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When defense contracting company Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) reported its earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2022 on Monday, I have to say the numbers didn't look great. Sales grew only 5%

Inflation has been on investors' minds for months now. For 10 consecutive months, year-over-year inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), has been above 5%. In March, the CPI was

The market is in the heart of the first-quarter earnings season, with many stocks reporting their financials for the first three months of 2022. Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) is one of these companies

Shares of Fiverr International (NYSE: FVRR) fell by 30% in April, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The freelancer platform's stock has lost slightly more than half its

Over the past one, three, five, and 10-year periods, Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) stock has outperformed larger rival Home Depot. While the latter possesses better margins and return on invested capital, the

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) went public on June 12, 2019. The cloud-based cybersecurity company priced its IPO at $34 a share, and its stock started trading at $63.50. Today, shares trade at about

Even after excluding the recent Xilinx acquisition, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) killed it in the first quarter of 2022. The company's financial results once again exceeded expectations as

Shares of Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) gained 7.2% in April 2022, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That may not sound like much of a boost, but it's an impressive gain when

Over the past few quarters, Chewy's (NYSE: CHWY) business has underperformed, but is a rebound coming? In this clip from "The Virtual Opportunities Show" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on April 12

I want to be the first to congratulate you -- if you're reading this, you're likely interested in beginning your investing journey. Or perhaps you've already started and just want to know what the

So far, 2022 has been a great year to own stocks in the energy sector, and an even better year for shareholders of some of Canada's top oil companies. Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ), Cenovus

Typically, when a company delivers an estimates-beating quarter, its stock price rises as eager investors pile in to capitalize on the success. That hasn't been the case with fashion retailer

The second-largest holding in Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) massive $350-billion-plus equities portfolio is Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), which also happens to be

There's nothing like the close of a long-simmering acquisition for the health of a stock. So it was this week with online sports betting specialist DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), whose share price was

AT&T (NYSE: T) was the first of the big three wireless carriers to budge when it announced a price increase for some customers on older service plans. It's the first notable price increase by any of

The House of Mouse was devastated at the pandemic's onset when it was forced to deny entry to visitors to its theme parks. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) relies, to a large degree, on bringing

Legendary investor Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway have long valued stocks that can build an economic moat, which is a competitive advantage that enables a company to achieve

Spotify Technology's (NYSE: SPOT) key performance metrics surpassed management's guidance in the first quarter. Monthly active users grew 19% year over year to 422 million, which led to a 24%

Against a backdrop of heightened economic uncertainty and an incredibly volatile stock market to start 2022, communications and media conglomerate Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported first-quarter

The stock market's decline this year may be bad news for investors holding shares of growth stocks, but if you're looking for a great dividend, now may be an optimal time to buy. Falling share

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the best-known companies in the world, and has made plenty of shareholders wealthier over the past several decades. Its demonstrated ability to repeatedly create

Like much of the industrial sector, aerospace and defense giant Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) near-term earnings prospects are being challenged by a confluence of negative forces. If it isn't

This week has been a tough one for stocks, but it's been especially tough for specialty biotech Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS). Following the release of its first-quarter results and operational

The semiconductor sector has benefited from a major demand surge thanks to the continued digitization of everyday life. The pandemic undoubtedly accelerated that trend with remote work driving sales

Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) fell 49.2% in April 2022, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock is now down 72% in 6 months, brutally punished by the market's hasty