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This has been a year of many stock market firsts. We've witnessed the quickest plunge into bear market territory in history, as well as the fastest rebound from a bear market bottom to new all-time

The great thing about living in the United States is that we have virtually unlimited choices. (Proof: Have you ever checked out the potato chip aisle?) The same holds true for the cornucopia of

If there's one lesson that 2020's market volatility has taught investors, it's this: No stock is 100% safe. That, however, doesn't mean that risk-averse people should stay away from equities

Nobody likes to pay taxes. Yet many taxpayers don't understand just how favorable current federal income tax rates are compared to where they've been in the past. The current top marginal tax rate

Neither BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) nor Vir Biotechnology (NASDAQ: VIR) has become a household name in the U.S. They might never reach that status, but both could be very important for many American

I was a little late to the party in buying Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH). After watching the stock soar during the latter part of 2018 and the first half of 2019, I finally jumped in to scoop up

You may not realize it now, but there's a very good chance that, when you retire, you're going to be reliant on Social Security income to make ends meet. In the latest national Gallup poll of

It wasn't all that long ago that billion-dollar U.S. cannabis companies were rarer than four-leaf clovers stuck on the horns of unicorns. That's changed. Cresco Labs (OTC: CRLBF) and Trulieve

The coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh on the global economy, and maybe no industry has been hit harder than commercial transportation. Airlines in particular face a tough path forward; even as

It's been a wild year on Wall Street, and Robinhood investors simply can't get enough of it.

Robinhood, the online investing platform best known for offering commission-free trades and doling out

NASA announced Friday that it has awarded SpaceX a $109.4 million contract to launch its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), along with four secondary payloads, on a mission to

Investors apparently aren't interested in seeing another stock market correction -- at least not this week. The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX:^%GSPC) gained 51.9 points, or 1.6%, on Sept. 25. Today's move

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American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) said late Friday that it has finalized a $5.5 billion loan from the U.S. Treasury and could borrow up to $2 billion more next month depending on how many other

The stock market has been looking for a strong recovery, and on Friday, it finally got one. Even though investors are still uncertain about what another potential round of federal government

Shares of unprofitable tech stocks Appian (NASDAQ: APPN), Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA), and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) all popped in Friday trading, closing 4.6%, 5.7%, and 5.8% higher, respectively.

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After weeks of verbal back-and-forth, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has agreed to waive its 30% take of paid events hosted on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). In an effort to help businesses adapt to the times

AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) signed a large coronavirus vaccine-delivery deal with Canada on Friday. The big pharmaceutical company will deliver up to 20 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine

Shares of alternative-energy providers -- fuel cell stock Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE), solar panel installer Vivint Solar (NYSE: VSLR), and solar microinverter-maker Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) -- are

Shares of struggling cruise operators including Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL), Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH), and Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) jumped higher today after an

Shares of Boeing (NYSE: BA) were trading 5% higher at midday on Friday thanks to positive developments in the company's effort to get the 737 MAX airborne again.

The 737 MAX was grounded in March

Shares of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) rose again today, as investors continued to look to the tech stock as a go-to investment during the pandemic.

Zoom's stock rose by as much as 7.3%

Shares of Chinese travel-booking company Trip.com Group (NASDAQ: TCOM) went up on Friday, after the company reported unaudited results for the second quarter of 2020. As expected, revenue and

Boeing (NYSE: BA) is the target of a new shareholder lawsuit that claims the company's board failed to provide adequate oversight of the company during the lead up and response to a pair of fatal