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We're all told about the importance of planning for retirement, but sometimes, we do it wrong. These mistakes in the course of your planning could leave you seriously cash-strapped once your senior

Ad-tech specialist The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) shocked the Street this week with quarterly revenue and earnings far beyond what analysts were expecting. The news sent shares soaring.

While the

While banks have not had to reckon with charge-offs and non-performing loans this year to the extent they would in a normal recession, criticized commercial loans have been steadily increasing. A

ExxonMobil had been the king of the hill in the U.S. energy market for decades. It was routinely one of the most valuable companies in the entire stock market. 

However, the oil company has fallen

Shares of VMware (NYSE: VMW) slipped 10.4% in October, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock fell in conjunction with sell-offs for the broader market following a surge of

Shares of 51job (NASDAQ: JOBS), a Chinese job-search and human-resources services company, slipped 10.1% in October, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The stock appears to have

The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released the latest figures for new home sales at the end of October. September sales, while down slightly from August

Retirement should be a time of unprecedented freedom when you can enjoy your days indulging hobbies or traveling the world. But that doesn't mean there are no rules to follow.

In fact, there are

Target's (NYSE: TGT) stock has more than doubled over the past five years as the retailer has impressed investors with its robust growth rates and resilience against Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are known for their above-average and stable dividend yields. With savings accounts paying record-low interest rates, could sticking emergency savings or

Your goal as an investor is to grow wealth -- both for the near term, as well as the future. But the wrong moves on your part could set you back and cause you to lose money in the stock market

The initial public offering (IPO) market has been on fire in 2020 with some of the hottest IPOs we've seen in a decade. And when you include companies going public through special purpose

On Wednesday, 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the U.S. -- an unfortunate record, and significantly worse than the nation's prior peak, when it topped 77,000 new cases on a single day

The Canadian pot market has seen some successes amid the coronavirus pandemic, including that sales have risen steadily in recent months. Statistics Canada reports that cannabis stores recorded

Telemedicine has been growing in popularity this year, as stay-at-home orders and rising COVID-19 case counts have discouraged in-person doctors office visits. And one company that's benefited

The last few years have been tough for Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET). Shares of the cloud and network infrastructure provider have barely budged since the start of 2018, hobbled by first a slowdown

Clearway Energy (NYSE: CWEN)(NYSE: CWEN.A) has been a dividend investor's dream stock this year. The renewable energy producer recently boosted its payout for the third time in 2020, bringing its

Shares of Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN) gained 17% in October, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The cloud-based customer contact company got a boost from an earnings and guidance beat

In the world of real estate investment trusts (REITs), the data center segment has been among the few bright spots this year. While the REITs that lease retail space, offices, and apartments have

Real estate has been one of the worst-performing sectors of the stock market during the COVID-19 pandemic, and mall REITs and hotel REITs are two big reasons why. Mall retail was struggling even

Most stocks tend to ebb and flow with the business cycle, but some of the best growth stocks are the companies that are set up well to ride multiyear trends and take advantage of changing

Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) is a well known manufacturer of cardiac and circulatory support devices, including Impella heart pumps and the Breethe OXY-1 cardiopulmonary system. While many consumers --

Election season is a reminder that nothing lasts forever. That includes 2020, which may have worn out its welcome by now. But 2021 is just around the corner. If you've got some money to spare, you

If you're looking to make the most of your investment dollars, growth stocks are what you'll want to buy. Investors just don't get as excited about dividend stocks as they do about hot growth

Planning your next getaway is probably not high on your priority list these days. The pandemic is making vacations a challenge, and the global economic slump isn't making it easy to pay for a