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Target (NYSE: TGT) recognizes the challenging retail environment and the choices available to the customer. To gain and retain shoppers, it must provide exceptional service with ever-increasing

On Beyond Meat's (NASDAQ: BYND) recent third-quarter earnings call, founder and CEO Ethan Brown, showing some excitement in his voice, finally got to announce a positive net income for the first

Buying growth stocks in December is generally a good idea. Because of the so-called "January effect," growth stocks -- especially those in the small- to mid-cap realm -- tend to enjoy a nice bump

With the market on the verge of crossing into the 11th year of a bull run and major indexes near record levels, it feels like finding true "bargain stocks" has become more difficult. That's not to

If GoPro's (NASDAQ: GPRO) historical stock price were an amusement park ride, you'd want to strap on a GoPro camera to catch all the action, because it's quite the roller coaster -- and fully

NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES) was founded in 1997, predating Tencent (OTC: TCEHY) by a year, but it's often overshadowed by its larger rival. Its core video game business, which generated 79% of its

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) isn't what you think of when talking about red-hot growth stocks. After all, lots of investors like it for the income it generates, not because they expect it to

Reading an earnings report is a great way to assess the health and performance of a company. Unfortunately, when it comes to marijuana producers, the process of analyzing the results is not as

Toward the end of 2018, Industry Focus: Financials contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, made five bold stock market predictions. Some didn't turn out quite as planned, while others played out quite

Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall recently made a valid enough point about streaming video leader Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). That is, in the wake of a well-received launch of a rival service from Walt

Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) investors were optimistic heading into the design software specialist's third-quarter earnings report. Its prior results back in August contained plenty of good news

After launching in 2011, Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) is estimated to be the online market share leader in the U.S. pet category. Considering Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) ambition to compete in almost every

The United Nations just issued a report card detailing the effectiveness of the world's collective efforts to reduce emissions in recent years. Judging by the name -- the Emissions Gap Report 2019

Your phone buzzes with a text reminding you of your medical appointment. It's likely that the text was initiated with communications software from Twilio (NYSE: TWLO). Its stock has been on a tear

Most people don't mind a short commute to work, but in cities where traffic is abundant, the process can be torturous. Not only can commuting increase your stress load, but it can also be a strain

Trupanion (NASDAQ: TRUP) stock soared 43.8% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. For context, the S&P 500 returned 3.6% in November.

Shares of the provider of medical

There's a certain excitement to buying penny stocks and being able to control a large number of shares with comparatively little cash outlay. Even small movements in the share price can generate

Ten years ago, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was valued at $55 billion. Walmart (NYSE: WMT) -- the undisputed king of retail at the time -- was almost four times that size. But the past decade has been

A marijuana company with strong global ambitions, Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) has secured one of the first approvals for a medical cannabis product in the Republic of Ireland. The Canadian company

Every day, companies are using more artificial intelligence (AI) in their businesses. From the recommendation algorithms you see on e-commerce or streaming video sites, to fraud detection at major

To be blunt, marijuana stocks have not had a good year. Things certainly looked hopeful after more than a dozen pot stocks gained at least 70% during the first quarter, but pretty much all

Keeping in trend with the disappointing financial news from retail names like Kohl's, Macy's (NYSE: M) reported weak third-quarter results in November that provided further proof that traditional

This week, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced that it was launching a new tool designed to let users transfer their photos to other services. Initially, the data portability tool will support

Snap (NYSE: SNAP), maker of disappearing-message app Snapchat, has found some middle ground between Facebook and Twitter in the kerfuffle over political ads, saying it will fact-check them. Twitter

Search the internet, and you'll see that there's a ton of retirement advice out there. Some of it's good, some, less so. But one thing you definitely don't want to do is buy into some of the common