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Hanesbrands (NYSE: HBI), which manufacturers basic apparel and activewear under the Hanes and Champion brands, depends heavily on brick-and-mortar retailers. In 2019, around 82% of U.S. sales were

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) hard in 2020. Store traffic plunged beginning in March, due to consumers' fears about the virus and the imposition of stay-at-home orders in many

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is one of the hottest airline stocks around, given its size and track record for strong free cash flow. Yet even with the stock's impressive run over the last few

Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) stock is currently trading down about 48% from 52-week highs reached in 2019, and bargain hunters are considering whether to take a bite of what was a growth stock. But

In addition to everything else that you've found yourself worrying about in 2020 -- fire tornadoes! murder hornets! -- a weakening dollar has now entered the mix. The US dollar is currently trading

Robinhood investors apparently like pharmaceutical stocks, but a quick perusal of some of their favorites bring up three awful choices and one that might just turn out to be a good one.

Buying

One of the biggest macro themes to come out of the COVID-19 crisis has been the exodus from the cities. Lengthy stay-at-home orders have demonstrated the downside of crowded urban environments

Shares of Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) shot up by 8.7% on Tuesday after the Southeast Asian internet company delivered a sparkling second-quarter earnings report. Sea handily beat even optimistic analysts

Did you know that Americans have a preference for certain numbers, and in particular the number zero? This may seem like a harmless fact, but this odd quirk of human behavior could be very costly.

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) is a biotech at the center stage of the investment world right now as it works to create a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. This is undoubtedly a colossal venture; a successful

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, investors in coronavirus treatment and coronavirus vaccine stocks have generally seen their holdings rally, if not spike. After all, the deadly virus has taken

Heightened consumer demand prompted by the coronavirus pandemic has helped Amazon stock climb more than 75% in 2020. These same conditions have also helped propel e-commerce software provider

Marijuana is projected to be one of the fastest-growing industries this decade. With tens of billions of dollars being sold annually in the North American black market, it might be only a matter of

The coronavirus crisis has had a profound economic impact, and while some people have managed to coast through the past five months financially unscathed, others are truly struggling to make ends

NetEase's (NASDAQ: NTES) stock price rose over 50% this year as the Chinese tech giant impressed investors with the resilience of its gaming, online education, and advertising businesses throughout

Just before I sat down to write this, the S&P 500 hit a fresh all-time high. That means that the most popular benchmark stock index is actually more expensive than it was at its pre-coronavirus

At first blush, Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AAXN) is just a simple manufacturer. Previously known as TASER International, the company makes stun guns and body cameras for police forces around the

Fifty years ago, who could have foreseen how innovations like the internet or mobile phones would completely transform society and the economy? If someone did, they are probably very wealthy today

There has been no stopping lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) lately. Over the last five years, the athletic apparel maker has nearly doubled its revenue, and earnings per share have grown even

The issues in the cannabis industry predate the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past year, pot companies have generally delivered subpar financial results, and their performances on the stock market

Despite high unemployment and a fraught economic climate, the stock market has fully recovered since bottoming out earlier this year. All three major U.S. market indexes, the S&P 500, Nasdaq

The strength of its dividend is just one of the reasons why investors, including Mr. Warren Buffett, choose to hold Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) stock. The blue chip's annual payout, now at $1.64 per share

Generating a 10x return in under a decade isn't normal, even for growth stocks. But the investors who find these companies can generate market-crushing returns in the long term. 

As I looked back on

If you have money in a retirement savings plan that isn't a Roth IRA, you're probably familiar with required minimum distributions, or RMDs. RMDs were initially required starting at age 70 1/2, but

There's a new stock of a small biotech with a promising coronavirus vaccine now available to U.S. investors. CureVac (NASDAQ: CVAC) held its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq stock