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Even taking into account a recent slump, Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has delivered an impressive stock run so far this year. The company's shares are up by about 247% since early January, shattering the

Starbucks' (NASDAQ: SBUX) stores in Hong Kong were recently burned and vandalized amid the escalating protests and riots across the city. The protesters justified the attacks by claiming that

Shares of the rare disease specialist Amicus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FOLD) fell by 18.9% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. What's been weighing on this top orphan-drug

Many investors have abandoned BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) over the past decade as the early king of smartphones lost its crown (and then virtually its entire kingdom) to Apple's iPhones and a host of

Last week, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made a surprising move and showed off its first new smartphone in several years. The Surface Duo has two 5.6-inch displays (connected by two hinges), runs on the

In 2019, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has continued to grow its revenue rapidly. But the company's bottom line has suffered as it faced steep legal expenses related to a settlement with the Federal Trade

Bundling is a powerful strategy to get consumers to open up their wallets even more. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been exploring the idea of bundling various services together for over a year. The

Integrated oil major ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is looking to spend as much as $35 billion a year through 2025 on capital projects across the upstream (oil and natural gas drilling), midstream

A competitive market for PC CPUs is great for consumers but not so great for market leader Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Before rival Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) began launching its innovative

Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE: HESM) likely isn't on the radar of most retirees. That's because it's a small master limited partnership (MLP). As a result, it doesn't stand out amid the sea of

Last month, Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) released more home audio products, a Smart Soundbar (which doubles as a streaming player) and a Wireless Subwoofer, as it continues to expand its hardware portfolio

Investing in small-cap stocks isn't for the faint of heart. This asset classes has historically shown higher volatility than the broader market. However, picking the right small-cap stock -- and

Americans are known to be spenders, which explains why so many of us carry mountains of debt. But despite our collective tendency to engage in retail therapy, new data from CIT Bank reveals that

Over the next decade, you'd probably struggle to find a growth opportunity that's more exciting than legal cannabis. With Canada giving recreational marijuana the green light last October, Mexico

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) is trading far below its five-year average P/E ratio of 34 times. In fact, the stock is currently sitting near its 52-week low after ULTA missed analyst earnings

It's going to be a busy month as far as earnings reports go -- particularly the second half of October. Starting with Netflix's third-quarter update on Oct. 16, a handful of other popular megacap

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which manufactures its own CPUs at its in-house foundry, struggled to produce enough 14-nanometer chips over the past year as it pivoted toward newer 10-nanometer chips. The

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is gearing up to resume its expansion in Hawaii over the next few months. Many routes between the West Coast and Hawaii are already suffering from overcapacity, so

In the years to come, few industries will offer the growth potential presented by the ongoing legalization of marijuana. Following Canada's green-lighting of recreational cannabis last year, and the

The past year hasn't been a good one for the semiconductor industry. After a huge surge in demand over 2017 and 2018, the trade war between the U.S. and China led to semiconductor buyers turning

WWE (NYSE: WWE) has a dividend -- $0.12 per share in the most recent quarter -- that currently must be paid partly from its cash reserves. The company's net income rose in the second quarter to

This week started out badly for marijuana stock HEXO (NYSE: HEXO).

On Monday -- one working day after announcing the resignation of its CFO -- the company was socked with a drastic downgrade of its

Social networking juggernaut Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) found itself in hot water with advertisers a few years back when it admitted that it had been miscalculating crucial video metrics just as the

One of the most promising niches in the biotech sector from both a technological and a financial standpoint is the realm of gene editing. Technologies such as CRISPR are enabling a new generation

Investing in biotechnology stocks can sometimes feel more like gambling than serious wealth-building. Company success usually rides on the binary events of clinical trials and regulatory approvals