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COVID-19 has turned life upside down for millions of Americans, and with people being told to self-isolate, it means many won't have the option to go to work for the foreseeable future. And that

In March of 2020, an Iowa security guard named Shane Saxen, 31, collected $1 million for five matching numbers on a Powerball ticket. When asked what he planned to do with the windfall, Saxen said

You might think of biotech stocks as risky propositions. And some of them are. But not all of them.

Actually, with the COVID-19 pandemic raging, biotechs that are consistently profitable and that

Surreal. That's about the only way to describe what's going on around the world. Entire countries closing their borders. Professional sports teams canceling their seasons. Major events of any kind

According to the TransAmerica Center for Retirement Studies, most workers are woefully unprepared for retirement. Higher earners, however, have far more money saved than those with lower incomes. In

On Saturday, Danaher (NYSE: DHR) received an emergency use authorization for its on-site coronavirus test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Unlike tests that are sent away to a

COVID-19 is already battering the stock market and U.S. economy, and millions of Americans are already reportedly out of work. If you're in that boat, your first move should be to apply for

In relatively short order, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has gone from a novel illness worth watching from afar to something that's prevalent in our own backyards.

With the World Health

Stock markets continued "in the green" as Friday arrived to close out the week, and one of the bigger stocks reaping bigger gains right now is General Electric (NYSE: GE) -- up 5.8% as of 11:15 a.m

Boeing (NYSE: BA), under pressure from coronavirus and with a stock down 72% in the past month, sent out an S.O.S. this week.

On Tuesday, the company asked Congress to fund a $60 billion bailout

Until recently, there's been a lot of conjecture that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) could be a potential beneficiary of people sheltering at home in an attempt to avoid contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus

Disney's (NYSE: DIS) domestic theme parks have been closed since last weekend, and it feels like an eternity. It may be a mere coincidence that Wall Street would suffer its worst week of trading

For years, internet traffic growth has been booming. Not only are more corners of the globe getting connected for the first time, but the number of connected devices in developed markets continues

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, stocks in even the strongest sectors of the market have seen massive sell-offs. This includes some consumer stocks, even while many stores sell out of

No two ways about it: The month of March has been miserable for investors in three-dimensional printer-maker 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), who have watched their investments plummet in price from a

Ollie's Bargain Outlet's (NASDAQ: OLLI) fiscal fourth-quarter 2019 earnings, released Thursday evening, enabled the extreme value retailer to find a reprieve on another difficult day in the markets

It was a cruel week for investors that were long the market. Stocks experienced their worst week of trading since the 2008 financial crisis, and naturally there were thousands of stocks hitting new

The stock market has fallen like a rock over the past several weeks, and it's making even the most experienced investors a bit gun-shy about their investments. If you've never invested before

Just as the COVID-19 sell-off was about to crush the markets, Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) delivered a lower-than-expected outlook after earnings results on March 9. The double blow of weak guidance

Led by Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) YouTube, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime, and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), video streaming services everywhere are limiting their video quality right now

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than skilled. Back in February 2009, I was a middle-school writing teacher with a budding interest in stocks. I made my first real investment that month -- the

Over the past few weeks, COVID-19 has turned into a global pandemic, upending daily life worldwide. In the business world, no industry has been hit harder than aviation. With public health

French drugmaker Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) is at the forefront when it comes to the development of a coronavirus treatment or vaccine, and yet its shares haven't benefited from the efforts. While Sanofi

Oil prices have cratered more than 50% from their highs earlier this year following dual shocks to supply and demand. This sell-off has pushed the U.S. oil price benchmark (WTI) to around $30 a

As COVID-19 continues to batter the stock market and U.S. economy, millions of workers are suddenly seeing their incomes plummet. And while salaried employees are by no means immune to this trend