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Investors remained in a bearish mood on Monday, starting the new week with fresh declines for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite

Shares of the online car-buying company Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) were falling once again today, after plunging 20% just last week. There wasn't any company-specific news driving the stock down today

Shares of enterprise software star Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) fell today, down 4.1% as of the end of trading -- much more than the broader markets. 

There wasn't much in the way of new news for

Shares of the mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) dropped as much as 10% on Sept. 26. The big news here hails all the way back to Sept. 8, when the

Shares of the big-data software company Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) gained as much as 5.8% today after the company announced that the Department of Homeland Security renewed a five-year contract with the

Many stocks in the alternative energy sector jumped Monday morning. Shares of hydrogen fuel cell company Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) rose as much as 3.6%, while hydrogen-powered vehicle maker Hyzon

Shares in industrial giant General Electric (NYSE: GE) bucked the market today by spending most of it in positive territory, while the S&P 500 index did the opposite. The move comes as investors

On another brutal day for the markets, casino stock Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) was defying gravity, up an impressive 12.8% as of 1:45 p.m. ET.

The reason all comes down to China, where officials in

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Well, it's a new week, but the stock market is still looking a lot like it looked last week -- which is to say, "down." One stock, however, is defying the downturn and glowing green this afternoon

Shares of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) were up 12.4% as of 1:05 p.m. ET on Monday. The jump followed positive news over the weekend about the return of tourism in China's Macau Special Administrative

Shares of Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) were up 2.5% as of 12:10 p.m. ET on Monday. The move coincided with Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) announcement that it was launching two experiences on the popular gaming

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) climbed higher Monday morning, adding as much as 3.1%. As of 1:29 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 1.5% -- even as each of the major stock indexes slumped.

The

Shares of QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) jumped as much as 6% Monday morning on some news from a partner in its quest to commercialize solid-state battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs). Investors

Today's price action in the cryptocurrency markets remains relatively muted. With most tokens seeing less volatility than we've experienced in some time, this breather is one that may come as a

Shares of Golden Sun Education Group (NASDAQ: GSUN) are plunging in morning trading Monday on no company-specific news, but the move follows a massive run-up on Friday, which also occurred for no

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) climbed higher Monday morning, adding as much as 2.2%. As of 12:36 p.m. ET today, the stock was still up 1.1%, even as the broader market slipped.

That catalyst that

The ride so-called "Lunatics" have been on over the past year is perhaps one of the most incredible ones we've seen in the world of cryptocurrencies. Terra Classic (CRYPTO: LUNC), a blockchain

Shares of theater owner AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) plunged 6% early Monday on news related to its recently created AMC Preferred Equity (NYSE: APE) units. At 11:10 a.m. ET, shares had recovered

The typical retiree currently receives around $1,627 per month from Social Security. A benefit boost by $1,830 would more than double that typical payout, which would be an incredible windfall

Wayfair (NYSE: W) shares are trading near the lows they set during the first acute phases of the pandemic. That price slump has occurred even though the e-commerce giant has a much bigger sales base

The transformation of the world's vehicle fleet to being powered by electricity is one of today's biggest growth trends. In 2021, sales of new light-duty fully electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled

The rocky road that Faraday Future (NASDAQ: FFIE) has been traveling just became a little smoother. The electric vehicle company just announced it has reach a resolution regarding a dispute with