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McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Yum China (NYSE: YUMC) are two of the largest fast-food companies in the world. McDonald's operates and franchises more than 39,000 restaurants in over 100 countries. Yum

Retiring a millionaire may seem like a lofty goal, but considering the average American expects to need approximately $1.9 million to afford retirement, according to a survey from Charles Schwab

In this Fool Live video, Healthcare and Cannabis Bureau Chief Corinne Cardina and longtime Motley Fool contributor Brian Orelli discuss the drugmakers that have developed treatments for COVID-19

With market speculation rife that railroad Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) is generating intense buyout interest, the stock price was always likely to be volatile around its earnings report

I started a position in Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) seven months ago. At the time, I expected the company to build long-term value from slow but stable growth in its light-emitting diode business, perhaps

Monoclonal antibodies from Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN) and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) designed to bind to the novel coronavirus have delivered solid clinical trial data suggesting they can help patients

In the past 70 years, the S&P 500 index has lost at least 10% of its value on 38 different occasions. So it's inevitable that it's going to happen again. But here's the good news: The S&P 500

2020 has certainly been the year of Zoom Video Communications. 

As the coronavirus pandemic upended the lives of both businesses and consumers worldwide, Zoom Video became a preferred method of

Last week, two of the three largest airlines in the world reported their third-quarter earnings results: Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL). Both companies reported hefty

Considering how poorly marijuana stocks have performed since the end of the first quarter of 2019, you might find what I'm about to say hard to believe. But the fact is, cannabis could well be one

There's a lot of legwork that goes into vetting individual stocks. You need to check each company's cash flow, figure out what its competitive advantage entails, and determine how much long-term

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have surged this year, reflecting consumers' growing appetite for e-commerce amid the coronavirus pandemic. The stock is up a whopping 75% year to date, crushing the

As one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) competes in a broad array of disease markets, producing medicines in the oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular

The 2020 election is approaching, and in 2021 America might see a Green New Deal signed into law.

Note that I didn't say "will," but "might." If President Trump wins reelection, chances of a Green

Square (NYSE: SQ) has been one of the best-performing stocks through one of the worst economic periods in decades. Its stock price is up a whopping 199% year to date in a market where the S&P 500 is

Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) have delivered impressive -- if somewhat volatile -- gains since the market crash in late February and early March, and these two growth

2020 has been an incredibly active year for IPOs. In the past few months alone, we've seen highly anticipated IPOs such as Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), and Palantir

Studying Warren Buffett's portfolio for investment ideas requires that investors differentiate between companies that remain a buy and the stocks Berkshire Hathaway owns for other reasons. It makes

Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON) and Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) are two highly promising cannabis companies competing in the recreational and medicinal markets worldwide. Surfing a wave of cannabis

Generally speaking, diversification is an excellent strategy. It allows investors to spread risk across different sectors in case something goes especially wrong for one company or in one area of

Medicare open enrollment started October 15 and will run through December 7. For many retirees, shopping for coverage during open enrollment is the best chance to keep medical costs down by choosing

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) epitomizes the types of stay-at-home businesses that have benefited from people sheltering during the coronavirus pandemic. Consumers have turned to services like Netflix as

Which coronavirus vaccine candidate is the one to closely monitor right now? There's a good case to be made that it's BNT162b2, which was developed by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX).

It's easy to underappreciate just how much progress has been made in researching SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. During the last major pandemic to hit the U.S. (the 1918

It's been a wild year on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P 500 has broken many records. We've witnessed the fastest bear market decline of at least 30% in history, the quickest rebound to new highs