Moser to discuss why Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) wrapped up the fiscal year with a mixed quarter

Morgan Stanley's (NYSE: MS) stock struggled for the better part of 2020, along with many of its peers in the financial sector. But it has been a different story the past few months, with the stock

Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital has already created several special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), including the latest -- Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. VI (NYSE: IPOF). But

Problems with COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the U.S. have made headlines. But, as the old saying goes, the grass isn't always greener on the other side -- even if we're talking about the other side

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) came out of the gate strong with The Mandalorian leading its slate of Disney+ originals when it launched in late 2019. The series based in the Star Wars universe helped

In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, personal finance expert Robert Brokamp pulled some strings and got both Megan Brinsfield and Sean Gates of Motley Fool Wealth Management to talk about what

Many people don't realize that the federal government charges taxes on gifts. That's because of a provision that allows people to give up to a certain amount each year without any gift tax

Prior to announcing a merger target, the most prominent risks associated with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) are the unknown: What company will the SPAC ultimately become, what

A small company attempting to compete against giant health insurers like UnitedHealth Group and Humana might seem like an unwinnable battle. Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ: CLOV), however, thinks

Many income investors focus on stocks with high dividend yields. However, a better approach is concentrating on dividend stocks that can grow their payouts at high rates, because these companies

It's a development that was unexpected even for the frequently surprising Elon Musk. As reported by Bloomberg, the Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO's SpaceX revealed in a regulatory hearing that it

On Friday, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a set of price raises for its Xbox Live Gold online gaming service, then reversed itself hours later after a wave of criticism.

The IT giant originally