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Shares of eHealth (NASDAQ: EHTH) were up 29.7% as of 10:50 a.m. EST on Friday after the online health exchange provider announced preliminary fiscal 2019 fourth-quarter and full-year results after

Investors pushed Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) shares well ahead of the market last year. Its 35% stock price rally was unusual given that it runs a massive business whose consumer staples focus

One of Disney's (NYSE: DIS) fastest-growing theme parks is going on a hiatus at the worst possible time. The media giant announced that it will be temporarily closing Shanghai Disneyland on Saturday

Value stocks have outperformed growth investments as measured across the entire history of public stock markets, but high-growth investments are crushing their value-based brethren over the past

Shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) jumped on Friday following a strong fourth-quarter report and guidance calling for growth in 2020. The PC-centric business grew slightly despite increased competition

Shares of Harsco (NYSE: HSC) slumped more than 17% by 10:30 a.m. EST on Friday. Driving down the environmental solutions company's stock was its preliminary fourth-quarter results. 

Harsco reported

When you're young and just getting your life established, chances are good your income isn't huge and there are lots of demands on it. You may have student loans to repay, dreams of buying a house

Most people value Social Security for the income it provides after you've retired. Yet there's no requirement that you stop working before you take your Social Security benefits. Millions of

NPR and Edison Research team up every year to release The Smart Audio Report, which covers important trends in smart speaker ownership and use cases. Smart speakers have emerged as a booming market

The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) reaffirmed its fiscal 2019 earnings outlook last November, even though full-year revenue and comparable-sales growth of 1.8% and 3.5%, respectively, were lower than

Streaming TV platform specialist Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has some major tailwinds at its back, namely the shift of viewers from linear TV to streaming and rapid growth in ad-supported connected TV

Integrated oil giant Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) isn't ignoring the environmental impact of oil and natural gas -- it realizes that global warming is a very real issue. But it also has to

Target (NYSE: TGT) was one of the few large retailers to succeed amid competition from e-commerce. The threat Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) presented to the industry had investors questioning whether

On Thursday, Statistics Canada issued its latest quarterly update about the development of that country's cannabis market, and one key set of figures in that report merits a closer look from

Shares of Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) fell about 10% on Friday morning following the financial services company's fourth-quarter earnings report. Discover actually beat the consensus

Shares of Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) fell sharply last year on concerns of weak mall traffic and increased competition from direct-to-consumer channels. Foot Locker's stock price declined 27% in 2019

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) are two of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. However, big doesn't mean buy, and both of these juggernauts currently face

If you're creative enough, you can cook without a stove, dance without music, and wait without impatience. But can you save without a 401(k)?

According to a study by the Aspen Institute, 55 million

The rise of artificial intelligence has the potential to be one of the most significant developments in human history. Today's machines are already getting better at interpreting data, recognizing

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is back in growth mode. The coffee titan in late October posted impressive results for its fiscal 2019 year that marked a sharp turnaround following two consecutive years of

Few people look forward to the process of buying a used car. Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) purports to upend the traditional used car lot experience and make it enjoyable.

Some investors have bought into the

Technology stocks belong in most portfolios, and that makes Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT) a smart choice for investors who want exposure in the IT sector without having to

Recently, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have all vowed to lower their greenhouse emissions, pledging to be carbon-negative in the decades to come.

Those

Semiconductor giant Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) reported results on Tuesday night. The report, which covered the fourth quarter and full fiscal year of 2019, delivered sales and earnings

Seniors largely lock in their Social Security benefits at the time they file for them. But collecting the exact same benefit for life means seniors don't have a means of keeping up with their bills