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The stock market lost ground on Friday, giving into pressure stemming from an possible escalation in the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. A threat to limit U.S. investment in China included

Target (NYSE: TGT) is having a good year -- so much so that it plans to buy back $5 billion more in shares starting sometime in 2020.

The national retailer isn't doing it because its stock is cheap

Nike (NYSE: NKE) just kicked off a new fiscal year that's looking every bit as impressive as the one it recently closed. The company blew past management's financial targets thanks to strong demand

Shares of healthy energy drink maker Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) have fizzled in recent weeks following the company's takeover of Func Foods. While investors found the move to be less than funky

Shares of GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) soared as much as 18.2% before giving back some of those gains to trade up around 8% as of 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday. The move came on heavy trading volume despite a lack

We're streaming more video than ever, and that's a leisurely pursuit that is only going to get more popular through the next few years. iQiyi (NASDAQ: IQ) has the Chinese market on lock with 100.5

September has been a busy month for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The tech and retail giant announced a slew of new smart home and consumer electronics hardware at its autumn unveiling event this week as

Shares of many U.S.-listed Chinese companies fell today on reports that President Trump is considering delisting the stocks from domestic exchanges. As of 3 p.m. EDT, Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) was down

Shares of Concert Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CNCE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, dropped 38% as of 3:30 p.m. EST on Friday. The double-digit swoon is traceable to the release of downbeat

Shares of Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) were down 12.5% as of 3:10 p.m. EDT Friday despite a lack of company-specific news. Today's drop appears to be coming in tandem with the broader market's decline --

When you open a brokerage account, you generally have the option of opening a cash account or a margin account.

One significant difference between these two account types is your ability to borrow

Financial services company FactSet (NYSE: FDS) recently wrapped up a strong fiscal 2019. During the year, revenue rose 6%, adjusted earnings per share jumped 17%, and adjusted operating margin

Shares of Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) recently dipped after the Federal Trade Commission sued the online dating company for "using fake love interest advertisements to trick hundreds of thousands of

The stock market had given up its gains by Friday afternoon, partly thanks to a report that the Trump administration was considering options to limit U.S. investment in Chinese companies. The

Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one

Over the past several years, British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) has been struggling to compete against some of its peers in the big pharma space. Despite maintaining an

Discovery (NASDAQ: DISCA) has quietly made a big push into direct-to-consumer streaming video over the past year or so. While big media companies spend billions on original content and the rights to

Several times a year, leading cancer researchers gather to present and discuss the latest advancements. Biotech companies seek to gain top billing at these prominent medical conferences to highlight

With the launch of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) video-streaming service, Apple TV+, just over a month away, the company is looking for ways to expand its horizons. Apple is considering releasing its

Shares of Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) dropped on Friday after the application development platform provider reported its fiscal third-quarter results. While the company beat analyst estimates

Americans spend more than $3.5 trillion on healthcare each year, and this number continues to grow as the population ages. Bringing down the cost of care won't be easy, but Teladoc Health (NYSE:

Livongo Health (NASDAQ: LVGO) is on a mission to make it easier for people with chronic diseases to take better care of themselves. By using technology to provide its users with real-time feedback

Cloud stocks have been fantastic investments over the past couple of years. For instance, since MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) had its IPO in October of 2017, it has returned 330% to its investors. Another

Costco's (NASDAQ: COST) stock has been on a tear over the last few years, thanks to strong earnings and dividends, but is it a pace the company -- and other membership stores -- can keep up during a

By eliminating the last of its parking fees that it started imposing in 2017, is Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) simply trying to gain a competitive advantage over its rivals, or is it actually worried