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The stock of Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is trailing the market this year. It fell 29% compared to a 4% decline in the S&P 500 through the end of June, according to data provided by S&P Global Market

Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) shareholders are trailing the market this year as their stock fell 11% compared to a 4% decline in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Ailing retailer Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) has told its landlords it will only pay half the rent they're due for the rest of 2020 and will use comparable-store sales to determine whether it will

Though the IRS teased in late June that it would potentially be moving the July 15 tax-filing deadline back even further, the agency has since made it clear that it is, in fact, sticking with that

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX), a late-stage vaccine developer, is poised for yet another strong session today. Specifically, the biotech's shares jumped by as much as 35% in premarket trading Tuesday

After the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act authorized COVID-19 stimulus money for most Americans, the IRS sent out or scheduled around 159 million payments worth more than

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has joined the exalted ranks of $3,000-plus stocks. The company hit that milestone on Monday, when its stock closed above that level for the first time in its history.

In

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, marijuana sales are skyrocketing as many people are turning to the product to deal with isolation, anxiety, and depression.

Indeed, new market research

Shares of Dollar General (NYSE: DG) jumped 22.1% over the first six months of 2020, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, versus a 3% loss for the S&P 500 index. 

Considering that

This has been a difficult year for many Americans, and with everything else that's going on in the world, taxes may be the last thing you want to think about. However, if you haven't already filed

Shares of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) rose 12.4% in June, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

PayPal's shares have already gone up 57.3% year to date, and have been hitting new

The first half of 2020 contained some of the biggest market moves investors have seen in years. The S&P 500 was down 30% in mid-March and then soared over the next several weeks to almost break back

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) recently announced a new promotion offering its higher-tier FiOS internet customers up to 12 months of Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Hulu for free. That's in addition to the 12 months of

The stock market may be experiencing remarkable growth at the moment, but the U.S. economy is officially in a recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The economy and the

Stocks have proven to be one of the most powerful vehicles for building wealth over time. But the types of stocks an investor should pick tend to change depending on what their investing goals are

Choosing when to claim Social Security benefits is one of the most important decisions you'll make, because it will permanently affect your monthly retirement income.

To receive the full benefit

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) was one of the first companies to kick off a phase 1 clinical trial for its investigational COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273. The trial in question, led by the National Institutes

Shares of integrated energy giant Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) fell a painful 26% in the first half of 2020, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That's bad, but it was even

Three of the best-performing pharmaceutical stocks over the past year have been clinical-stage biotech and biopharmaceutical companies -- businesses that aren't making profits but have promising

Cloud services provider Fastly's (NYSE: FSLY) stock price has increased by more than 650% from its March lows. Granted, the coronavirus pandemic boosted the edge cloud platform's first-quarter

The stock market has been fast and furious so far in 2020, with a huge bear market drop in the first quarter giving way to a significant recovery for stocks in the second quarter. Even with the big

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has rocketed higher again in recent days, after the company easily beat analysts' estimates for its second-quarter production and vehicle deliveries. While the COVID-19

For years, there wasn't a hotter investment opportunity on Wall Street than marijuana stocks. Until the end of the first quarter of 2019, you could have thrown a dart at a list of publicly traded

When countless businesses were forced to shut down earlier in the year due to COVID-19, it was clear that jobless claims would quickly skyrocket. And did they ever. April's 14.7% unemployment rate

Video games have never been more popular, and strong performance from gaming companies amid this year's coronavirus-related volatility has highlighted interactive entertainment's appeal as a