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How much are you currently saving for retirement? If the answer to that question is either "nothing," or "not enough," chances are there are some good reasons you've hesitated to start investing for

Cannabis stocks sound like a great way to make a buck. After all, marijuana is an in-demand product in an expanding multinational industry that has plenty of room to innovate, and there's no single

After years of waiting, the big day has finally arrived for North American cannabis stocks. In 2021, more than half a dozen pot stocks are expected to push into the black. This will definitively

One of the most surprising stories of 2020 is the huge surge in home sales. In typical economic downturns, housing takes a big hit as economic uncertainty and job losses take a bite out of demand

If you had an eccentric friend with a reputation for impulsiveness and hyperbole, you'd definitely think twice before agreeing with their appraisal of their latest obsession, like the value of an

Everyone thinks of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) as an advertising company with nine products boasting over 1 billion users. That's fair. The company's Google search engine, Gmail, and

Investors in gold won't forget 2020 anytime soon. It appears a gold bull supercycle is underway. Gold prices and many gold stocks have had double-digit surges this year. The rally may not be over

On the fence about investing in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)? Soon enough, you may not have a choice. With the electric carmaker set to join the S&P 500 on Dec. 21, you'll automatically get a piece of Tesla

Big problems tend to attract big problem solvers. So when a global pandemic first threatened the world earlier this year, it wasn't surprising that the two largest pharmaceutical companies on the

Dividend stocks can be great investments. Yet looking exclusively for dividend stocks can cause investors who don't need the income now to miss out on future dividend dynamos that could pay massive

Insurance-technology stock Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) has been on fire lately. Since the beginning of November, shares of the rapidly growing insurer have gained more than 85%. However, it's important

It's been an exceptionally volatile year for equities due to the unprecedented uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, it'll probably go down as a largely positive year for

A global push toward cleaner sources of energy combined with falling costs is leading to continued growth for renewable energy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that, by 2050

When the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year, many analysts worried that decreasing gas prices meant that seniors would get no Social Security raise going into 2021. In the end, seniors are

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Housing is a massive industry, and it's one that is often overlooked by investors. That's particularly true for homebuilders, a tough, competitive business that requires a lot of debt to buy land to

Stock market volatility has been off the charts for much of 2020, but that hasn't fazed millennial investors one bit. We know this because millions of novice and millennial investors have signed up

Habitual dividend raiser AT&T (NYSE: T) seems to have shaken its habit, at least for now. On Friday, the telecom giant declared a fresh quarterly dividend; the amount of $0.52 per share matched that

The pandemic-ravaged U.S. is set to receive an additional 100 million doses of Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) coronavirus vaccine, the company announced after market hours on Friday. The government has

According to a report published Friday by Bloomberg that cited "people familiar with the matter," Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) might put most episodes of The Office behind a $5 per month paywall.

Two months after announcing its intention to double its research and development team from approximately 150 to 300 employees, Impossible Foods, plant-based meat maker and competitor to Beyond Meat 

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A year of heavy consumer spending on video games is coming to an epic conclusion with the release of new consoles like Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 5 (PS5). Other notable new releases just in time

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: LXRX) ended Friday 6% lower than the previous close. A fall seemed inevitable, as the company announced a rather dilutive new secondary common stock issue at a level

After a busy day of trading Friday, shares of electric-truck company Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) closed down 5.1%, hydrogen fuel cell company Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) dropped 4.2%, and solid-state battery