A lot can change in 16 years. In 2009, a drug conviction landed Coss Marte a seven-year prison sentence. This year, Marte expects to bring in as much as $12 million selling cannabis legally. Marte, 39, is the founder and CEO of Conbud, one of the first businesses fully-licensed to sell recreational cannabis in Manhattan, […]

Of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Boeing’s share price fell the most in 2024. The planemaker got off to a worrying start with January’s Alaska Airlines blowout. Its new CEO also had to contend with a seven-week strike that contributed to delivery delays. Boeing’s painful 2024 ended with the planemaker ranking

If I were a betting person, I’d wager that pizza is probably the most common food on the average person’s list of favorite dishes. My evidence? Look at Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), a stock that has turned quick, cheap pizza into fortunes for long-term investors. A modest $1,000 investment in 2004 would be worth over

Sweetgreen (SG 3.27%) is a salad restaurant chain that went public in 2021. At the start of 2024, it was down nearly 80% from its price when it went public. It seemed that the investor community had zero appetite for this salad stock. But 2024 was a different story entirely. By November, the stock had

Student loan borrowers who have been in a holding pattern now have new options for their payment plans. Ongoing lawsuits have placed millions of borrowers enrolled in the Saving for a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan into forbearance and thrown student loan forgiveness initiatives into limbo. Because of this, borrowers may want to switch to a

Djelics | E+ | Getty Images Retirees can expect to see some big changes in 2025 when it comes to their Social Security and Medicare benefits. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill that will increase Social Security benefits for certain pensioners. Additionally, the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment goes into effect for

No one ever wants to look back in regret. But for many retirees, that’s the reality. Not to be a downer at this fresh start time of year, but it’s useful to hear retirees’ regrets — especially if you’re closing in on retirement yourself. “Despite improvements in savings habits and financial engagement, many retirees regret

The S&P 500 just finished another blowout year, highlighting how much sense it makes for investors to park some money in index-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The S&P 500 is often used as a proxy for the market, but it only tracks 500 companies out of thousands. It’s also an average, which means any of its

JetBlue Airways aircraft are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on June 15, 2013. Fred Prouser | Reuters The Department of Transportation fined JetBlue Airways $2 million for “chronically delayed flights,” the first penalty of its kind, the DOT said Friday. JetBlue operated four routes that were delayed

Over the last couple of years, technology stocks have captivated the investment world thanks in large part to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI). Within the AI realm, semiconductor stocks in particular have benefited greatly. This is due to the fact that semiconductor companies such as Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, and Broadcom make important infrastructure such