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Ready or not, a raging bull market is coming. This might be tough to grasp, considering that we just navigated our way through an unprecedented pandemic and the worst economic downturn in decades

The WallStreetBets group on Reddit has taken the investing world by storm, bringing the full force of their power to bear and hitting major institutional investors hard in their wallets. Massive

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Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM)Q3 2021 Earnings CallJan 29, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET

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Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) climbed more than 700% in 2020. However, that has some people wondering whether the stock isn't due for a downturn. Indeed, those concerns took shape last week, as

Becoming a new parent can be very rewarding. But there's no question that parenting comes with a lot of firsts that can bring on anxiety -- including preparing for your new status on your tax

Retirement planning requires you to find investments that will grow to let you build up a pool of savings for when you stop working. Growth stocks that will be around for the long term are a great

Hershey (NYSE: HSY) shareholders sat out of 2020's stock market rally on concerns that the candy and snack giant would struggle with weak selling conditions for the foreseeable future.

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Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) is far from seeing the end of the positive lift it is getting from the pandemic. The consumer staples giant this past week announced another quarter of unusually strong

I don't know if I've ever seen a market environment that was less suited for making long-term investments than this one. The S&P 500 market tracker has gained more than 37% since the start of 2020

With the markets rising strongly since April 2020, it's tempting to think that an economic recovery has already been priced into stocks. Following this argument means there's downside risk for

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the company finds itself at a critical juncture following a headline-grabbing 2020. After a year of operational challenges

The internet was already quickly transforming commerce before 2020. But the pandemic did a number on the old way of buying and selling things. E-commerce became an essential part of life, and the

In recent years, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) has been a chronic underperformer within the airline industry. That didn't change during 2020, a year defined by the pandemic.

On Thursday

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Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), the leader of the audio streaming market, reports its fourth quarter and full-year results before the market opens next Wednesday, Feb. 3. The company is making major

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While index funds do have plenty of

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