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Believe it or not, earnings season for Q2 is just around the corner. Streaming-TV company Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which is always one of the first major growth stocks to report earnings each

Every so often a company does something that just makes so much sense, and the deal that Gap (NYSE: GPS) has signed with Kanye West is one of them.

Although the rapper is controversial who brings

In a world of low interest rates, investors have had to become creative to find yield. One of the places they've found cash returns is in dividend stocks, particularly those that offer a relatively

Founded in 1930 and publicly traded since 1986, Markel (NYSE: MKL) has long been a solid, steady player in the specialty insurance market. Providing solutions for small businesses, real estate

Carnival's (NYSE: CCL) low stock price and strong brand make it look like a solid way for investors to bet on a rebound in the tourism industry. Previously, I argued that a rapid restart in cruise

Energy prices have been dealt a devastating blow by COVID-19. Every energy company has been forced to pull back, circle the wagons, and focus on basic survival, and an increasing number of companies

With the S&P 500 now only down 3% in 2020 after recovering much of its pullback during the coronavirus market crash, it's getting more difficult to find stocks that still look like bargains. But

What started as a trickle has quickly turned into a flood.

Less than two weeks after a coalition of nonprofit organizations launched the #StopHateForProfit campaign, some of the world's biggest

Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs since the world's COVID-19 pandemic became a U.S. crisis in March, and while the country's overall unemployment numbers fell in both May and June

There's been some significant buyer's remorse of late in the cannabis industry, with would-be acquirers backing out of deals or amending them. It's not uncommon for such deals to change between the

This has been a challenging year in so many respects for the American public. The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the way we interact with one another, and it's displaced more than 20

A clinical trial with thousands of hospitalized coronavirus patients failed to hit the mark for the last time on Thursday. A group of COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation failed to

It certainly hasn't been the easiest slog, but we've done it, folks. We've reached the second half of 2020, and it only took what felt like five years.

There's little question that the coronavirus

Shares of Baozun (NASDAQ: BZUN) were climbing last month after the Chinese e-commerce services provider posted better-than-expected earnings results during the peak of China's coronavirus lockdowns

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock rocketed 61.5% higher in the first half of 2020 (January through June), according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The S&P 500 returned negative 3.1% over

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) rose as much as 5.5% on Thursday before settling down to close 3.6% higher. The online hobby-posting company continued to benefit from the news that social media behemoth

Shares of Chinese e-commerce services provider Baozun (NASDAQ: BZUN) shot up nearly 9% on Thursday on seemingly no news, though there had been some bullish analyst sentiment published in the past 24

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) is now an internally managed company, after formally acquiring the entity that used to perform that work. The mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT)

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is stepping up as so many other major corporations have during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company isn't producing personal protective equipment or ventilators, though. Instead

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has issued notices to 2,558 pilots warning of potential layoffs, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, a worrisome sign of what to expect from airlines this fall if passenger

The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) finished trading on July 2 up 14.15 points, or 0.45%, ending the shortened week on a positive note as people head into the July 4 holiday weekend. 

Today's gains

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Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY)Q4 2020 Earnings CallJul 2, 2020, 12:00 p.m. ET

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On paper, it would appear the first half of 2020 set up nicely for Warren Buffett, the investor who famously said, "Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others were greedy." Investors

The Nasdaq exchange has had some of the most exciting companies in the stock market, and they've helped to make the Nasdaq the first major market benchmark to reach new highs. On Thursday, the

The stock market continued to gain ground on Thursday, going into the three-day holiday weekend with some strong momentum. Although the gains for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI)