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There are plenty of good reasons to save for retirement in a 401(k) plan. For one thing, many employers that sponsor 401(k)s also match employee contributions to varying degrees, which means you may have an opportunity to snag free money for your senior years. Furthermore, 401(k

Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) shares have been on an epic run since bottoming in March amid the market panic over COVID-19. The shares closed at just $118.18 on March 23 but now change hands at a whopping $270 per share only about three months later. Here's why the stock is still a buy.

Summer is here, but with many households confined indoors due to COVID-19, video game stocks are doing well. In fact, while the S&P 500 remains down 6% year to date, all the largest U.S. video game studio pure-plays are up. Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), the largest of

GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH) and Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CARA) often get lumped together as cannabinoid-focused biotechs. However, that label is really only applicable to GW Pharmaceuticals. Although Cara Therapeutics has done some preclinical testing on a cannabinoid r

All the volatility in the marketplace this year has created some opportunities for income-focused investors. That's because dividend yields rise as stock prices decline. While several market sectors have rebounded from their initial COVID-19 sell-off, energy and real estate rema

Historically, the tech industry was not known for paying dividends to investors. Although Microsoft and Cisco have become dividend stalwarts today, back in the 1990s and early 2000s, they famously eschewed dividends, preferring to reinvest their profits into growing their busin

Leading move theater operator AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) drew a line in the sand when it announced plans to have most of its major multiplexes open by July 15, but now the industry is moving the sandbox. Christopher Nolan's time-bending Tenet was supposed to be put out by AT&

Though COVID-19 has hammered the U.S. economy on a whole, small businesses have been exceptionally vulnerable to its wrath. More than 100,000 small businesses have already closed their doors, and nearly a quarter say they're considering ceasing to operate permanently, according

Wall Street might decide to ignore companies with a significant number of insiders holding stock, but that doesn't mean private investors should do the same. In fact, investors in dividend aristocrat Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), gardening and marijuana play Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE

Shortly after giving up on live-streaming, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is doing likewise with retail. The company announced last week that it would be permanently closing all physical retail stores in a major strategic shift, thus ending a decadelong experiment in replicating Apple

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is finally bringing plant-based meats to U.S. stores after serving the products in other global markets. This follows the company's move toward plant-based milks and other actions to promote sustainability. 

Time after time, investors have seen the same scenario play out. A crisis arises, and stocks sell off hard. Things look bad. There doesn't seem to be any bottom in sight.

After a dismal fourth quarter, Nike (NYSE: NKE) is looking to the digital channel to pull out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the COVID-19 crisis first hit home, it caught a lot of people off-guard even though reports of an emerging health threat had been circulating since early in the year. In fact, many had to upend their lives at a moment's notice by shifting to remote work, pulling their kids

A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Big Lots (BIG). Shares have added about 17.3% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.

Semiconductors are by no means new technology, but even though they are a near-omnipresent part of life today, it's still a growth industry. If all-out innovation and growth within chips is what you're looking for, Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) isn't the right stock. However,

Dave & Buster's (NASDAQ: PLAY) stock became one of many victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The forced closures of its entertainment venues sent the stock plunging to single-digit levels. Although shares recovered partially from the March lows, it did not see the kind of rally

In 2019, the diabetes treatment and drug market in the United States reached a landmark valuation of over $15 billion.  By 2025, the total valuation of the U.S. and European diabetes treatment markets is expected to top $16 billion and $10 billion, respectively. If you have bee

Canada is quietly the world's fourth largest oil producer. However, despite being a sizable market participant, it's in the shadows of the big three -- U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Russia -- mainly because nearly all of its exports flow to its neighbor to the south. That means many i

Unsurprisingly, BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) posted weak fiscal first-quarter results because of its automotive business as the industry has been facing headwinds because of the coronavirus pandemic. Besides these (hopefully) short-term challenges, investors should actually worry abo