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Clinical-stage biotech company Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) has been one of the hottest stocks on the markets this year, going from just $4 per share at the start of 2020 to $110 today -- and that's after

If you had invested $5,000 in Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) on the day of its trading debut in May 2018, that investment would be worth just $2,762 as of Oct. 8 -- a devastating 45% loss. At one point

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ: NNOX), and GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) were cruising for a bruising. I generally fared

As the calendar turns to October, our thoughts are very different than in past years. The excitement of candy, turkey, gifts, and family gatherings on the horizon have been replaced by the

When the market crashed in March, many investors were left flatfooted, unsure of what to do. Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger used the word "frozen" in an interview with The Wall

Since reaching an all-time high of $33 per share on June 29, Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) is down nearly 61%, turning an investment of $10,000 at its peak to just $3,933 as of Oct. 8. Many

Many investors believe the real estate sector is a "boring" place to invest and that its returns couldn't possibly match that of the S&P 500 over time.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In

As a group, Robinhood investors tend to follow the latest hot trends in the markets. So while it's a safe bet that you'll find stocks like Apple and Tesla widely held in the portfolios of these

When Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) went public and ended its first day of trading roughly 112% higher than its offering price of $120, it reignited a growing debate over traditional IPOs and direct

If you're tired of all of the devastation 2020 has bestowed upon us and want to look forward to a much better 2021, then you may be thinking of retiring next year. That way, you'll get to enjoy the

Investing for the long term is the only kind of investing that makes sense. By harnessing the power of compounding, your investments can grow by multiples of what you originally put in. That said

If you jump on the bandwagon of a stock that's been rising sharply in value, you can run the risk of buying a company that's overpriced -- or one that's just not a good investment. But if you go

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has produced a handful of jaw-dropping numbers over the years. For example, the Oracle of Omaha, as he's come to be known, has led

Last month, investors went absolutely bananas for software initial public offerings, or IPOs. No company highlighted the craze more than Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) -- shares of which have more than

I know the term "game-changing" is used too often to describe stocks that don't change the game at all. Not every innovation that comes along will disrupt an industry. Not every stock that seems to

Presidential candidate Joe Biden is, like most older Americans, a recipient of Social Security benefits. In 2019, the Bidens collectively received a total of $52,595 from Social Security. The

This has been a year that's tried the patience of both tenured and novice investors. We've watched the benchmark S&P 500 set records to both the upside and downside, with the fastest bear market

Looks as if one of Warren Buffett's two younger lieutenants at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) just made a la.rge deep-value investment. Ted Wechsler, who joined Berkshire in 2011

The e-commerce trend has accelerated as consumers have moved online to buy everyday goods to avoid visiting brick-and-mortar retailers and risk getting exposed to the coronavirus. MercadoLibre's

If you could only buy one stock, would you buy a dependable Dividend Aristocrat with limited upside, or would you rather bet on a turnaround play with a much lower dividend yield?

If you just got

Saving for retirement is hard enough for most Americans, many of whom have far too little money set aside. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic has thrown another wrench into the works: Millions

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) announced an intriguing spinoff this week to accelerate its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) growth strategy. Whether the spinoff will generate

Stocks rose significantly last week as Wall Street tried to judge the likelihood that a new stimulus package aimed at supporting the U.S. economy would be passed. Both the Dow Jones Industrial

You've been paying your Social Security taxes for decades, and it's finally time to recoup that investment. Before you dive in and file that Social Security application, though, it's smart to review

It isn't an everyday occurrence that a company reports strong revenue and profit gains and experiences a sharp decrease in the stock price, falling 7% for the day. Yet that's exactly what happened