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Regional telecom Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) offers one of the richest dividend yields among members of the S&P 500 index. Formerly known as CenturyLink, Lumen currently offers a dividend yield

DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) stock is performing exceptionally well in 2020, despite all the challenges from the lack of mainstream sporting events early on in the pandemic. The stock is up 350%

Coronavirus vaccines are on the way. Moreover, they will be available sooner than most public health experts had expected -- and more effective to boot. That's great news for airlines, which have

Investors weren't hugely impressed with NVIDIA's (NASDAQ: NVDA) latest quarterly results, even though the chipmaker delivered stellar growth in its revenue and earnings that beat Wall Street's

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) is preparing to spin off another business, this time its logistics unit, following plans to separate both its healthcare business and its fintech

Shares of leading streaming-TV platform provider Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) have been soaring recently. The stock is up more than 70% over the past 12 months and has climbed 24% in the last 30 days alone. 

Investors love that new-stock smell, but buying into an IPO comes with unique risks and challenges. Many promising companies have a lot to prove when they make their market debuts, and when they

There's little doubt Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has become one of the best-performing stocks over the past decade. It was also the first U.S. public company in history to achieve a market cap of $1

In 2021, the average U.S. retiree will receive Social Security benefits of about $1,543 a month. That's $18,516 a year, which won't stretch very far if it's all you have to cover your expenses.

Impressive data from coronavirus vaccine trials led by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), inspired much hope around the world and injected optimism into the stock market. But the flu

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When a President is elected and begins setting their administration's agenda, numerous business luminaries voice their opinions about what the new leader needs to do. This week, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC)

A Dividend Aristocrat is a company that has increased its dividend every year for at least 25 years. As of the last count, there are only 66 companies that have achieved this exalted status. For

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) recently became the third company in as many weeks to report positive interim results from a big randomized study with an experimental coronavirus vaccine.

How does

As a retiree, you're probably in a stage of your life where you prefer to generate income instead of taking risks. Not all of your money is in stocks, but what is should be allocated toward solid

It's all Disney+ all the time for Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), as the streaming video service salvaged an otherwise dreary earnings report. 

Racking up an astounding 73.7 million subscribers in its

AT&T (NYSE: T) certainly has more than its fair share of problems right now. Its cable TV business -- primarily DIRECTV -- lost another 627,000 customers last quarter. It's lost more than 7 million

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, owning Clorox (NYSE: CLX) stock was like driving a Toyota Camry when gas prices were high. You had the dual benefit of safety and reliability and the

This has been a year that Americans won't soon forget. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has completely upended our societal norms and transformed the workplace. As of Monday, Nov

With Medicare's annual open enrollment period still in full swing, many seniors are now contemplating their plan choices for 2021. If you're currently enrolled in original Medicare, you may be

The stock market rewards investors who buy and hold stocks for the long run -- allowing compound interest to work in their favor. If you had invested $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) 50 years

The COVID-19 crisis has crushed many stocks over the past year, but it also lit a fire under stay-at-home stocks that benefited from social distancing measures and the growing usage of online

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By buying stocks trading for cheap prices, you position yourself to profit even from even relatively small boosts in share price. If you reinvest your recurring dividend payment along the way

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