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Reliable, high-growth stocks can transform your retirement account, but finding that combination of attributes in a potential new stock unfortunately isn't easy.

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Sometimes a company can stumble in the quarters after it comes public only to right the ship in the years ahead. Facebook fell 54% after its initial public offering (IPO) and has risen 2,000% in the

Without fail, investors start getting anxious when the stock market hits all-time highs, like it is right now. They fear stocks are getting too expensive when the market reaches fresh highs. This

The two largest digital advertising companies in the world have continued to earn investors good returns in recent years, despite their enormous market capitalizations. Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ:

No one expects large-cap stocks to perform as well as their small-cap brethren. It's simply easier for a company to grow from $300 million to $600 million than it is for a $10 billion company to

Got some idle cash in your individual retirement account you're ready to put to work, but worried about finding the ideal pick? You're not alone. Most investors view (and treat) their tax-deferring

Most governments like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as much as we like walking with rocks in our shoes. Recent ransomware attacks, where hackers targeted vulnerable infrastructure such as gas pipelines and

By this point, it should be no surprise that companies involved with making the cloud hum have been stellar investments. But is it too late to get in on these winners? 

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Holding stocks for years and years is one of the best ways to get massive returns. But when you're planning to buy for a long hold, you'll need to pick companies that are capable of persistently

Few investors get rich from the stock market overnight. As a long-term investor, you should be focusing on companies that can lend consistent and durable growth to your portfolio, rather than buying

It's no secret that the cost of living has gone up in recent months. Everything from groceries to gasoline is more expensive now than it was earlier on in the year, and we can thank inflation for

On Monday, Sep. 13, Chinese officials unveiled yet another in a series of crackdowns on e-commerce, fintech, and cloud leader Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). One year ago, Alibaba was the starting point for

Getting into the stock market is now easier than ever before. There are plenty of online trading platforms that offer basic services for free -- with no required account minimum. This has given

Retirement can be incredibly expensive, and it's possible you may need more than $1 million to enjoy your senior years comfortably.

Few workers have access to a pension or other source of guaranteed

The spotlight has brightened on buy now, pay later, an increasingly popular consumer financing structure that allows e-commerce customers to buy things and pay for them over a number of fixed

I tend to be a more conservative investor than most of my colleagues. For the most part, my portfolio is filled with slow-and-steady stocks like real estate investment trusts, banks, and large

Founded in 2008, San Francisco-based Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) has seen a rapid ascension to its current $35 billion market capitalization, having more than doubled from its initial public offering in

If you're considering an investment in the newly famous coronavirus vaccine developer BioNTech, (NASDAQ: BNTX) you're right to wonder if the window of opportunity is still open. Based on the

Although retail investors have been investing side-by-side with Wall Street investment banks for more than a century, they've truly asserted themselves as a force to be reckoned with this year.

When

Many companies are accelerating their digital transformation efforts in the wake of the pandemic. They are adopting new technologies and modernizing outdated processes in an effort to bring value to

One incredible way that entrepreneurs can earn money beyond their business is by investing. Depending on what stage you are at in your entrepreneurial journey, there are different ways to invest

The marijuana sector is a fickle one. When things are going well, stocks soar to ridiculous heights and valuations that are completely unwarranted. But when investors are down on the space, it seems

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) was one of last year's biggest coronavirus vaccine hopefuls. The U.S. government invested $1.6 billion in the company's development program last summer. And the shares soared

Few if any investors have been as successful over the long run as Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) Warren Buffett. Since taking over as CEO in 1965, he's led his company's stock to an

As you're preparing for retirement, one of the most important questions to ask yourself is what age you want to begin claiming Social Security benefits.

The earliest you can file is age 62, but for