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Big Lots' Comparable Sales Continue Pandemic-Led Surge
Off-price retailer Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) is expecting even bigger gains in the second quarter than previously estimated, announcing sales were far outpacing even the elevated outlook it had provided
Why Ideanomics Stock Is Getting Demolished Today
Shares of Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) are getting demolished today, down by 45% as of noon EDT on Friday, after two short-sellers accused the company of fraud. Hindenburg Research and J Capital
Microsoft Is Permanently Closing Nearly All Retail Stores
Software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is taking a "new approach to retail." The company is closing all of its physical Microsoft Store locations, except for four remaining locations, for good
Why VBI Vaccines Stock Is Skyrocketing Today
Shares of VBI Vaccines (NASDAQ: VBIV) were skyrocketing 24.4% as of 11:53 a.m. EDT on Friday. The drugmaker didn't announce any news, but there appeared to be three factors potentially driving VBI's
Better Buy: Netflix vs. AT&T
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is a streaming media giant that hardly needs an introduction. AT&T (NYSE: T) acquired Time Warner, now called WarnerMedia, with its own plans to tackle the streaming media
Why Big Lots Stock Was Going Much Higher Today
Shares of discount retailer Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) were trading much higher on Friday morning after the company provided its shareholders with an unscheduled business update for its current second
Is Peloton Stock a Buy?
Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) is a rapidly growing connected fitness equipment and media business that's leading the reinvention of the home fitness industry. Here's why the stock is a buy.
Would Wells Fargo Stay Above the CET1 Minimum in Stress Test Scenario?
Based on the results of its annual stress test, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) would remain well above the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio even in the event of a severe and lengthy global recession, the
Why Virgin Galactic Stock Popped More Than 5% This Morning
Shares of space tourism start-up Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) lifted off early Friday, rising as much as 5.6% before gravity reasserted its hold upon the stock. As of 12:07 p.m. EDT today
Why Centennial Resource Development Stock Dipped at the Open on June 26
Shares of U.S. onshore exploration and production company Centennial Resource Development (NASDAQ: CDEV) dropped sharply in early trading on Wall Street. By about 11 a.m. Wall Street time, the stock
Is Market Timing Really as Horrible as Everyone Says?
Nobody likes to see losses in their investment portfolios. It's the dream of avoiding those losses that leads so many investors to try to time the market.
Like many of my colleagues at The Motley
Square's New Approach to Food Delivery
Square (NYSE: SQ) sold its food delivery business, Caviar, to DoorDash last summer in a deal worth $410 million. But now the payments company wants back in.
Square launched On-Demand Delivery this
Better Buy: Universal Display vs. LG Display
Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED) and LG Display (NYSE: LPL) offer investors two different ways to profit from the global display panel market. Universal Display owns the world's largest portfolio of
Why Novavax Is Sinking Today
Shares of Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) are down by 5.9% as of 11:29 a.m. EDT on Friday -- after plunging by more than 10% earlier today -- and this despite the company not reporting any news. However, we
Why Axsome Therapeutics Stock Is Jumping Today
Shares of Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AXSM) were jumping 13.8% as of 11:15 a.m. EDT on Friday. The big gain came after the drugmaker announced that the Food and Drug Administration granted a
Bain Capital to Buy Virgin Australia Out of Bankruptcy
Virgin Australia, the discount airline that's owned in part (but not in whole) by Sir Richard Branson's privately held Virgin Group, filed for bankruptcy in April after being denied a $964 million
Can Six Flags Handle a Recession?
Large crowds, long lines, and high-touch surfaces make an amusement park the perfect incubator for a contagious disease like COVID-19. Nevertheless, Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX) is reopening
Eldorado Must Sell Several Casinos to Win FTC Approval for Its Caesars Deal
Eldorado Resorts (NASDAQ: ERI) received a directive this morning from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on several casino properties it must divest to obtain regulatory approval for its planned
Is Southern Company Stock a Buy?
The Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is one of the largest utilities in the United States. It currently offers investors a yield of roughly 4.6%, toward the high end in the utility sector. However, it
Thank Kanye West's Yeezy for Sending Gap Stock Flying This Morning
Shares of Gap (NYSE: GPS) were flying higher on Friday morning after the company announced a partnership with Kanye West's fashion brand, Yeezy. As of 10:40 a.m. EDT, the stock was up 32% but had
Why Luckin Coffee Stock Plunged 50% Today
Shares of Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK) plummeted on Friday after the Chinese coffeehouse company disclosed that it will be delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market.
As of 11:11 a.m. EDT, Luckin's stock
2 Cannabis Companies That Are Looking Desperate
Investors can't just rely on quarterly earnings results to assess how well a company's doing. Often it's what happens in between those reports that can offer a key glimpse into how well the business
FuelCell Energy to Join Russell 3000 Index
On Monday, FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) will find itself the new kid in the Russell 3000 Index. The company announced today that it expects to join the index, which tracks U.S. markets' 3,000
3 Hot Stocks That Can Double Again in the Second Half of 2020
There are dozens of stocks with market caps north of $1 billion that have more than doubled this year. Some of them will struggle to hold on to those gains, but there are some big winners in 2020



