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Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) much-anticipated "Battery Day" came and went last week, with initial investor reaction indicating the event did not live up to the hype. Or perhaps better to say, Tesla reconfirmed what we already knew: Battery technology is a huge challenge for electric v

Oil prices have nosedived quite a few times in recent years. Each tumble has blown a hole in the cash flows of oil companies, causing their stock prices to tumble. Many have struggled to survive as these deep dives have caused wave after wave of bankruptcy filings. 

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc around the world. Regretfully, more than 31 million people have been infected by the virus, and more than 962,000 have lost their lives. If you consider the rest of the population, billions of people are experiencing significant changes

Many people had high hopes for the latest Star Wars trilogy when it debuted with The Force Awakens. But after the release of the third and final installment, The Rise of Skywalker, most critics and fans had gone negative on Disney's (NYSE: DIS) latest attempt to revamp the belov

Right now, there are 50 coronavirus vaccine candidates in clinical trials worldwide, and there is a good chance that at least one of them can earn approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If that happens, any business that had its revenues hit hard by COVID-19

I'm not going to bury the lede on this one, folks: The S&P 500 is expensive.

Since IPO'ing via a reverse merger into a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) 10 months ago, space tourism company Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) has reported quarterly earnings a total of three times. The first time, it reported a $73 million net loss on barely a half mill

Investing in stocks should be part of every retirement plan; it's one of the best ways to build wealth for your golden years. If you're approaching retirement and short of your savings goals, you need to put your money to work so you can live a comfortable retired life. Stocks c

The financial decisions we make can be tough, and even more so sometimes because they're so important: Our current and future comfort and security depends on how well we manage our finances.

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It's not always easy to decide on a company to invest in. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many attractive investing opportunities surfacing as lockdowns and movement-control restrictions curtail spending and send many businesses into a tailspin. However, cheap stocks may n

The stock market has been in a bit of a slump recently but is still miles above where it was at the March lows. In fact, even after the recent declines, the S&P 500 index is still in positive territory for 2020.

The U.S. stock market has sustained a scorching recovery run since April, pushing numerous major indexes to record highs. This has many investors considering alternative opportunities in other countries. Following a decade of steady gains and with economic uncertainty looming ov

Losing patent protection for a top-selling blockbuster drug is a big setback for any pharmaceutical company. For the past few months, investors and analysts have been concerned about pharmaceutical giant AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV). The company's major revenue driver, Humira -- which is

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 highs. Sprinkle in a brief period of negative West Texas Intermediate crude futur

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 stocks you can invest in. You can purchase more than 3,300 stocks on The Nasdaq exch

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. Investing in stocks remains one of the best paths to financial independence -- provided

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 of 37% is far below historical 90%+ brackets, and rates for those with fairly larg

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 shares in July of last year. I'm glad I did.

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 households in the not-too-distant future.