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By Stacy Pollack

The monthly benefit you receive from Social Security in retirement is based on your earnings during your 35 highest-paid years in the workforce. But you actually have the power to raise that benefit substantially. All you need to do is delay your filing until age 70 to score the

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has been getting a lot of attention these days for remdesivir, its possible treatment for the coronavirus, which so far has resulted in more than 2,000 deaths. Even though remdesivir could be a plus for the company if approved, there are still too

By Heather Huhman

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) continues to deliver strong performance. During the past quarter, the cloud cybersecurity specialist posted guidance-beating results, and management raised its full-year outlook. But revenue growth is decelerating and losses are increasing as the company ra

Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) has become a cash flow machine over the past two years. The oil company has produced free cash flow after funding growth and paying its dividend in each of the last eight quarters. Overall, it has generated $1.3 billion in excess cash during that time f

The past several years have not been very kind to investors in Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE: SKT). The owner of outdoor outlet malls has seen its shares lose more than two-thirds of their value from the 2016 peak, and now trade at 10-year-lows. Moreover, the sell-off in

You probably already know about the gender gap as it applies to traditional jobs, but you might be surprised to know that it's also an issue with side hustles. The Ascent recently conducted a survey of nearly 500 adults with side hustles and found that the average man earned nea

Younger Americans are often flagged as financially irresponsible, caring little about their lack of savings and more about their social media feeds. But new data from Nationwide reveals that millennials have a number of near-term money-related concerns. Here are their top three

Investors looking for high-growth, high-risk investments in the most cutting-edge areas of biotech should consider the world of gene editing. While there aren't many companies in this market to choose from, the few stocks that are dedicated to developing gene-editing drugs have

Early in 2019, e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) responded to the "retail apocalypse" by closing all 22 of its retail stores, laying off about half of its USA workforce in the process. Relying on its online savvy and e-commerce for sales, e.l.f. seems to be running as a profitable enter

The COVID-19 coronavirus. Presidential campaigns. Uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve Board will do with interest rates. All of these factors have weighed on investors' minds as the stock market pulled back this week.

The 2020 presidential race is off and running, and there have been some early surprises in the first couple of contests. After having lagged by considerable margins in most polls leading up to February's Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) made

It's been a few months since Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) completed its $74 billion purchase of Celgene, but investors still aren't sure if a couple of key assets that spurred the transaction will ever generate sales.

The rules for divvying up your assets are a bit different in retirement than during your working years. The reason? When you still have a paycheck coming in from work, you can afford to take on more risk in your investment portfolio. Once that steady paycheck goes away, you'll w

Patient investors were finally rewarded after Domino's (NYSE: DPZ) posted better-than-expected earnings, handily beating Wall Street's top- and bottom-line estimates. Shares soared 25% on the news.

Today, more than 64 million people are receiving a Social Security benefit each month. Among these recipients, more than 80% are seniors, many of whom are at least somewhat reliant on their monthly stipend from the program to make ends meet.

(RTTNews) - Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) has agreed to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil probes into fraudulent sales practices involving the opening of millions of accounts without customer authorization, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday. Wells Fargo's $3 billio

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