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This year has been a wild ride, to put it mildly. The stock market experiences some ups and downs every year, but in 2020 the market shattered records and saw extreme volatility.

While the stock

Altria's (NYSE: MO) first dividend payment of 2021 will be $0.86 per share, the company's board of directors has declared. It will be handed out on Jan. 11 to investors of record as of Dec. 28.

The

Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) share price actually fell a little after an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19

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Retirement planning doesn't have to be complicated. Sure, you could spend hours projecting your budget, estimating growth rates of your portfolio, and developing a retirement distribution strategy

This has been a banner year for U.S. tech IPOs, which raked in billions of dollars from investors even as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the broader economy.

In fact, three of America's biggest

Shareholders of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) have had an eventful year. A long-awaited spinoff and a global pandemic populated most of the headlines about the company, but those weren't the only developments

Renewable energy stocks certainly had a terrific 2020. As the year draws to a close, several top renewables stocks look set to crush the S&P 500 Index's return for the year. Whether you missed

When I'm talking about the year's best stocks, I'm not just thinking about their straight-up market returns. I prefer to sift through the strongest performers while also considering their prospects

The current low interest rates have created the perfect environment for mortgage originators. Refinancing volumes are pushing estimates for 2020 originations to $3.2 trillion, which would be the

Earlier this week, the email systems at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments were infiltrated by hackers. According to The New York Times, this was one of the largest and most sophisticated

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is seen by investors as one of the most reliable companies around. The company has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years. That reputation had been tarnished by

Investing your money in stocks is one of the most effective ways to grow wealth. But what if you're clueless about the stock market? What if you have no idea how to evaluate companies and figure out

There are two trends that have defined the equity markets in 2020.

The first is the rise of the public debut. Led by notable IPOs and the new kid on the block -- special purpose acquisition

More than 34 million Americans have diabetes and an additional 88 million are at risk of developing the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association. In this world of data, automation

Investors interested in good dividend stocks can have it all. It just takes a little looking when you're bargain hunting, particularly when seeking high dividends that are safe, in stocks that have

GoodRx Holdings (NASDAQ: GDRX), Vaxart (NASDAQ: VXRT), and Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) are all up considerably for the year, but I'm concerned about where their share prices might be headed next

The day you retire is a major milestone, and it's critical to make sure you're as prepared as possible before you start the next chapter of your life.

If you're planning on retiring in 2021, you

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It's been a great year for Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) shareholders. As of Dec. 15, the stock is up 83% since the beginning of the year. Granted, it's also been a volatile year, with three drops of

When Snowflake went public in September, the investment community was abuzz. The cloud-data warehousing company had astounding growth, proven leadership, and a world of traders clamoring for shares

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In the wake of a successful COVID-19 vaccine, many out-of-home and travel-related stocks have boomed. Investors now feel confident in consumers returning to out-of-home activities next year and

Pfizer, BioNTech , and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) have seen their shares rise over the past few months because of their work to develop vaccines against COVID-19. Moderna, which started off the year

This is a big week in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. On Monday, Dec. 14, the very first COVID-19 vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)