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On a generally bullish Tuesday for the stock market, many titles -- even in the out-of-fashion tech sector -- rose handsomely in price. Unfortunately for Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP) investors

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) concocted a stock market win on Tuesday, with its shares rising nearly 2% on the day against the S&P 500's 0.7% gain. That followed an analyst's inclusion of the

Investors had a topsy-turvy day on Tuesday, with the stock market initially soaring on news that consumer price inflation cooled off in November. Yet after a more than 700-point rise for the Dow

A report indicated that the companies behind popular mobile apps helped push Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) stock higher on Tuesday. The share price of the music service operator, whose app is enduringly

Nike (NYSE: NKE) shares crossed the finish line into positive territory on Tuesday, inching up to close nearly 1% higher. The storied athletic footwear and apparel maker got a lift from a pair of

Due to a mild inflation report, the stock market had a bullish morning on Tuesday, but Silvergate Capital (NYSE: SI) stock missed the upswing. Instead, the regional bank with close ties to the

Shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) hit all-time lows on Tuesday. As of 3 p.m. EST, Coinbase stock was down almost 9% and still falling. The move was particularly

There are two good reasons Home Depot (NYSE: HD) stock jumped today. Shares of the home improvement retailer rose as much as nearly 6% early Tuesday. The stock didn't hold that sharp gain but it was

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) was bouncing around on Tuesday, up 5.4% in morning trading, but then dropping as the day went on. By 2:20 p.m. ET, the share price was down 0.3% to $73.58.

The major

Shares of telecom giant Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) were rising on Tuesday, at one point up 5%, before reverting to a 1.9% gain as of 2:28 p.m. ET. However, that was still ahead of the broader

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) stock is skyrocketing higher today after cancer treatment news. In the video below, I break down the details and discuss whether or not you should buy Moderna stock now. Is

Growth stocks with a consumer business focus were bouncing sharply higher on Tuesday as inflation data came in cooler than expected and investors speculated that rate hikes may start slowing down. 

When the markets opened this morning, it appeared Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) stock was headed for a bumper day. The electric vehicle (EV) stock, after all, jumped as much as 9.2% early

United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) announced a massive new airplane order this morning, and investors are not sure what to think. Shares of United initially traded up as much as 3%, but then

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has dropped almost 50% in just the past three months, with the slide continuing today. Shares haven't been this low since November 2020. Though the stock jumped more than

The market surged on investor optimism toward macroeconomic data on Tuesday but shares of social media platform Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) popped even more than the market. A prominent analyst upgraded

A broad cross-section of stocks roared higher on Tuesday, as market watchers focused on the Federal Reserve Bank's ongoing battle to cool red-hot inflation. The latest U.S. government data showed

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) were trading higher Tuesday in the wake of a cooler-than-expected November inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that lifted the market broadly, but

Nio (NYSE: NIO) stock zoomed this morning, rallying as high as 6% within minutes of the market's opening before giving up those gains alongside the broader market.

There were multiple catalysts

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that inflation in November rose 7.1%, versus the expected 7.3%, over 2021, setting off a stock market rally. Shares of stocks tied to the EV industry

Shares of high-growth software stocks Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), and Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) were rallying this morning for the second day in a row, up 4.3%, 2.5%, and 6.6%

Inflation data is once again the market's focus on Tuesday morning, but this time it's pushing the market higher. The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) rose 7.1% from a year ago, but the non-adjusted

News headlines this morning are dominated by the U.S. Department of Labor's announcement that inflation in November was up "only" 7.1% over a year ago -- good news, given that most economists were