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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)

The S&P 500 has not had a great 2022 so far, as the broad index is down 11% through the end of April. Soaring inflation, the Fed's plans to keep raising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil have

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) reported first-quarter 2022 earnings before the markets opened on Monday, April 25. The longtime Warren Buffett favorite posted healthy growth in revenue and profits as

When Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) announced a dividend of $0.67 a share on April 23, that marked the 11th straight quarter of payouts at that level for one of the largest owners of nursing

On Tuesday and Wednesday, leading chipmakers Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) reported earnings, providing more evidence the purported chip slowdown remains better than

The transition to more environmentally friendly green energy sources is a massive investing megatrend. The global economy needs to invest more than $150 trillion over the next 30 years to move from

The primary goal of a dividend investor is to pick stocks that will consistently raise their dividend and help to increase purchasing power over time.

The March 2022 consumer price index reading of

Over the past two years, Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has been on a spectacular ride. In this clip from "Ask Us Anything" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on April 21, Fool.com contributor Connor Allen

The tech stock sell-off that investors have seen since late 2021 has not spared many companies. Even large, established businesses have been hit, including Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Nvidia (NASDAQ:

You can find volatility in every aspect of the market in the past few months. Stocks have seen volatility, and so have interest- rate products like loans and bonds.

Mortgage rates saw their biggest

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ)  can be easily misunderstood by people unfamiliar with the payment industry. Some people assume that Marqeta's platform only supplies the same mundane service that older

Investors are increasingly worried about a recession, and those fears have caused the Nasdaq Composite to slip back into bear market territory. Currently, the growth-heavy index is down just over

Many us of dream of being millionaires one day. We may also be imagining that such an achievement will require us to get in on a high-flying stock at the ground floor or that we will have to move to

Share prices of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) are currently down 31.5% year to date. That significantly underperforms the 12.3% fall in the broader market as measured by the S&P 500 index. 

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