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Restaurant chains have been some of the top-performing stocks of the past few decades. From Domino's Pizza to Starbucks, there's no doubt it can be highly profitable to hold a quality restaurant

Shares of the tech giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) were jumping today after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter results. The company beat analysts' consensus top- and bottom-line

Healthcare companies can be safe places to invest your money in over the long term, especially when you're looking at some of the largest ones in the sector, such as medical-device maker Medtronic 

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are losing ground in Thursday's trading session. The electric vehicle leader's stock was down roughly 6% at 10:15 a.m. today. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite index was

What are two almost-surefire signs that a company is doing well and expects that to continue in the future?

The answer is when said company announces an increase in its dividend paid to shareholders

On March 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light to Merck's (NYSE: MRK) cancer drug Keytruda for yet another indication. The FDA authorized Keytruda to treat patients

With shares of Nkarta (NASDAQ: NKTX) up by 131%, April 25 was a great day to be a shareholder of this little-known biotech. Thanks to some great news from a pair of its early-stage clinical

Shares of Noodles & Company (NASDAQ: NDLS), which operates a noodle-themed chain of restaurants, rose dramatically at the open of trading on April 28, gaining as much as 23% in the first few minutes

Investing in a growth stock can be risky if the catalyst behind its strong numbers disappears. Over the past couple of years, COVID-19 has led to some strong results for certain companies while

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) declined over 10% as investors digested the commentary from its first-quarter earnings call. The call covered the period between Jan. 1 and March 31

Like most cryptocurrencies, Polkadot (CRYPTO: DOT) has been a volatile name over the last year. The multichain blockchain development protocol's core token has largely followed the ups and downs of

Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) stock is soaring following the company's recent first-quarter earnings release. The gig-economy company's share price was up roughly 16% as of 9:45 a.m. ET Thursday.

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Growing use of renewable energy is an undisputed trend that's here to stay. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects that the share of renewable sources in the U.S. power-generation

When you invest in stocks of publicly traded companies, something comes with the package--corporate actions, which may affect a company's stock and, therefore, its shareholders. Corporate actions

Quick: Somebody call a virtual doctor! The stock market just pushed America's leading telehealth business down a flight of stairs.

Shares of Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) fell hard after U.S. stock

Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) offers investors a big-time dividend. The natural gas pipeline giant's current yield is around 6%, which is multiples above the 1.5% average dividend yield of stocks in the

The stock market has struggled to get its footing this week, with a full slate of financial results creating considerable volatility. On Thursday morning, however, Wall Street looked like it might

There are many ways to invest in energy and dividend stocks. This trio covers a lot of the common ground between these two different themes. So if you are looking to add some dividend power to your

As of March, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reported that the average monthly Social Security benefit for retired workers came out to $1,665.18. However, it's possible to receive a monthly

For biotech companies, it's never a good sign to have testy interactions with federal regulators. Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN) knows this all too well. The company's coronavirus vaccine candidate in

Tech stocks haven't been the only market segment to be hammered in the last six months. Solar energy stocks have also gotten crushed despite a sharp rise in oil and natural gas prices around the

It's hard to find an asset that has outperformed Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) 5,500% return over the past five years. The world's top programmable blockchain certainly has its fair share of supporters

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been on a winning streak lately. After delivering its first-ever profitable year in 2020, it notched record-breaking volume, revenue, and net profits in 2021.

While the

Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) leads the genome sequencing industry with a 90% market share in the U.S. and a 75% share globally. It has been this way for more than a decade, and the company is making

The broader stock market has been weak of late, with the S&P 500 Index down around 10% so far this year. Also in negative territory are Cummins (NYSE: CMI), Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI)