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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

If you cracked your Galaxy smartphone screen you may want to consider swinging by a nearby Sprint (NYSE: S) store for a cheap fix. The country's fourth-largest wireless carrier is offering to

Global e-commerce sales for 2019 are expected to be up 17.9% from the previous year, to $3.46 trillion.

That number sounds huge, but it's less than 15% of total retail sales. As more consumers move

Recessions come in all shapes and sizes, so it's a good idea to think about buying stocks to deal with different types of recessions.

If you are worried about a deep and lasting recession, auto

The so-called retail apocalypse is claiming victims left and right. Once-proud retailers have stumbled (Macy's) or, worse, gone bankrupt (Sears). But the apocalypse isn't what it seems.

Consumers

Video game fans have known it was coming for a while. But there's something about confirmation that makes the matter palpable.

Consumer technology and entertainment icon Sony (NYSE: SNE) will

Each year, tens of millions of people collect tax refunds from the IRS, and this year, 61% of Americans expect to receive one, according to tax prep company Jackson Hewitt. But the matter of how

Shares of Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) soared in late 2019 after the American jeweler agreed to LVMH's (OTC: LVMUY) takeover bid of $16.2 billion. But with Tiffany's stock now trading near LVMH's offer

Investors are getting jittery about Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). 

With an onslaught of new competition, its growth rapidly slowing in its most mature and profitable market, and a business model that's

If you are basing your investment decision on how far these two aerospace companies have come in the last year, then there is one clear winner. Over the last year, Heico's (NYSE: HEI) 51% stock

Snap (NYSE: SNAP) stock benefited from a massive comeback in 2019. Once flirting with penny-stock status, investors came back to Snap, and it now trades in the $19 per share range as of the time of

Warren Buffett is the best investor ever in many people's eyes, and the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) draws thousands of shareholders to Omaha every year to get his latest

Ardelyx (NASDAQ: ARDX) has hit its stride, and investors should take advantage of the opportunity. Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration  approved the company's first drug.

Shortly thereafter

For a company known for keeping key metrics close to the chest, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) surprised investors this week by disclosing how many Amazon Music subscribers it has. The last vague

TikTok, the short-form video app from Chinese company ByteDance, has seen incredible growth over the past year. Snap (NYSE: SNAP) CEO Evan Spiegel thinks it could grow bigger than Instagram, which