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Shares of oil and natural gas exploration-and-production company California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) closed down 29.5% Thursday.

Surprisingly, up until about 2 p.m. EST, the stock was doing

Many Americans have trouble estimating how much they need to save for retirement, and as a result, they save too little. Retirement statistics may have little bearing on a particular individual's

Shares of offshore-drilling contractor Seadrill Ltd (NYSE: SDRL) fell 10.7% on September 19. This marks another volatile day for the company's stock, which has moved either up or down -- mostly down

Uniform-rental behemoth Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) releases the first earnings report of its new fiscal 2020 year on Sept. 24 after the markets close for trading. The company is coming off a record

After spending much of the day up a fairly decent amount, shares of Tile Shop Holdings (NASDAQ: TTS) surged in the last hour of trading, to finish 12.5% higher on Thursday. 

Tile Shop's stock price

Major benchmarks waffled on Thursday, rising in the morning but slipping in the afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) fell slightly and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was

The stock market was somewhat mixed on Thursday, with most major benchmarks giving up most or all of their early gains by the end of the trading session. There's a lot of uncertainty about the

Thursday was mixed on Wall Street as major stock indexes stayed in positive territory for much of the session before losing steam near the end of the day. Investors are starting to prepare for the

It's not surprising to see Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) off to the races after going public on Thursday. The fast-growing provider of cloud monitoring and analytics tools checks off all of the boxes

Every investor has a method for choosing the stocks to add to their portfolio. Tech stocks are a big buzzword this past decade (for good reason). Whatever your experience level, there are ways to

Yet another high-ranking executive is leaving Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), and investors must wonder how the management team will lead the firm into the future.

Robin Vince, Goldman Sachs' chief

Software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is currently the largest company in the world (by market cap) and for good reason. It's firing on all cylinders, deepening its various wide-moat businesses

The name VEREIT (NYSE: VER) is supposed to make investors think of the Latin word "veritas," which basically translates to "truth" today. At first blush, that may seem like a funny name for a real

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Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE: DRI)Q1 2020 Earnings CallSep 19, 2019, 8:30 a.m. ET

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Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) launched its new fiscal period with results that fell behind the pace needed to meet its own financial performance goals for the year. In addition, the restaurant

Investing is all about getting your money to work for you, and seemingly one of the easiest ways to do that is through dividends. 

You buy shares of a stalwart business, relax, and watch the checks

General Mills (NYSE: GIS) this past week announced a discouraging return to sales declines after two consecutive quarters of modestly positive results. The packaged foods giant said organic revenue

The booming smartwatch market is helping drive soaring shipments in the broader wearables market. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues to lead the way with its category-defining Apple Watch, which all

Shares of engineering and construction firm McDermott International (NYSE: MDR) are down 23% as of 1:30 p.m. EDT today. Today's drastic stock plummet comes after yesterday's free fall that was

Jim Chanos made a name for himself betting that Enron would collapse in the early 2000s. Now the short-seller is betting against Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), a leading restaurant delivery company whose

Marijuana stocks have explosive potential. The global cannabis industry could generate annual sales as high as $200 billion within the next decade, according to investment bank Stifel. This would

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

The stock market had managed a small gain by Thursday afternoon. An interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday may be helping the cause.

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A year ago today, investors were falling all over themselves to grab a piece of Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY), the hot Canadian pot grower. A bubble that had been forming in the stock following its July

Shares of Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) were down 3.9% as of 1:00 p.m. EDT Thursday after the parent company of chains including Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse served up mixed quarterly