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Shares of video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) jumped almost 17% Monday morning after it released holiday sales data and announced an agreement with activist investor RC Ventures. 

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Most investors had surprisingly robust returns last year. They bought good companies that turned out to be great stocks. They also bought bad companies that turned out to be great stocks.

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Ohio-based start-up Lordstown Motors (NASDAQ: RIDE) said on Monday that it now has more than 100,000 reservations for its upcoming Endurance electric pickup truck.

While the reservations are

In today's low interest rate environment, many retirees are looking at stock dividends as a potentially better source of income than bond interest. While the potential is certainly there, income

Shares of Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) opened sharply higher on Monday. The company unveiled a new electric luxury sedan, a longer-range battery, and other promising technologies

Social Security income only gets you so far in retirement -- and you can interpret "so far" to mean less than halfway. For the average retiree, Social Security replaces about 40% of working income

Is Faraday Future -- the Chinese-American electric-vehicle (EV) start-up that was once the most-hyped emerging company in the space -- finally about to go public? 

Bloomberg is reporting that

Coming off of two extremely strong years in the market, and amid all sorts of political chaos in the country, it's a tenuous time to be an investor. Market crashes happen fairly regularly -- in

GameStop (NYSE: GME) had a merry Christmas after all as the video game retailer reported comparable sales in its physical stores rose almost 5% during the nine-week holiday period, and online sales

It has been a brighter holiday shopping season than lululemon athletica's (NASDAQ: LULU) management team first predicted. The apparel giant on Monday announced that it is raising its outlook for the

401(k) investors who are building long-term stock portfolios should focus on growth to maximize value in retirement. There's plenty of time to ride out temporary market cycles before you start

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) has been one of the biggest retail winners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumers have ramped up spending on groceries and home-related items, and Costco has won

In late December, Bloomberg reported that fintech company Square (NYSE: SQ) was in talks to buy music streaming service Tidal in a "push to diversify." No potential offer price was given, but Square

Retirement planning may not be high on your priority list as you try to learn the ropes of your new job, but putting it off could cost you thousands of dollars in the long run. And it's especially

Long known as one of the best-run regional banks in the country, the $540 billion asset U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) struggled like the rest of the banking sector in 2020 as the bank worked through the

After voters in four states (Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota) chose to legalize recreational marijuana last November, the cannabis industry looks even hotter than usual -- especially

The past month has been critical in the quest for a COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech earned emergency use authorization (EUA) Dec. 11 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK), Baidu, and Lyft were going to have a challenging week. I missed.

The three stocks averaged a 3.7%

The last couple of years have been a thrill ride for MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) investors. Online retail has surged, payments have moved off-platform, and the stock has tripled over the past year

Shares of the biopharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) jumped by as much as 20% in pre-market trading Monday morning. The drugmaker's shares are shooting higher in response to a positive

AT&T (NYSE: T) has been the most aggressive of the three major wireless carriers with device promotions this year. The release of Apple's iPhone 12 prompted it to offer its existing customers the

In case you somehow missed the good news, at the end of 2020, lawmakers approved a $900 billion coronavirus relief deal that includes a second round of direct stimulus checks worth $600 each. So

The average Social Security benefit for retired workers is about $1,523 per month, and while that's not bad, you may be able to do a lot better. The secret to bigger checks lies in understanding how

When Wall Street is afraid, the world is dazzled by gold. That's what happened in August and September when COVID-19 panic pushed gold prices above $2,000 an ounce. Gold outperformed stocks during

Oil prices started 2021 off with a bang, rallying nearly 8% during the first week of the year, thanks to some unexpected additional support from Saudi Arabia. That pushed crude above $50 a barrel