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4 Reasons Investors Are Paying a Premium for Snap Stock
4 Reasons Investors Are Paying a Premium for Snap Stock

Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) stock rallied 60% over the past 12 months to a three-year high as the social media company shook off the bears with its consistent growth in revenue and users. However, Snap

Could SmileDirectClub Stock Blast 54% Higher?
Could SmileDirectClub Stock Blast 54% Higher?

Although SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ: SDC) is habitually loss-making, many bullish investors and pundits believe in the company.

A new one is Stephens; it was revealed after market hours on Thursday

One of Apple's Biggest Bulls on Wall Street Just Got More Bullish
One of Apple's Biggest Bulls on Wall Street Just Got More Bullish

Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives is already among the most bullish analysts who cover Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), at times having the highest price target on shares. Ives is now getting even more bullish

Are Your Bank Stock Dividends in Danger?
Are Your Bank Stock Dividends in Danger?

The Federal Reserve announced the results of its 2020 bank stress tests on Thursday, and in some ways, the results were rather encouraging. Even under some extremely severe hypothetical scenarios --

2 Reasons Starbucks Is a Good Buy
2 Reasons Starbucks Is a Good Buy

Like so many other consumer goods companies, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is still in a bit of a rough patch. The coronavirus outbreak led to temporary store shutdowns -- first in its fastest-growing

68% of Americans Aren't Preparing for This Huge Financial Setback
68% of Americans Aren't Preparing for This Huge Financial Setback

Many people spend years, if not decades, planning for retirement and saving for that milestone. But not everyone's plans come to fruition.

The COVID-19 crisis has taught us that the hard way

Better Buy: Activision Blizzard vs. Take-Two Interactive
Better Buy: Activision Blizzard vs. Take-Two Interactive

Shares of video game makers Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) have seen rising prices year to date. Activision stock has returned 28%, ahead of Take-Two's

3 Great Stocks You Can Buy on Sale
3 Great Stocks You Can Buy on Sale

Everyone loves a bargain, except investors, who seem to think a falling share price is a reason to sell a stock or avoid adding it to their portfolio.

While that's obviously not true of everyone

Danger Lurks for These High-Yield Dividend Stocks
Danger Lurks for These High-Yield Dividend Stocks

The COVID-19 crisis has been a trial by fire for the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector. Mortgage REITs were the first casualties, then the crisis moved to retail and mall REITs.

Many mall

3 Signs You're Ready to Retire Now -- Even if There's a Second Wave of COVID-19
3 Signs You're Ready to Retire Now -- Even if There's a Second Wave of COVID-19

The last few months have been a financial rollercoaster for millions of Americans, to put it mildly. Tens of millions of workers lost their jobs as businesses closed their doors to mitigate the

Will BP's Massive Impairment Charge Pave The Way For a Dividend Cut?
Will BP's Massive Impairment Charge Pave The Way For a Dividend Cut?

The coronavirus pandemic has not only shaken people's lives but also economies around the world. Global demand destruction for oil and gas products forced Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) to slash

Wayfair May Continue Its Run in 2020
Wayfair May Continue Its Run in 2020

Wayfair (NYSE: W) has benefited from the fact that many people are buying home furnishings online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even as the economy reopens, Wayfair's momentum will likely be here to

This Common Myth About Social Security Simply Isn't True
This Common Myth About Social Security Simply Isn't True

Congress raided Social Security, and that's why the program's trust fund is running dry. At least that's what many people believe about why this popular retirement program is in serious financial

Better Buy: Invitae vs. Illumina
Better Buy: Invitae vs. Illumina

Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Invitae (NYSE: NVTA) are two exciting genetic testing companies at dramatically different phases of the corporate lifecycle. For investors seeking a balanced biotech

Is Darden Restaurants Stock a Buy?
Is Darden Restaurants Stock a Buy?

Restaurant-chain Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) took the economic fallout of COVID-19 mitigation efforts right on the chin. The parent company behind Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse is trading

How Cloud Solutions Brought Adobe to the Top
How Cloud Solutions Brought Adobe to the Top

As many companies are forced to move their workforce online because of the coronavirus pandemic, Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) has proven itself both resilient and quietly crucial to the new status quo

Ignore General Electric: Here Are 3 Better Stocks
Ignore General Electric: Here Are 3 Better Stocks

The case for buying stock in General Electric (NYSE: GE) is based on the idea that its aviation segment will embark on a slow recovery in line with a gradually improving commercial aviation market

4 Ways to Prevent Emotions From Controlling How You Invest
4 Ways to Prevent Emotions From Controlling How You Invest

Imagine that you made your very first stock market investment on March 9, 2009. You would've been lucky enough to start your investing journey at the beginning of the longest bull market in history

Better Buy: Etsy vs. MercadoLibre
Better Buy: Etsy vs. MercadoLibre

Investors have flocked en masse to top e-commerce stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Year to date, shares of Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) are up 122% and 67%, respectively

2 SaaS Stock Picks From My Own Portfolio
2 SaaS Stock Picks From My Own Portfolio

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the rapid adoption of digital solutions as companies prepare themselves for the possibility of remote work becoming a long-term necessity. Looking at the issue

3 Big Retirement Investment Mistakes You Could Make in This Recession
3 Big Retirement Investment Mistakes You Could Make in This Recession

The U.S. economy may be opening up again, but we're not out of the recession woods just yet. On June 24, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) went on record to say its initial prediction for global

We Can't Blame Social Security's Financial Woes on COVID-19 -- but We Can't Use the Pandemic to Ignore Its Problems
We Can't Blame Social Security's Financial Woes on COVID-19 -- but We Can't Use the Pandemic to Ignore Its Problems

The economic impact of COVID-19 has been extreme since cases started multiplying domestically in March. Not only has the pandemic shuttered over 100,000 small businesses and sent unemployment levels

Forget Royal Dutch Shell -- Here Are 2 Better Dividend Stocks
Forget Royal Dutch Shell -- Here Are 2 Better Dividend Stocks

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.B), one of the largest oil and natural gas companies on planet Earth, cut its dividend after decades of supporting it through good and bad markets. The move shocked

Why You Should Stay Away From Cruise Line Stocks
Why You Should Stay Away From Cruise Line Stocks

Let's face it, the cruise line business isn't going to be returning to anything near normal anytime soon. North American cruises have already been canceled through mid-September at the earliest, and

Aurora Cannabis' $1.94 Billion Mistake Just Got Worse
Aurora Cannabis' $1.94 Billion Mistake Just Got Worse

Investing in the cannabis industry has been quite the adventure over the past couple of years. Through March 2019, buying almost any brand-name pot stock would have yielded a triple-digit or