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As the market surges to all-time highs, is it better to go with the exciting new disruptors, or the steady and dependable brand names? It's not an easy choice, as both types of highly popular

Shares of Snowflake, a cloud data company, have soared since the company went public back in September. Some investors have flocked to the tech stock because of its massive opportunity in the cloud

Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) direct-to-consumer streaming business will be the House of Mouse's biggest segment by 2024, said Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne in a note to investors on Friday

The problems facing the oil industry are intense, and they're pushing smaller and weaker names into bankruptcy. That will likely be a net benefit for big names like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and

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There's no denying that the past couple of years have been relatively disappointing ones for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) shareholders. Stock in the Warren Buffett-led

Any investor expectations for 2020 were soundly destroyed by March, when the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread in earnest across the United States. Shutdowns forced everyone to rethink their

Many older Americans count down the days until they're able to sign up for Social Security, but the truth is that filing at the wrong time could hurt you financially and leave you cash-strapped

Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) and T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) are two of the oldest, most established asset managers in the world. Both are Dividend Aristocrats, meaning they have each increased

Software developers are becoming a key resource for companies as they move to update manual outdated processes to more efficient digital workflows. These software professionals depend on tools from

Despite unprecedented challenges, strong performance for leading technology companies has helped push indexes including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record highs this year. However, there's still

Stocks declined last week, but both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) remained close to all-time highs. The indexes are in solidly positive

In November, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell made a troubling assertion about the global COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term consequences. "We're not going back to the same economy," Powell

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a man who regularly "makes history." He didn't quite do that this week -- but at least he made the evening news.

In recent years, SpaceX has put the first privately built and

Considering what a crazy year it's been, you might be surprised to learn that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) is wrapping up 2020 right about where it started. The

There's a clear trend toward a cashless society, not only in the United States, but all over the world. While cash isn't likely to go away entirely, at least not anytime soon, an increasing amount

With 2020 (finally) coming to a close, it's time to look ahead to a healthier and richer future. Hopefully Pfizer and friends will take care of the healthier part with a coronavirus vaccine. That'll

Investors who stayed the course in 2020 are largely smiling today, with the market back around all-time highs. Warren Buffett is no exception. Although shares of Buffett's company, Berkshire

When investing in the stock market, it's reasonable to expect around 10% average annual returns -- although of course some investors beat the market and do better. Still, doubling your money, or

With the introduction of the first Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) 5G iPhone this fall, and telecom operators touting the benefits of their new high-speed services, 5G has become a technology buzzword as the

Investing in biotech stocks is essentially a high risk/high reward game. It becomes riskier during times of market exuberance, when it's more difficult to identify the long-term winners and losers

Retirees commonly expect their living costs to go down once they're no longer working, but many seniors are shocked to discover that retirement is a more expensive prospect than anticipated. And a

This has been a trying year for America and the world. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has infected more than 69 million people worldwide (almost 16 million in the U.S.) and has led

Silvergate Capital (NYSE: SI) isn't exactly a household name in banking, but it has emerged as the go-to for the banking needs of the rapidly growing cryptocurrency industry. With a client list that

Stocks of large pharmaceutical companies haven't had a great year in 2020. When investors weren't trying to figure out which businesses would be winners from the pandemic, they were searching out