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COVID-19 has been hurting the U.S. economy since cases started multiplying rapidly in March. Since then, millions of Americans have lost their jobs, while countless businesses have had to close

Stocks priced below $10 a share can be a mixed bag. Low share prices are often indicative of companies with poor fundamentals, a weak near-term outlook, and a large number of outstanding shares

In the mission to defeat COVID-19, scientists from all over the world are racing two develop two avenues of treatment: an effective therapy, and eventually a vaccine. This is so important to the

Stocks that emphasize social distancing have been very popular this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. One stock that's been particularly popular is Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), which provides

Industrial giant Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) started the year with fairly bright expectations. It's likely going to end up paring those projections back as the impact of COVID-19 containment

Every week, millions of workers are laid off or furloughed. Approximately 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance in the week ending April 18, bringing the 5-week total to roughly 26

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The financial sector has been one of the worst-performing parts of the stock market in the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of February, the S&P 500 is down by just over 13% while the

It's that time once again. Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) is scheduled to announce its 2020 first-quarter results after the market closes on Thursday, April 30, 2020. 

The last time the big biotech

The COVID-19 pandemic has had such a drastic impact on lives and the economy that it will no doubt reverberate in our culture and affect our thinking for years. Investors trying to assess the damage

The Social Security Trustees shared some pretty bleak projections in their latest report, which was released last week. By 2035, Social Security expects to exhaust its trust funds, which are the

This past two months have been quite the emotional rollercoaster for investors. Since the benchmark S&P 500 hit an all-time record closing high on Feb. 19, 2020, we've witnessed:

Beyond just

Given the significant economic upheaval caused by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, there's a lot of interest in the "stimulus checks" that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (also

Over the past two months we've witnessed unprecedented disruption to the stock market, U.S. economy, and the labor market because of the proliferation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In

Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) ended the week on an up note, buoyed by an encouraging quarterly earnings release and market-pleasing remarks its CEO made about potential SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccine

One of the market's hottest stocks this year is Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA). The maker of next-gen electric cars is trading 73% higher in 2020. Larger U.S. automakers are driving in reverse. Ford

  Here's a total understatement: The U.S. oil industry has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

"Impacted"? More like, "destroyed." More than 95% of Americans are under stay-at-home or similar

One of the most controversial stocks of the COVID-19 downturn is Disney (NYSE: DIS). No doubt, Disney is a timeless brand, with incredible diversity and vast reach across the entire entertainment

Oil prices have gone berserk in the past week. The May contract for West Texas Intermediate, which is the main oil price benchmark, plunged into negative territory on Monday. Like a game of musical

Stocks declined last week after jumping in each of the prior two weeks. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) lost less than 2%, leaving the

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Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) missed analysts' earnings estimates by a wide margin in the first quarter as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic upended the alcoholic beverages market.

Restaurants

General Electric (NYSE: GE) has existed for over a century, and despite working in different industries, shares traits with Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), a computer networking company born during

Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) saw terrific sales growth in 2019, with its top line climbing from $43.1 million in the previous year to nearly four times that figure -- $167 million. However, over the past

Cloud stocks have been some of the biggest winners on the market in recent years, and few have done as well as Alteryx (NYSE: AYX), a provider of a self-service data analytics platform that allows