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The stock market's forgettable performance in 2022, caused by surging inflation and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in a bid to control it, did have at least one positive effect. It

The stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression left many elderly Americans in poverty. In fact, more than half of seniors lacked the necessary income to support themselves in

There's no sugarcoating the fact that it's been an ugly year for Wall Street and everyday investors. The broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) produced its worst first-half return since 1970, while

Money is made in bull markets, but fortunes are made in bear markets. So goes the Wall Street adage about the excellent opportunity to buy stocks when demand is low, and prices plummet. Corrections

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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