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Online investing is more popular than ever, and commission-free trading app Robinhood has helped make it easier for Main Street investors to get involved.

Let's explore the reasons why two of the

If you can identify leading companies in growing industries, you'll be well on your way to finding stocks that will bolster your portfolio's value. Beyond that, it helps to pick companies that have

Investing in dividend stocks can be a great way to generate cash flow for your portfolio without having to sell your shares. You can continue to benefit from rising stock prices while padding those

It's a new year and investors are looking ahead to the coronavirus recovery.

Stocks that were hit hard last year have already started bouncing higher this year, including those in banking and

Investing in the stock market is one of the most effective ways to save a substantial amount of money, but not all strategies are created equal.

Some investors may try to time the market, buying

There are just a few days left until the IRS finishes distributing the second round of stimulus money to eligible recipients across the country. If you're reading this, it's likely that you've

Saving money for retirement is best done throughout your entire career. The earlier you start investing and the more you contribute to your accounts annually, the easier it is to amass the nest egg

Three of the 10 largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in U.S. history made their debuts in 2020. One of them, Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), set the financial media ablaze with a huge first-day pop, an

Most investors would be thrilled with a stock that doubles or triples in value over a 12-month period. A 500% return in a year would be a dream come true. But what if you owned a stock that soars by

While most sectors struggled amid the pandemic, the cannabis sector sparkled. While the crisis forced many people to stay at home, it also heightened anxieties -- which cannabis products have been

Companies going public with the help of special purpose acquisition companies -- SPAC IPOs -- was perhaps the hottest investing trend in 2020. But last week The Wall Street Journal opinion pages

Warren Buffett hasn't weighed in publicly about which coronavirus vaccine stocks are his favorites. However, it's possible to get a sense of what the Oracle of Omaha might think based on what he's

Here's a story of two biotechs. Both of them scrambled to develop COVID-19 vaccines last year. One of them, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), ranked as one of the first two companies to win emergency use

Let me get cut to the chase: Yes, I think Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) stock is a buy. And yes, I realize that could be surprising considering that the big drugmaker's shares actually declined slightly last

There's no doubt that 2020 was a terrible year. It included almost 2 million worldwide coronavirus deaths, staggering unemployment levels, innumerable businesses going under, stock markets

Marriage vows expect us to be latching onto our beloveds for the rest of our lives, but when it comes to linking up with stocks, we are far less choosy -- since we can, and do, often abandon many of

New research from The Street estimates the total lifetime value of Social Security and Medicare is $570,000 for the average worker. Your total lifetime benefit might be quite different from the

Last year was a lucrative one for most investments, but some market favorites were sputtering near the 2020 finish line. These recent laggards need to get back on track, and we may as well go over

Most investors would consider Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) a no-brainer stock to own.

After all, the conglomerate has trounced the market over its history, returning a compound

There are a lot of hot investments right now, including electric vehicles, renewable energy, and anything having to do with the cloud. One investment arguably dwarfs them all in popularity: bitcoin.

Some decisions change everything. As Robert Frost wrote in his famous poem, The Road Not Taken: 

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the

E-commerce and technology giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is well known for jumping into new markets, disrupting existing players, and taking market share. And it's looking as if the company is

T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ: TROW) has been the rare asset manager that's thrived over the past decade with a primary focus on active management. Generally, active managers struggled to gain assets

There's no question that retail landlords like Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) were happy to put 2020 behind them. There are still headwinds ahead, of course, because the coronavirus pandemic is

Last year, long-term investors had their resolve tested like never before. The unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic completely upended societal habits, the traditional