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Plant-based alternatives to meat are a rising trend in the food industry. While there are many players in the space, two of the most recognizable brands are Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:

Even if you're a pessimist, you'll probably agree that 2021 is shaping up to be a better year than 2020 (knock on wood). While the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, the end is finally in sight

Real estate tech company Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) is often compared to rival Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) (NASDAQ: ZG), but there are significant differences in the way the two companies operate. 

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Boeing (NYSE: BA) investors got a boost this month when the 737 MAX was cleared to fly again after 20 months on the ground. It's hard to make a bull case for Boeing with the MAX grounded, so the

There are a lot of great companies with shares trading on the public markets. Sometimes the hardest part of investing is trying to figure out which is the best stock to buy.

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In the next few years, sector players are predicting that the U.S. marijuana market could expand at an astonishing rate of 20% per year to over $100 billion, a staggering increase from a size of

The stock market has seen high highs and low lows in 2020. From the days of the March crash to this past week's record highs when the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) surpassed 30,000

Acquisitions can occur for different reasons. "Tuck-in" acquisitions are small deals that bolster an existing line of business. Deals to acquire a smaller business and leave it operating somewhat

It's one of the oldest debates on Wall Street: growth stocks versus value stocks. Which should be bought and held by the investment community?

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For nearly all of us, getting to play for a professional sports team or writing a best-selling book or winning an Academy Award is just a pipe dream -- it's not likely to happen. But there are still

Dividend investors sometimes fixate on a stock's yield to judge its greatness as an income investment. But that number is only part of the story, and arguably not the most important part.

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Retirement should be an amazing time when you can sit back and reap the rewards of your lifetime of hard work. Unfortunately, the numbers show that millions of Americans will have a very different

Among the thousands of dividend-paying stocks out there, only around 65 are featured on the list of Dividend Aristocrats today. It's an elite group, comprised of companies that have increased

Low-cost stocks typically trade at depressed levels for a reason. In many cases, such prices indicate deep financial troubles for a company. Nonetheless, investors should remember that some

Most investors who have been following Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) for awhile can't be overly pleased with how it has fared over the last five years. The big drugmaker badly underperformed the S&P 500 during

This has been a year filled with uncertainty, and it's led to record-breaking volatility on Wall Street. Although things may look relatively calm now, the broad-based S&P 500 registered its fastest

Social Security is a complicated program, and an interesting one at that. But while some of the program's rules may be fairly well-known, here are a few you may not be aware of.

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More often than not, dividend stocks are the glue that holds great portfolios together. Back in 2013, J.P. Morgan Asset Management released an analysis that compared the annualized return of

DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) could be sitting on a big opportunity about to open up north of our border. On our Thanksgiving Day, Canada's Justice Minister David Lametti introduced a bill in the

Not for the first time, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is facing an investigation into the manufacturing of its cars. On Friday, the federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

While Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) shoppers were snapping up Black Friday deals, the retailer's investors were digesting some encouraging news about their stock on Wednesday. The company declared its newest

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With the world thrown into chaos because of pandemic, high-growth tech stocks have been all the rage in 2020. But it doesn't mean that investing in more mature dividend-paying companies is dead. On

Earnings reports move the stock market. But the vast majority of stocks tell investors their latest quarterly financials soon after each quarter begins, with the most-recent earnings season having

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) shares have been on a wild ride of late, up 50% for the week and 170% for the month. The software and data tech company got off to a hot start Friday morning