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It's been an incredible year for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, which in 2020 have become a preferred vehicle for early-stage companies wanting access to public markets.

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You're targeting retirement in 25 short years and you don't own a home. The quandary is, should you buy a home so that someday you can do away with the cost of rent? Or should you focus solely on

The stock market has, overall, been on a tear this year. Despite a recession, a pandemic, and a contentious presidential election, investors have been very optimistic, pushing the S&P 500 up 8.7% so

Many cancer patients undergoing treatment have impaired immune systems, so it's not a big surprise that some of them stayed away from clinic settings during the spring, when cases of COVID-19 were

Canadian marijuana company Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) sells everything from raw cannabis flowers to THC-infused beverages and cannabidiol hand creams. With its diverse collection of brands, it's

While Canada technically made medical cannabis legal in 2001, its federal courts didn't allow producers to market cannabis until 2016. Recreational cannabis, which included flowers, oils, plants,

For investors in pharmaceutical companies, few things are more concerning than a loss of market share, particularly if it's because of the patent expiration of a blockbuster drug. Bristol Myers

After shutting down its season on March 11, the NBA resumed games four months later, isolated in a Walt Disney World complex. After that four-month experiment in sequestering teams, coaches, and

October has been a good month for the marijuana industry, with the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF up about 13% so far against the S&P 500's 4% climb. Many pot stocks, including Canopy Growth 

Over the last few months, AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) have emerged as frontrunners in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. Both vaccine efforts are in the midst of the final

With over a decade of rapid cloud expansion, the next wave of data center-powered computing is now under way: edge computing. Put simply, edge computing brings data out of a centralized cloud to a

When you're saving for retirement, it's imperative to consider all costs you're likely to incur in your later years. Unfortunately, just over a quarter of Americans are laboring under a major

After losing almost 40% of its price in the March crash, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) stock turned positive year to date just last week. Revenue is steadily improving, and the company beat on sales and

Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), the world's largest brewer, has lost 40% of its stock value over the past 12 months as it struggled with sluggish sales of beer, high commodity costs, and

Investing guru Warren Buffett once said, "We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful." In the context of Aurora Cannabis' (NYSE: ACB) fall

Canadian cannabis company Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) saw a bright future ahead when Canada legalized adult-use recreational marijuana in October 2018. But Aurora's acquisition spending spree, rapid

If you are in a financial position to invest $5,000 in new stocks today, you will find no shortage of exciting options. If you would like to balance the potential for solid returns with long-term

It's no secret that companies involved in cloud computing, virtual direct-to-consumer sales, artificial intelligence (AI), and augmented reality (AR) are onto something big. Two exciting stocks come

It's no longer a secret that the software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model has huge advantages. It costs next to nothing to give a new customer access; upgrades are the norm; and wide moats form

For investors in troubled Canadian marijuana cultivator Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB), good news is in short supply. The company is nowhere near profitability, and its stock has been falling since

It's been a challenging year for Wall Street. We've witnessed the quickest bear market decline of at least 30% in history, as well as the most ferocious comeback of all time, with the benchmark S&P

While many businesses struggle to survive the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are thriving. The two benefit as people worldwide are hesitant

Investors (and people!) looking back on 2020 years from now will no doubt call it a year like no other in their lifetimes. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted habits -- and perhaps helped form

It's fair to say that 2020 has been a miserable year for many of us, so much so that at this point, a lot of people are probably ready to wish it away. But for better or worse, we only have about 11

You need three things to buy and hold a stock for a decade: conviction, trust, and patience. You must be strongly convinced that the underlying company has solid growth catalysts for several years