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Disney's (NYSE: DIS) new bar-raising attraction opened at Disneyland this morning. Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is going to be a game-changer, and it couldn't come at a better time for the

Natural and organic (and conventional, too) foods distributor United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) is looking a bit beyond its sell-by date in Friday trading, having dropped more than 10% initially in

China is a major growth market for Nike (NYSE: NKE), Adidas (OTC: ADDYY), and Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA). Nike's revenues from China grew 23% annually (on a constant currency basis) to

Until this week, EnLink Midstream (NYSE: ENLC) offered income-seeking investors a monster yield of more than 19%. However, as is often the case when dividend yields reach well into the double-digit

NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), provided details about Peacock, its upcoming streaming service, at an investors day presentation on Thursday. Peacock will launch on April 15 for

As two of the most prolific U.S. developers of wind power projects, NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) and Avangrid (NYSE: AGR) should see lower project development costs and improved access to financing

Merger & acquisition activity at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference has been a little disappointing, but not for a lack of effort on the part of Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY). The big pharma went

Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) announced on Friday that it was revising its schedule for launching cannabis-infused beverages in Canada's new "Cannabis 2.0" cannabis derivative products market. The

An appellate court in New Jersey upheld its decision to force a halt to a review of almost 150 applications for medical marijuana licenses in the state, various media outlets reported on Thursday. 

As the market continues to hit new highs, some are beginning to question whether we are poised for another tech wreck.

Morgan Stanley recently noted the five biggest companies now dominate the S&P

Friday morning brought modest gains for the stock market at the open, as a generally upbeat move continued to lift many major market benchmarks to new highs. Between a favorable start to earnings

As technology quickly "eats the world," changing the way we work, dine, learn, and interact with one another, the energy industry has been fairly insulated from disruption. A gas station today looks

Investors are optimistic heading into the third-quarter earnings report from Chinese private tutoring provider TAL Education (NYSE: TAL). Following declines in mid-2019, the stock ended the year

Lennar (NYSE: LEN) recently reported strong fourth-quarter earnings and the stock has risen 11% since the announcement a week ago. But something even more interesting came out of that report, and it

It requires a long-term mindset, but buy-and-hold investing is the best way to build wealth. It reduces costly transaction fees, allows the greatest tax benefits, and reduces the temptation of

It's no secret that millions of Americans are dependent on Social Security to pay their bills. But a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security reveals that 40% of Americans only

The Dividend Aristocrats -- stocks that have increased their dividends each year for at least 25 consecutive years -- are an elite group, especially right now. In recent years, the Great Recession

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett is known as one of the founding fathers of value investing, but that doesn't mean the Oracle of Omaha eschews the growth aspects of

Just a few weeks after I called it a compelling dividend stock, Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is making a (lower-case) fool of me. Shares are down over 12% to kick off 2020 after the company issued warnings

Taxes are complicated, so it's no wonder mistakes are common. Sometimes, these mistakes occur when you actually file -- perhaps because you add some numbers incorrectly or you forget to claim a

For patient buy-and-hold investors in Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), the worst is almost over. That's the key takeaway from the company's fiscal 2020 first-quarter earnings report. Micron operates

Investors have conflicting opinions heading into the Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) fourth-quarter earnings report. On the negative side, the video-streaming giant has missed management's growth targets

Marijuana stocks continue to draw the attention of investors across the globe, and even after the industry's poor performance in 2019, many of those watching it have high hopes for a comeback in

It's been a little more than a year since Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced its plans to increase its subscription rates by as much as 18%. Jacking up the monthly rate of its most popular streaming

2019 was a good year for the stock market; the S&P 500 provided a return of almost 30% during the year. And some industries performed even better than that. Consider the biotech industry, measured