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On April 30, after technology behemoth Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced first-quarter earnings, its shares dropped about 5% in after-hours trading. In the next few days, investors had taken the

One of the tried and true methods of investing in the stock market is to latch onto the leaders in emerging industries and hang on for the ride. However, as these businesses begin to mature, some of

Many active investors buy stocks on the hope of scoring outsize returns by purchasing the next Apple or Tesla. They also might remember eras such as the dot-com bubble or the housing boom and assume

Uber (NYSE: UBER) finished 2019 with roughly 26,900 employees, according to its annual report. Earlier this month, the ridesharing specialist said it was laying off 3,700 workers in its customer

When investing in stocks for retirement, one vital factor to consider is the durability of the companies you are buying. Protecting your capital is more crucial than growing your capital.

The most recent housing market data was, frankly, just awful.

Reports from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the National Association of Realtors

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) has benefited from an unusually positive operating environment as stay-at-home orders swept the globe in March and put a premium on digital entertainment options.

The athletic apparel industry is a ripe field to look for promising growth stocks, and at various points in the recent past, both lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Under Armour (NYSE: UA)

It's a strange time to be a dividend investor. Amid coronavirus, many top companies have been forced to suspend their dividends. In fact, there aren't that many sectors in which one can say that

One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the accelerated adoption of e-commerce by consumers. With stay-at-home orders and remote work becoming the new normal, even merchants that

Cresco Labs (OTC: CRLBF) and Trulieve Cannabis (OTC: TCNNF) are two of the biggest and most well-known cannabis companies in the U.S. However, their share prices have been faring very differently in

Whether athletic retailer adidas (OTC: ADDY.Y) can be a millionaire-maker stock depends partly on the amount of money you have to invest. The company most certainly had the potential to be a

Every year, about 17.3 million adults in the U.S. will experience at least one major depressive episode. Approximately 1 in 3 will fail to see improvement in their symptoms after treatment involving

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world in a truly short span of time. It is difficult to say when a treatment or vaccine for the coronavirus will become available. Though approaches to

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The coronavirus has swept across the globe in recent months, and companies in all sectors of the healthcare industry have stepped up to combat the pandemic. Many are now scrambling to develop a

Peter Lynch is a name that may be lost on some younger investors, but no one dominated the mutual fund game in the 1980s the way he did. His no-nonsense approach to identifying winners made the

The COVID-19 crisis has been particularly harsh on the financial sector, especially among real estate investment trusts (REITs). The mortgage REIT sector has been absolutely crushed, and retail/mall

There's a danger in having to retire earlier than expected. When you're forced out of the workforce at a younger age than you've initially planned for, you risk falling short on retirement savings

For much of the past three months, Wall Street has been taken on a once-in-a-lifetime ride. Panic surrounding the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wound up pushing the benchmark S&P

The S&P 500 has taken a beating in 2020 in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has stalled businesses and economies around the world. But a few companies have seen a surge in demand

Did the White House and others celebrate Abbott Labs' (NYSE: ABT) super-fast COVID-19 diagnostic test too soon? Some think so.

A study conducted by researchers at New York University found that

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) stake in investment banking giant Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) originated from a savvy investment CEO Warren Buffett made around the time of the

It's been quite a while since anyone could point to Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) as a hot pot stock. But that's an apt description for the Canadian cannabis producer after it announced surprisingly

Millions of Americans have been hit hard financially due to the coronavirus pandemic. Approximately 36.5 million U.S. adults have filed for unemployment benefits over the past two months, according