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It was a bright Christmas season for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) after all. The consumer electronics retailer on Thursday announced earnings results that allowed it to outgrow many peers during the

The domestic music industry continues to enjoy a resurgence that is being driven in large part by the ongoing shift toward streaming services like Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)

Social Security can be a complex topic, but it's an important subject to understand if you want to make the most of your benefits in retirement.

Approximately 1 in 5 married beneficiaries and close

GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) shares have plummeted over the past five years. The company went public at a price of $24 per share in June 2014. Shares hit an all-time high of nearly $90 later that year, but

Marijuana real estate investment trust (REIT) Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR) is sure to see lively trading on Thursday after reporting its Q4 and full-year fiscal 2019 results late

Would you like 29.2% average annual investment returns for 13 straight years? That's the incredible record Peter Lynch achieved while running Fidelity's Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990, when he

Shares of the vaccine developers Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), and Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) are all up big yet again today. In pre-market action, Inovio's stock rose by

Long known for Twinkies and other sweet, sugar-laden treats, Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK) recently bought Voortman Cookies Ltd., adding a range of sugar-free cookies and creme wafers to its

Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is launching a new subscription-based membership loyalty program called Grubhub+ that aims to be the Amazon Prime of food delivery.

For $9.99 per month, subscribers get

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently sent shockwaves through its supply chain ecosystem when it revealed that its fiscal second-quarter revenue will fall short of expectations in light of the coronavirus

FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) has turned out to be a disappointing cybersecurity bet over the past year. A transition from a hardware-centric model to a cloud-specific one and the company's failure to keep

WD-40 (NASDAQ: WDFC) is certainly a stock that's had a stellar run in the last decade with a 480% rise, but it's far from clear that that run can continue in the future. In a nutshell, the stock's

Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a special order demanding additional information from five large tech companies, including Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) recently announced plans to acquire Boston-based Radius Bank and its bank charter. LendingClub will pay $185 million for the privately held community bank with $1.4 billion in

Warren Buffett is probably the most-watched investor in the world, and every year, investors parse through the letter he sends to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). Many

Mexico is an emerging market, but it's rarely mentioned in the same breath as higher-growth countries like China or India. The country's GDP growth decelerated over the past five years, and it's

The stock market has taken a downward turn recently, thanks to fears about the coronavirus outbreak. And banks have been hit harder than most.

The short explanation is that interest rates have

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Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT)Q4 2019 Earnings CallFeb 26, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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Shares of Square (NYSE: SQ) were trading more than 7% higher in after-hours trading on Wednesday, following the company's fourth-quarter and full-year results. Investors are probably impressed by

Workers today are advised to save for retirement, but many don't listen -- or, they want to heed that advice, but they wind up struggling to set funds aside for the future. In fact, 45% of Americans

This has been a bit of a rough week for the stock market, to say the least. The combination of Monday and Tuesday saw the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average lose more than 1,900 points, while the

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN), owner of restaurant brands Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's Italian Grill along with several lesser lights, recently enjoyed a stock value boost after announcing a

Given the recent volatility in the stock market, it could be a smart idea to find places to put your money that not only are recession-resistant, but that are set up to do well if the market keeps

These three vastly different stocks have good earnings growth prospects in the coming years and look set to increase their dividends accordingly. Let's take a look at why railroad Union Pacific

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) finds itself overshadowed as a dividend stock. With 15 years of consecutive annual increases, it remains ten years away from dividend aristocrat status. Moreover, while its payout