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Choosing between biotech giants Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) is not an easy task. Both companies have attractive pipelines and solid suites of products on the market. Though

In case you missed it, the World Health Organization (WHO) made the announcement that most people were expecting this past Wednesday, March 11: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is officially a

Ford Motor's (NYSE: F) shares have had a rough 2020. Thanks to some out-of-character missteps, and a whole lot of concern about the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the Blue Oval's once-high-flying

"How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing could happen to others, but not to them. That is the way!"

Two words that haven't been on investors' minds in more than a decade now are the reality: bear market. Escalating global fears about the coronavirus disease COVID-19 have wreaked havoc on stocks

As stocks ended trading in a bear market this week, Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) continued to climb, extending its gain this year to 8%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 was down 21% over the same time

It's pretty much nothing but coronavirus and COVID-19 coverage non-stop everywhere you turn. Quite frankly, that's the way it should be. The pandemic is serious and requires sober-minded efforts to

Wouldn't it be great if you could know exactly when the stock market crash that's resulted from worries about coronavirus disease COVID-19 has bottomed out? Unfortunately, there isn't a magic

No one loves the safety lecture on an airplane, but you might pay closer attention next time you have the chance. And it won't be because you don't know how to buckle the seat belt. You'll be trying

If you compare your investment portfolio today to what it looked like a few weeks ago, you're apt to be very unhappy with what you see. The stock market's recent plunge has driven us into bear

Saving for retirement should be on everyone's financial to-do list. Unfortunately, for many people, it's hard to get started. It can be difficult to know what goals to set for yourself, and it may

We've all had the fantasy. The one that entails buying into a newly public company early and getting rich as it goes on to crush the market for years on end.

Initial public offerings (IPOs) can be

Friday, March 13, was a great day for shares of Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX), Cognex (NASDAQ: CGNX), and NCR (NYSE: NCR), with the three gaining 10.2%, 14.1%, and 15% to close out the week. Friday was a

Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) reported fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 results earlier this month that pleased the market, which sent shares up 7% the day after the release.

The

Investors worried the ongoing coronavirus outbreak will become a made-for-reality version of Contagion have hammered stocks across the board. The market probably isn't finished panicking, but once

There's never been a more dangerous time to invest in cannabis than right now. Pot stocks are plummeting and companies are running low on cash, making consolidation and bankruptcies inevitable in

The markets are bleeding. We've reached bear-market territory. For investors, this means there may be no better time to scoop up some bargains as a result of the recent sell-offs. While this may

As COVID-19 cases continue to spike nationwide, millions of Americans are walking around on edge with so many questions unanswered. What's the actual risk of contracting the virus? How dangerous is

Social Security is, undoubtedly, our country's most important social program. Each month, more than 64 million benefit checks are doled out by the Social Security Administration, with more than a

Boeing (NYSE: BA) was flying through turbulence well before the novel coronavirus outbreak, underperforming the S&P 500 by more than 28 percentage points in 2019 due to the fatal crashes and

The past couple of weeks have been the most insane period many investors have ever witnessed. Fears over the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 has caused more days of extreme volatility in the

Shares of BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), a provider of security software to enterprises and governments, rallied 18.4% on Friday. The double-digit boost doesn't appear to be related to any news. Instead

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is developing a website dedicated to the coronavirus after all.

Following a press conference by President Trump on the COVID-19 outbreak, in which he

Shares of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY), and Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) all jumped more than 11% Friday as stocks received a jolt of optimism after President

In the recent stock market downturn, and the financial sector has been one of the worst performers of all. And insurance stocks were no exception. AnConversely, when the market rebounded on Friday