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The oil and natural gas sector is getting hammered today by a painful combination of factors. There are already companies succumbing to bankruptcy, and there will likely be more before this down

Beleaguered department store name Macy's (NYSE: M) may be seeking as much as $5 billion in new debt-based financing, according to a report from CNBC Tuesday evening.

CNBC did not name its sources

Stimulus checks resulting from the CARES Act are on their way, and approximately 171 million Americans are expected to receive one, according to the IRS and Treasury Department.

If you're earning

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has become a hot stock to watch in recent weeks. The changes in consumer behavior brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked renewed interest in many of the

Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) stands out as the restaurant industry deals with perhaps the most significant challenge it has faced in recent history. The COVID-19 pandemic has limited most restaurants

The first quarter of 2020 is in the books, and though continued economic expansion was looking increasingly weak at the end of the past decade, few would have guessed a day of reckoning was about to

Not so long ago, the streaming market appeared to be well served by relatively few competitors. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) had the lion's share of the market, followed by Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Hulu (then

Oil prices have gone haywire this week. U.S. crude oil futures contracts plummeted more than 300% on Monday, crashing into negative territory. Some of those contracts would go on to explode higher

It's really hard to know what will happen with a company's stock from day to day, let alone what will happen next week. But the longer you extend out your time horizon, the easier it can be to

While sales are surging at some retailers such as Walmart and Target as U.S. consumers stock up on stay-at-home staples, a larger share of chains have had to close up shop or turn their focus to

Double-digit yielders -- that is, stocks with dividends that yield 10% or more -- are hard to find, and even harder to keep. That's because unless a company is a REIT or some other

Coronavirus stimulus payments have started going out to Americans. They're valued at up to $1,200 per adult and $500 per dependent child and were authorized by the CARES Act to mitigate the

No mention of the COVID-19 pandemic should begin without acknowledging the devastating effect it has had on our lives as we work, first and foremost, to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. In

With most retailers struggling amid the temporary closures necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, I see two big-box retailers in particular that are well positioned to thrive during a recession

Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) stock was recently jolted by rumors of a hostile takeover. The online paper TMT Finance claimed that the Finnish network equipment maker was fending off a bid from an unnamed

There are plenty of intriguing biotech stocks on the market right now, and many of them are trading at a steep discount due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, no matter how exciting a company's

It's a bit difficult to believe any company will ever truly thrive again, here in the midst of a global lockdown intended to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Some pundits are forecasting a 50%

The coronavirus has thrown the market into a tailspin, but Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) seems to be thriving, with its stock up over 28% year to date. What is it that's making investors excited about this

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) will be among the first digital advertising companies to report quarterly results during this coronavirus pandemic. The company is scheduled to report its first-quarter

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) added more new paid members during the first quarter of 2020 than it has added in any quarter yet. The catalyst for this spike in paid members, of course, was lockdown orders

The coronavirus pandemic has added significant uncertainty to the stock market. While restaurants and airlines are among the most obvious parts of the economy to be negatively impacted, many

To say that the stock market has been volatile would be a massive understatement, and very few stocks have been immune. Even some of the stocks in Warren Buffet-led Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:

COVID-19 has been battering the U.S. economy for well over a month, and unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be on its way out anytime soon. If you've been impacted by COVID-19, the financial moves you

If you think the beating the stock market has taken over the past two months is brutal, then chances are you haven't paid close attention to the cannabis space. Over the past 12-plus months

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) posted mixed first-quarter results, and management withdrew guidance because of  coronavirus-induced uncertainties. Here are three ways the pandemic is