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Shares of Weight Watchers International (NASDAQ: WW) jumped nearly 30% in the opening weeks of the new year, but the stock has since given back these gains and is down 6% as of this writing.

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Swedish furniture giant IKEA decided in late December to end its two-year experiment in selling some of its items through Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). The move comes not long after Nike (NYSE: NKE)

The six stocks discussed all have market caps less than $10 billion and all look like good values -- but that's about all they have in common. Let's take a closer look at what makes these stocks

The cloud computing arena is an emerging battleground among technology stocks, and two of the biggest players in this space are Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Both software

During the fourth quarter, Juniper Networks has shown signs of recovery. The network vendor posted results in the high end of guidance thanks to the strength of its cloud and enterprise segments

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Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd  (NYSE: CHT)Q4 2019 Earnings CallJan. 22, 2020, 2:00 a.m. ET

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2019 tested the mettle of shareholders of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). While the stock rose 23%, it still underperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 6%. Slowing revenue growth and a net income decline to

Connected healthcare company Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) put the final wrap on 2019, reporting a strong finish to the year for the company's daVinci lineup of robotic surgery machines and

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Franklin Financial Network (NYSE: FSB)Q4 2019 Earnings CallJan 21, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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Last year was understandably a great year to own Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHB). The exchange-traded fund that tracks the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index

On the evening of February 10th, j2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) will release its 2019 fourth quarter and year-end earnings results. The full year guidance for 2019 provided by the company was:

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The healthcare industry is a great place to invest because it can give investors some safe stocks to buy and hold. Health stocks are normally not very volatile and they can be profitable investments

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Cathay General Bancorp  (NASDAQ: CATY)Q4 2019 Earnings CallJan. 22, 2020, 6:00 p.m. ET

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Famed media investor Leo Hindery has had a distinguished career, and he's not done yet. Last year, Hindery launched a special purpose acquisition company (or SPAC) to buy and operate a business in

Lithium's long-term future is closely tied to the electric vehicle market. On the surface, that sounds like a good thing, as electric cars are increasingly popular. However, there's currently too

Despite being one of the largest and most profitable companies on the planet, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just reported blowout Q4 results that shattered numerous records. In a departure from recent

Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) is about to open a 14,000-square-foot taproom in historic Faneuil Hall in Boston in the shadow of the statue of patriot Samuel Adams, the namesake of the brewer's flagship

Some 64 million Americans collect Social Security benefits, as of 2019, receiving, in aggregate, more than a trillion dollars. That's a big deal, and it might impress you that only about 0.7% of the

Earnings season has generally not been kind to IBM's (NYSE: IBM) stock. In the last two years, IBM's share price has fallen more than it's risen following its earnings report. The most recent

Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) has spent more than 20 years selling its clear dental aligners, a substitute for traditional braces. Envista Holdings (NYSE: NVST) emerged last September following an

In this week's episode of Motley Fool Money, Fool contributors Jason Moser, Ron Gross, and Andy Cross hit on some of the week's biggest business news. Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) market cap passed the

As the war on cash makes digital payments an increasing part of commerce worldwide, both PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) find their services in increasing

The second-largest homebuilder in the U.S. by number of units sold, D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) reported impressive Q1 2020 earnings on January 27, sending its shares upward by about 4%. Capitalizing on

In 2019, Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), the company behind the popular app Snapchat, had its best year yet in its three-year history a publicly traded company. The social media player's shares soared by

It took nearly two years, but Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) stock has started to show signs of life once again. After getting hit with slumps in smartphone connectivity chip demand and fallout