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eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) investors had a fantastic 2020, with the stock price comfortably outpacing the broader market during the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom. Sure, companies like Amazon and Shopify

The stock market in recent times has produced some huge winners, particularly among growth stocks, and it's understandable that such companies would capture a hefty share of investors' attention

If the stock market was a beauty contest, very few investors would be voting for stocks in the commercial aerospace sector right now. However, to paraphrase a well-worn maxim, investing is often

Retirement planning is one of your most important life tasks, and it's essential you make a realistic assessment of your financial picture in your later years. Unfortunately, far too many people

Tempted to get in on the next GameStop (NYSE: GME) and take a wild ride on a short squeeze? The fear of missing out is a powerful emotion that could disrupt your investing process and undermine your

Whether you've been closely following investing news or just taking an occasional peak at the headlines, it's fair to say that we're living in interesting times. Record-setting financial stimulus

What kind of businesses are best poised to disrupt the healthcare industry? Is it tech giants like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), which has launched a virtual pharmacy and is exploring telehealth services

Most Americans are quite familiar with federal and state income taxes, but payroll taxes aren't understood quite as well.

Payroll taxes are types of tax that are applied to earned income, meaning

Investors are looking forward to Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ: ATVI) upcoming earnings report set for the first week of February. Shareholders are excited because the video game developer enjoyed

Cardiff Oncology (NASDAQ: CRDF) is an oncology specialist that had a fantastic year in 2020. The market is excited about the biotech's lead molecule, onvansertib, because it might work to defeat

If you've been watching the investing headlines this week, it's been hard to ignore the news about the short squeeze on GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) stocks. The

If you've ridden the massive gains in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), congratulations! Tesla's disruptive electric vehicles (EVs) at affordable prices have caught on worldwide, and the stock has ridden EV

Who would have ever predicted that a brick-and-mortar electronic retailer going though a multiyear decline would have a stock that skyrockets 15 times over a few days? Or that a down-and-out movie

Investing in growth stocks is a great way to build long-term wealth. But as you approach retirement age, should you stick with these often-volatile investments or adjust your portfolio to focus on

It should go without saying that buying into the mania involving the heavily shorted stocks of failing companies is a bad idea. Video game retailer GameStop, movie theater chain AMC, and a

Despite a tumultuous 2020, the stock market ended the year substantially higher. The benchmark S&P 500 finished up by 16%, which is nearly double the index's average annual return over the past 40

You don't need to invest a lot of money to have amazing returns in the stock market. If you invested $3,000 in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) 20 years ago, you could have bought 300 shares. At a Jan. 29

It can be difficult to pick out the good parts of 2020. Although the pandemic has exposed just how unprepared our health systems were to handle a public health crisis, it also pushed various

The stock market has experienced an unforgettable year. After the S&P 500 lost more than 30% of its value in a matter of weeks during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the market made a

We spend quite a bit of time discussing how to analyze businesses, and for good reason. But what about stocks that don't have any underlying business?

We're talking about the recent trend of

Which COVID-19 vaccine is the best? The correct answer is that it depends on which factor is most important to you.

Comirnaty (BNT162b2), the vaccine developed by BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) and its big

You probably wouldn't have a hard time coming up with the names of ridiculously overvalued stocks on the market right now. Just type "short squeeze" into a search engine and look at the most recent

President Joe Biden has proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 per hour to a new total of $15 per hour.

Based on 2019 estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Most investors don't look forward to heightened volatility -- but Robinhood users aren't like most investors.

Online investing app Robinhood, which offers commission-free trades and gifts shares of

If you depend on stocks to generate income, you want the dividend payments to be like clockwork. That requires the underlying businesses to be solid and reliable. 

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