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The year 2013 was a pivotal one for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). That's when the on-demand streaming service debuted House of Cards, its first-ever original series. It was a smart move: Though creating

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have both delivered market-beating gains for investors over the past decade. While Activision Blizzard makes some of the most popular

If you're sitting on some extra cash right now, consider yourself lucky. Between job losses and market crashes, there are a lot of people who can't say that this year. 

You obviously want to hold

In March, U.S. air travel demand crashed from near 2019 levels to down more than 90% year over year. Refunds started to outpace cash ticket sales for many airlines, putting severe stress on their

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) and Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) both joined the public markets with initial public offerings this year. Lemonade is an insurance technology company that leverages artificial

The stock market has had a wild ride in 2020, and with three months left in the year, there's no guarantee that there won't be even more craziness to come. As the end of the year approaches, more

Data is the oil of the digital economy. Like crude over the last couple of centuries, information is what drives the new economy forward. The similarities don't stop there because, like oil, data

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) is grabbing market share in the clothing business, but its industry is shrinking. The online apparel retailer recently closed out its fiscal 2020 in strong fashion, with a

If you're thinking of claiming your Social Security benefits, you may want to take a moment to make certain you're really ready to act. Your claiming choice can be hard to undo, and it affects the

Chinese e-commerce is booming, and it's hard to ignore JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) when sizing up the strongest players in the world's most populous nation. JD.com bills itself as China's largest online

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) is one of those companies that is high risk and high reward potential for investors. The company is literally trying to invent space flight as a business model, and

If you started investing $5,000 a year for retirement at age 25 and earned 6% returns, you'd have $825,000 by the time you turned 65. 

But what if you waited until 35 to start investing? At 65

Investors looking at where to put their money can benefit by identifying key factors at a company, including visionary leadership, a track record of strong performance, and a business at the center

Shares of Dillard's (NYSE: DDS) plunged earlier this year along with other department store stocks as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted apparel demand, eviscerated store traffic, and eventually forced

The gradual reopening of the U.S. economy coupled with the harsh reality that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over has put airlines in a difficult spot. Their challenge: to make the travel

For Americans with access to them, workplace 401(k)s can be the simplest type of retirement account. After all, signing up for one just involves doing a little paperwork and requesting to have money

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) operates with some of the slimmest margins in retail.

Historically, the company's gross margin is just around 13%, compared to competitors who tend to have gross

While the stock market has soared since bottoming out in March amid the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing valuations of some prominent stocks to record highs, there are still some cheap

In an accelerating digital world where business can be conducted from almost anywhere, the e-agreement business is booming. DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) outperformed in its last quarter, and earlier this

The high-growth cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) announced this week that it agreed to acquire Preempt Security for $96 million in (mostly) cash and stock, which will

Being married means learning how to compromise, and sometimes, it means doing things that benefit your life partner more so than they benefit you. That philosophy applies not just to life in

Tesla's stock has had such a good year in 2020 that it's worth asking if the upside for investors is worth the price. Shares trade at over 14 times sales and minuscule earnings make the P/E ratio

After a devastating crash earlier this year, the stock market made a stunning recovery in the months that followed.

However, the last few weeks have been rough on the market. The S&P 500, the Dow

Jabil's (NYSE: JBL) stock recently rose after the electronics manufacturing company's fourth-quarter numbers beat Wall Street's expectations.

Its revenue rose 11% year-over-year to $7.3 billion

Right now, the mortgage banking sector is red hot. It's experiencing its best year since the salad days of the real estate bubble about 15 years ago, with the Mortgage Bankers Association predicting