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Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is feeling good about its new fiscal year. After the many difficulties it faced from the coronavirus pandemic, the company has been mostly upbeat when discussing its prospects. The international coffee chain had the majority of its owned and licensed stor

2020 will be remembered as a volatile year in the stock market. After crashing in March, the broader market has seen high highs and low lows, and the S&P 500 index is up 10% year to date through Friday's close.

Joe Biden won't be inaugurated as president for almost two months, but investors would do well to use this time to consider the potential impact his policies would have on certain industries. Firearms manufacturers are certainly in the crosshairs as both the Democrat's campaign w

Americans are streaming more video than ever before amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The average U.S. household now subscribes to 2.5 streaming services versus 2.1 a year ago, according to an estimate from analysts at UBS. Americans signed up for 9 million total new subscriptions last

Key Points Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) are two of the 100 most popular stocks for Robinhood investors. Amazon continues to grow as e-commerce demand has surged this year. PayPal's payment platform is benefiting from an increase in digital payments a

We've now heard interim results for two of the leading coronavirus vaccine candidates. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) announced initial data for their experimental COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 on Nov. 9, 2020. Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) followed up a week later with inte

Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE) is considerably behind Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), and the rest of the leaders in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. While multiple vaccines have completed phase 3 clinical trials or will in the

Key Points E-commerce sales have accelerated amid the pandemic this year with some marketplaces even reporting triple-digit percentage growth relative to 2019. In spite of the growth, digital commerce in emerging markets like Latin America and Southeast Asia represent a tiny fr

Chinese tech giants took a plunge earlier this month, after the country's State Administration for Market Regulation released guidelines for new rules to limit abuses of monopolistic power.Many Chinese tech giants have come to dominate their respective fields, and use that consid

As you're preparing for retirement, it's easy to get caught up with the big questions: How much should I save? What age should I retire? When should I claim Social Security benefits?While these are all important questions, it's equally critical that you're thinking about the more

Nike (NYSE: NKE) has been one of the biggest surprise success stories of the coronavirus pandemic.While nearly the entire apparel retail sector has been hammered by the crisis, Nike, after an initial setback, has thrived. The stock is up 30% year to date, and looks like the rare

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There's a new coronavirus treatment option that will go a long way to prevent hospitals from getting swarmed with severe patients this winter. On Saturday night, Regeneron's (NASDAQ: REGN) COVID-19 treatment candidate, REGEN-COV2, earned emergency use authorization (EUA) from the

It's possible to earn life-changing wealth in the stock market.Though it's not easy, if you can identify a terrific business and hold it for many years, you can earn a fortune. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is one such company.

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It's hard to underestimate Walmart (NYSE: WMT). After all, it's the biggest company in the world by revenue -- and the biggest retailer.The company is on track to generate more than $550 billion in revenue this year, and after a strong third-quarter earnings report, the retail st

On Wednesday, the FAA formally recertified the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX for commercial service. After being grounded for more than 20 months, Boeing's top-selling model can finally take to the skies again, once airlines complete necessary maintenance work and pilot training.Howe

If you could get a coronavirus inoculation this afternoon, you probably wouldn't care if the clinician told you that the shot might feel a bit chilly. But when it comes to hiring employees or judging which vaccine is going to sell better, it pays to know the difference between ca

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) was arguably the trendiest tech stock of 2020. It went public in September as the largest software IPO in history, attracted big investments from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and salesforce.com, and doubled in value on the first day.It's easy to see

Age 62 is the earliest age to claim Social Security. Age 70 is when credits for delaying your benefits stop accruing. There's an important number between those two that you should really be aware of: your full retirement age, or FRA.Why is FRA important? It's simple. That number