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Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has been chipping away at arch-rival NVIDIA's (NASDAQ: NVDA) discrete graphics card market share for a few years now, and did it once again in the first quarter

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) operates a global network of transportation services for businesses and consumers.

While you're probably familiar with UPS in some capacity, you might be unfamiliar

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented economic destruction in the U.S., and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act attempted to mitigate the damage to household finances by

Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG) has taken investors on a wild ride in 2020. Shares traded for around $40 in January, reflecting shareholders' optimism about the REIT's plans to redevelop

Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy. While the recent slump in commodity prices might go down as the culprit, the company's issues run much deeper than that.

The

When investors see stock from a well-known company such as Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) plunge, it's tempting to pick up shares at a low price while awaiting a rebound -- after all, buy low and sell high

These are challenging times for big media stocks. Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) are doing just fine with their stay-at-home businesses. Disney+ has been a hit since its November

The real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has been smashed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mortgage REITs have seen the value of their assets fall, with their sources of funding severely

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) have surged recently, briefly crossing $1,000 per share earlier this week. Though shares have pulled back to around $950 more recently, the stock is still notably up

After a nearly year-long tumble culminating with the market meltdown in March 2020, shares of data analytics firm Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) are homing back in on all-time highs. Digital transformation

While George Soros might not be a household name like Warren Buffett, he's one of the most successful investors in modern history. Having donated $32 billion to causes, Soros' current wealth is $8.3

Boeing (NYSE: BA) shares have been all over the map in 2020, losing half their value in March alone as part of a broader pandemic-related market sell-off. Since early May the bulls have largely been

It has been less than two years since Guardant Health's (NASDAQ: GH) IPO in October 2018. Since that time, shares of the cancer diagnostic company have returned 298%, compared to the S&P 500's 2.47%

The COVID-19 crisis hasn't just had a health-related impact; it's also caused a world of financial hurt. Not only did U.S. unemployment levels reach record highs in both April and May, but back in

Despite this past week's pullback, bank stocks have been on a nice run as of late, buoyed by the gradual reopening of state economies and people getting back to work. In the first week of June

In 2018, the founder of Bicycle Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BCYC), Sir Gregory Winter, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in developing phage display (use of viruses that infect

If you had invested $1,000 in shares of mid-cap biotech company Fate Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FATE) when it IPO'd, you would have close to $4,823.33 as of markets' close on June 11. That's an

Cash is at a premium in the cannabis industry these days. For investors, it's an important consideration when investing in a pot stock because those without much cash on hand could be in for a rough

Many companies have shifted into high gear to address the multiple needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two at the forefront of these efforts are OPKO Health (NASDAQ: OPK) and Emergent

Unbelievably, stocks have recouped just about all of their losses from the coronavirus crash.

The NASDAQ reached an all-time high, topping 10,000 earlier this week, and until Thursday's plunge, the

Today's stock market is starting to feel like the dot-com bubble, according to billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban.

In an interview with Real Vision, Cuban said that it wasn't just

Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the country, and countless small businesses continue to struggle. And while a modicum of relief has come

Investing in the stock market can be daunting, especially during economic downturns. The stock market can experience extreme volatility at times, which can be concerning when your life savings are

So far in 2020, no biotech has come close to pulling off a huge initial public offering (IPO) even close to what Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) did in late 2018. That's no knock against any of the biotechs

When starting a portfolio from scratch, simplicity is key. Rather than trying to find the small-cap diamond in the rough, new investors are better served by focusing on a more straightforward