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Is The Trade Desk Stock a Buy?
The global economic downturn resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant declines in advertising spend during the first quarter of 2020. As a software platform enabling digital
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Is It Too Late to Buy Moderna Stock?
It seems as if nearly everyone is talking about Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). The biotech's rapid progress in advancing its COVID-19 vaccine into clinical studies has been impressive. So has its stock
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Why Investors Are Talking About Hyliion and Tortoise Acquisition
Shares of Tortoise Acquisition (NYSE: SHLL) are on quite a run. The stock ended Friday's session up 41.2% on the day -- and up 140% since the morning of June 19, when it announced plans to merge
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Luckin Coffee's Fraudulent Rise and Fall Will Help Starbucks in China
Luckin Coffee's (NASDAQ: LK) rise and fall has captivated investors. In the span of 18 months, it went from a start-up with an interesting digital-focused coffee takeout and delivery business to
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Forget Apple! Buy These 3 High-Growth Cannabis Stocks Instead
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a solid investment to hold in your portfolio, as the top tech stock's a safe buy and it'll also pay a dividend. But the days of Apple being a high-growth stock are long gone
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Financial Planners Want You to Take These 5 Steps to Recession-Proof Your Finances
Americans are facing tough economic times as the country is now officially in a recession. Although there's hope for a speedy recovery if the coronavirus wanes during warm summer weather or if
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Gearing Up to File Your Taxes? Beware These Potential Audit Triggers
With the tax-filing deadline set for July 15, now's when Americans who have ignored their taxes thus far should really get moving. But at a time when so many people are experiencing their share of
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3 Things to Watch in the Stock Market This Week
Stocks declined last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) shed roughly 3%. Investors digested bad news on the unemployment front while
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Social Security Would Be Drastically Changed Under This Presidential Candidate's Plan
Social Security has undergone quite a few changes over the years since the federal program was established in 1935. For decades, most of these changes involved expanding the program to cover more
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Will a Second COVID Wave Cause Another Stock Market Crash?
The coronavirus pandemic has caused market turmoil not seen since The Great Depression, which has decimated retirement plans for some and created tremendous opportunity for others. The initial
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2 Coronavirus Vaccine Stocks to Avoid Right Now
Biotech stocks tied to coronavirus vaccine development have been soaring lately, but buying stocks just because they've been going up is a good way to quickly lose a lot of hard-earned money. While
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Everything You Need To Know About Zocdoc
Founded in 2007, health start-up Zocdoc helps consumers find and schedule appointments with doctors, dentists, therapists, and other medical specialists using its website or mobile phone
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3 Rock-Solid Growth Stocks to Own in a Stock Market Crash
If 2020 has taught Wall Street and investors anything -- aside from the fact that stock market crashes are an inevitable part of the investing process -- it's that staying the course with great
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2 Top Gene-Editing Stocks to Buy Right Now
Gene-editing technology allows for the manipulation of the basic building blocks of life, so to speak. It grants scientists the ability to add, remove, or modify the genetic material of an organism
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Does Mastercard's Positive Data Mean the Economy Has Recovered?
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world this winter and spring, economic activity has plunged. Though U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) only fell 4.8% in the first quarter, remember that
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Why Is Everyone Talking About HEXO Stock?
Since the beginning of the year, shares of consumer cannabis company HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) have declined by more than 50%. Compared to the S&P 500's decline of just 3% year to date, HEXO's share
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Second Stimulus Checks: Your Most Pressing Questions, Answered
It's been months since COVID-19 first presented as a domestic threat, and its impact on the U.S. economy has been huge. Not only has it spurred a recession, but it's also driven millions of
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These 5 Stocks Could Be the Next to Slash Their Dividends
After a wave of oil and gas dividend cuts in March, the market may have thought the worst was over. But then the coronavirus pandemic prompted companies in as diverse sectors as auto manufacturing
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Could Invitae Be a Millionaire-Maker Stock?
In the past three months alone, shares of genetic testing company Invitae (NYSE: NVTA) have soared by 90%. In fact, the company's shares outperformed the S&P 500's return of 25% by nearly five times
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The Top Marijuana Stock to Buy for the Second Half of 2020
Believe it or not, we're nearly halfway through 2020. It's been a rough year so far for many marijuana stocks, although a few have fared much better than others.
I expect that the overall cannabis
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3 Stocks That Could Set You Up for Life
The last time I wrote this column -- 3 Stocks That Could Set You Up for Life -- I recommended that investors consider investing in pandemic-wrecked shares of Ally Financial, Booking Holdings, and
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When Can I Get a Coronavirus Vaccine?
Some experts thought that the warmer temperatures of summer would lead to a slowing of the spread of COVID-19. But summer has arrived -- and the numbers of COVID-19 cases are rising sharply
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Have $5,000? Buy These 3 Practically Invincible Stocks
It can be dangerous to think that a company can never be defeated. There are too many once-powerful businesses that have either disappeared or are a shadow of their former selves to totally rule out
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3 Stocks I'll Absolutely, Positively Buy If the Stock Market Crashes Again
Will the stock market crash again? Absolutely yes. It's a matter of when not if.
There are plenty of investors who expect that when to be sooner rather than later. We're already seeing increased
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What Will the World for Nonprofits Look Like After COVID-19?
Since the coronavirus pandemic swept the world leading to nearly half a million deaths and rattling global economies, nonprofit organizations are struggling to meet their funding goals and