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3 Promising Stocks Now Trading Below $10 a Share
The number of stocks trading in the single digits is widening these days. I figured I would take a look at some of the market's more compelling low-priced stocks that didn't happen to start 2020 in
Why Shares of Airlines Are Falling Today
Shares of airline stocks continued their descent on Monday, battered by a fresh round of capacity cuts and talk of financial collapse. Shares of United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) opened down
Banks Band Together in Stock Buyback Freeze
Just after the Federal Reserve announced it's cutting interest rates to zero, the eight-member group that makes up the Financial Services Forum put out a statement that it will suspend stock
Starbucks Doubles Down on Social Distancing Efforts
It prides itself on being a hub for all types of social interactions, but Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is neutralizing the "third space" aspect of the business for the foreseeable future.
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At Lower Oil Prices, Is ExxonMobil Still a Buy?
Oil and gas companies blamed lower commodity prices for their poor fourth-quarter performance. WTI crude oil price averaged around $57 per barrel in 2019.
With oil prices in the low $30s, the oil
Bank of America CEO: Q1 Spending Still Up, But Coronavirus Will Hurt GDP
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) CEO Brian Moynihan said on Face The Nation Sunday morning that despite major global disruption from the coronavirus outbreak, consumer spending as of March 15 is still up
Activision Blizzard’s New 'Call of Duty' Battle Royale Reaches 15 Million Players in First Four Days
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) is back again with its own take on the popular battle royale genre. Call of Duty: Warzone was released on Tuesday, March 10, and as of March 13, the game had been
Lockheed Martin CEO to Step Down
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) said Monday that Marillyn Hewson, who as CEO helped revamp the aerospace company's portfolio and turn it into one of the best-performing defense stocks, would be stepping
How Disney Is Losing $481 Million From the Coronavirus
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is losing nearly half a billion dollars in ad revenue and earnings after the National Basketball Association canceled its season because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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COVID-19 Should Push You to Get Moving on Your 2019 Taxes. Here's Why.
With fears of COVID-19 taking over most people's existence and changing the way Americans live their lives, it's easy to let something like taxes fall by the wayside. And while the April 15
Disney Wins Over a Historically Awful Weekend at the Box Office
It was a historically poor weekend at the U.S. box office as Americans practiced social distancing to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The top 10 movies combined for roughly $50 million
SeaWorld Joins Disney, Universal in Closing Its Theme Parks
SeaWorld Entertainment (NYSE: SEAS) has decided to close all of its theme parks through the end of March. The company followed Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast's(NASDAQ: CMCSA) Universal Studios
Will the Fed's Last Stand Outlast the Coronavirus?
On Sunday afternoon, in another extraordinary move, the Federal Reserve cut the target range for its short-term federal funds rate by a full percentage point. That moved the new range for the key
This Artificial Intelligence Stock Raised Its Dividend on "Black Thursday"
As many now know, last Thursday was an historic day in the stock market. On March 13, 2020, the S&P 500 plunged 9.5% in a single day, the worst daily drop since "Black Monday" in 1987. The plunge
Microsoft Is All In With Growing Its Scientific Research Arm
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is overhauling its scientific research unit, naming a veteran employee as its first-ever chief scientific officer.
It's an uncommon move for a technology company, but it
Bad News: Your 2021 Social Security COLA Will Probably Be Zero
Retirees face the financial struggle every day of having to live without a paycheck. With most people having only modest savings, Social Security is often responsible for most or all of what
How Long Can Movie Theaters Stay Open?
The good news for Disney (NYSE: DIS) is that Onward -- the media giant's latest theatrical release -- was the top draw at the box office for the second consecutive week. The bad news for Disney is
A Likely Coronavirus Victim: Virgin Galactic’s Planned 2020 Commercial Launch
Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results at the end of last month. This was the space tourism pioneer's first quarterly report as a public
Medicare and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
As the spread of COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on all aspects of American life, from work schedules to school closings to investment portfolio balances, many Medicare enrollees have one primary
Coronavirus Costs MGM Resorts Its $1.25 Billion Stock Buyback
MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) says the coronavirus outbreak has created too much volatility to properly price its stock so, it is canceling its recently announced share repurchase program.
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This Tech Company Is Looking Pretty Smart Right Now After the Coronavirus Plunge
In the current market downdraft, investors may be thinking about what kinds of businesses will benefit from the stay-at-home economy. Those could be companies to put on your watch list right now as
Can This American Biotech Company Save the Global Economy?
The COVID-19 respiratory illness has fanned out across the globe, forcing governments and businesses to take unprecedented steps in the quest to slow its spread. What's more, several professional
Costco Doesn't Have a Long-Term Coronavirus Problem
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) reported fiscal second-quarter 2020 results earlier this month. Investors are used to positive same-store sales (comps), with annual increases going back more than a



