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If you're like me, you're an eternal optimist when it comes to the march of scientific progress and its ability to improve human life. Making new technologies, foods, and medicines is never easy

Paraphrasing the late Senator Everett Dirksen, "A million here, a million there, and soon you're talking real money."

Becoming a millionaire is a life goal for many people that seems much too

2020 has been the year of the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. About $80 billion was raised by nearly 240 SPACs in 2020. That's roughly six times the amount raised in 2019. 

With so

This past year has been a tough one for HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) shareholders. The pot stock is down more than 40% even though the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (OTC: HMLSF) has been fairly stable

For many Americans, the New Year brings hope of putting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the rearview mirror. But for the investment community, 2021 offers the potential for

There are a lot of scary retirement charts that tell you how much you should have saved for retirement. One commonly cited figure by Fidelity Investments says that by the time you're 40, you should

When it comes to investing for retirement, it's often best to focus on income-yielding stocks that can supplement your Social Security benefits and generate reliable returns for your portfolio for

It happened during the first round of direct payments that went out under the CARES Act, and now, we could be in for a repeat. Deceased individuals may be in line for stimulus checks under the

It's been an interesting year in the stock market, to say the least. After plunging into a bear market at a record-breaking speed as the COVID-19 outbreak began, the S&P 500 has rebounded and then

COVID-19 dominated the news in 2020. It's not surprising, therefore, that the stocks of many companies fighting the coronavirus outbreak delivered stellar performances. 

As you might expect, the

Few industries offer long-term growth potential like the cannabis industry. U.S. and Canadian pot stocks are on very different paths in terms of performance and potential, however. 

A recent report

2020 is finally in the books, and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will be happy to leave it behind.

The bank had already been struggling prior to the coronavirus pandemic due to all the punishments it had

In 2021, the average Social Security benefit will be $1,543 per month. If you're thinking that isn't much, you're right. Social Security benefits are only meant to replace a small portion of

Following more than five months of debate, it's a done deal: More than 100 million Americans have another stimulus check on the way.

The nearly $900 billion stimulus package signed into law by

New Year's Day is a time to reflect on the past year and take steps to make the coming year as good as it can be. From a financial standpoint, 2020 has been incredibly challenging for millions of

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) is entering 2021 with a customer list of more than 1 million names. On Thursday, the disruptive insurance company announced that it has racked up such numbers within a little

When retrospectives are written about the stock market in 2020, much of the coverage will inevitably be framed in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the year being characterized by

2020 bordered on the paradoxical on Wall Street. It was understandable that while the tangible economy was down in the dumps because of the pandemic, shares of digitally focused businesses would

This year was filled with challenges for most of us, but the unprecedented conditions actually created big tailwinds for many technology companies. The Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index has climbed

The gap between the first and booster doses of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech's (NASDAQ: BNTX) coronavirus vaccine has been widened substantially in the U.K. -- and Pfizer is not pleased about it.

This is how to bring a year to a thundering close: On the last day of 2020, shares of fintech company LendingClub (NYSE: LC) shot 26% higher following some excellent news from a regulator announced

In some ways, Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) is doing for exercise equipment what Apple did in the personal computing market. It has taken a mundane product and made it feel special.

That's an

Almost every growth stock wants to be known as the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) of its sector.

After all, Amazon has been one of the best-performing stocks of the last generation, and that growth came

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is often considered the 800-pound gorilla of the social networking market. Its family of apps -- which includes its main app, Instagram, and WhatsApp -- grew its monthly active

Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) will start the New Year off with a bang as the company has been tipped to join the S&P 500 Index. This will occur before market open next Thursday, Jan. 7.

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