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3 Top Marijuana Stocks to Buy Without Hesitation
The recent ruling by the South Dakota Supreme Court that struck down a voter referendum approving legalized marijuana shows the difficult road ahead for cannabis stocks in dealing with
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3 Leading Cannabis Stocks to Buy for December
Patient, long-term investors tend to do better in the stock market than those who flit in and out of the market, as the S&P 500 has risen almost 270% over the past decade and sets new records almost
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The Optimistic Case for Omicron
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2 Unstoppable Stocks to Put on Your Watch List
Plenty of high-growth tech stocks have been hit hard in 2021 despite stellar business performances. Upstart was recently cut in half in a matter of weeks, while Pinterest has had a slow, painful
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2 Market Overreactions I Bought Last Week
I went bargain hunting last week. I bought shares of Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) and added to my existing position in Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI) on Tuesday. The two stocks were falling after
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1 High-Yield Dividend Stock Worth Buying Right Now
Black Friday wasn't kind to U.S. stocks. Every major U.S. stock index fell by more than 2% on the holiday-shortened trading session due to concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant. Although it
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Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax Are Must-Own Stocks This Week
The newly emerged omicron coronavirus variant sent shockwaves through U.S. stock markets last Friday. Omicron has the world on edge because of its unique combination of mutations that might
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3 Best Biopharma Stocks to Buy During This Industrywide Fire Sale
Biopharmaceutical stocks are slated to end the year on a sour note. Apart from top COVID-19 vaccine players like Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax, investors have shown little to no interest in owning
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Wall Street Just Gave Investors a Buying Opportunity for This Stock
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For better or worse, social media is a huge part of society. Billions of people interact with it daily, so advertisers spend heavily to better reach their intended audiences. Because of this, social
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Like Rivian Automotive? You Should Love This High-Powered Renewable Energy Stock
Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) burst on the scene earlier this month. The electric vehicle developer was worth more than $150 billion at one point despite not generating any meaningful revenue.
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Better Semiconductor Stock: Nvidia or AMD
Last December, I compared two of the market's hottest semiconductor stocks: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD).
At the time, I said AMD was a better buy than Nvidia
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Could Roche Put a Crinkle in Biogen's Alzheimer's Drug Launch?
Roche (OTC: RHHBY) is considering a launch of its Alzheimer's disease drug, gantenerumab, at a price that could undercut competition from Biogen's (NASDAQ: BIIB) Aduhelm. In this Motley Fool Live
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Is This Shipping Industry Dividend Stock a Winner for the Coming Year?
Weighing anchor on a successful, profitable third quarter, dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ: GOGL) isn't really a household name -- but the stock price skyrocketed close to 15%
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Okta Earnings Preview: 3 Things to Watch
Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) investors are in for more stock price volatility over the next few days. The software specialist's stock, which has been left out of the 2021 rally, should move in response to
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Who Would Be the Best FDA Commissioner for Biotech Investors?
Robert Califf has been nominated as the next Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, despite some expectations that the choice would be the current acting commissioner Janet Woodcock. Both
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This Hot Growth Stock Could Soar Another 35%
Palo Alto Networks' (NASDAQ: PANW) terrific quarterly report and guidance prompted a spate of price target upgrades by Wall Street analysts, who believe that the company's outstanding growth is
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Why SoFi Stock Is a Smart Buy Right Now
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) went public in June 2021 following a SPAC merger orchestrated by venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya. Since then, the stock has underperformed the broader
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Is Pure Storage Stock a Buy?
Pure Storage's (NYSE: PSTG) stock price soared 13% to an all-time high on Nov. 24 after the data storage company posted its third-quarter earnings.
Its revenue rose 37% year over year to $562.7
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A top aim of investing is to grow your wealth over time to enjoy a comfortable retirement. To do so, it's important to select businesses that cannot just grow steadily, but also remain resilient
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What's Driving the Sell-Off of Popular Fintechs Like Affirm, Upstart, and SoFi
If you invest in fintech stocks, as I do, then you likely have been feeling the sting over the past few weeks as the market has sold off the sector aggressively. Up until recently, big players like
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Will Offices Be Back in 2022?
When the coronavirus pandemic hit U.S. soil in the early part of 2020, workers across the country were told to pack up their desks and prepare to do their jobs from home for the foreseeable future
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Can You Retire a Millionaire with ETFs Alone?
There is currently about $7 trillion invested in exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, in the U.S. -- that's up about 27% from the end of 2020, and it's more than seven times the total from just a decade
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2 High-Growth Stocks That Could Become Unstoppable
Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) and Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) investors are having a terrible year, as share prices of both companies have plunged despite the impressive growth they have reported so far in 2021.