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Adoption is a wonderful way to grow a family and give a child in need a home. But the process can be prohibitively expensive. In fact, the average cost of a private agency adoption in the U.S. is

Peter Lynch, who ran the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990, was famous for avoiding tech stocks. "I never really understood how electricity works," he once said in an interview. In his first

There's no way to sugar coat things; 2020 was an abysmal year for the oil market. Crude oil prices are on track to decline more than 20% on the year, though that doesn't even begin to tell the story

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Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) can't catch a break. The oil pipeline MLP seems to take two steps forward and then one back, thanks to all the oil market volatility in recent years. But

Small-cap companies typically aren't as resource-rich as their larger competitors, but they can also offer uniquely compelling opportunities for investors. Because of their relatively small size

It isn't only a strategy, it's a slogan: "Push button, get mortgage."

For Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the app the company has developed is the key that sets it apart from its competition. The

Stability is the name of the game when it comes to dividend stocks. Most provide investors with a fixed recurring income stream that they pay out each quarter. While some dividend stocks will

Retirees want reliable cash flows that will allow them to relax during their golden years. To achieve this, they may turn to dividend stocks.

However, not just any stock with a payout will do. These

The past year has been an especially bizarre one for investors. The COVID-19 pandemic drove the economy into a deep recession this spring. At first, the stock market reacted as one might expect: by

With just a week left in 2020, shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) are up an astounding 255% -- making this one of my best-performing holdings on the year.

The Trade Desk went from a relatively

The CDC has found that average U.S. life expectancies have risen for the fifth year in a row. Specifically, that number has climbed from 78.7 years in 2018 to 78.8 years in 2019.

This is good news

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The Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEMKT: TAN), which contains about 60% manufacturers and suppliers like Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG) and 30% utilities, is up an

The year 2020 was a transformative one for many tech companies. The COVID-19 pandemic caused more people to shop online, work remotely, and access more cloud-based services, and companies that were

A lot happened in 2020, to say the least. But it was also the year of the special purpose acquisition company (or SPAC), also known as a "blank check company." These are holding companies that go

The fear that you'll make a mistake like investing just before a stock market crash can make investing scary. That dread may be so great that it keeps you from doing anything at all. 

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Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), along with its partner BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX), and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) are without question the clear leaders in the COVID-19 market right now. Some Americans are already

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP)(NYSE: BEPC) sees an incredibly bright future in solar energy. The company, which is currently a global leader in hydroelectric power, has spent the past few years

Recently, connected-fitness company Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) shocked Wall Street with a surprise $420 million acquisition of fellow fitness company Precor. The acquisition was Peloton's

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), and Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) as vulnerable investments were going to have a challenging

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One of the best-performing e-commerce stocks this year has been online gaming, e-commerce, and digital payments platform Sea Limited (NYSE: SE). Sea Limited is the rising star of Southeast Asia, a

If you're hoping to retire in the coming year, you may be very excited to kick off that new stage of life. But the wrong moves on your part could turn an otherwise happy period into a miserable one

It may sound farfetched that a single investment could generate enough money to make you a millionaire in retirement, but it is possible with the right investment and a long-term approach to