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On Monday, Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) announced plans to combine with Frontier Group Holdings (NASDAQ: ULCC) to create a new U.S. discount titan. Investors are excited about the deal, sending

Shares of Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT), a data streaming company, were tumbling today after it reported its fourth-quarter results. While the company beat analysts' consensus estimates for both revenue

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), the semiconductors giant, slipped somewhat again in early trading on the Nasdaq today. The stock is down 2.3% as of 10:55 a.m. ET.

Investors, it seems, may be

Shares of Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) were running 6.3% higher in morning trading Friday as more institutional investors bought into the idea-collating site.

Pinterest stock has been battered for a good

Shares of Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL), a widely diversified consumer products company, rose sharply in early trading on Feb. 11, gaining as much as 11.5% at one point. The big news was the company's

The stock market's short-term volatility can be scary. When in doubt, however, it helps to zoom out and consider the performance of equities over a more extended period of time -- say, 10 or more

The stock market was having a mixed session on Friday, with all three major indexes largely unchanged not quite an hour into the trading day. But real estate technology giant Zillow Group (NASDAQ:

Shares of BlackLine (NASDAQ: BL) crashed in Friday morning trading after the maker of cloud-based accounting software released its fourth-quarter report following the close of Thursday's session

Shares of Chemours (NYSE: CC), a specialty chemical company, fell sharply at the open of trading on Friday, losing as much as 14.5% of their value in the first few minutes of trading. The big story

No one can predict the next market crash or correction, but you can prepare for it. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 26, Fool contributor Rachel Warren discusses her top stalwart

There's a strong argument against investing in speculative stocks, especially given the current state of the market. In recent weeks, investors have largely shifted away from these stocks due to

The stock market had a muted open on Friday, with all three major averages hovering near the flatline shortly after the opening bell. But Block (NYSE: SQ), better known as Square, was a major

You probably know someone (maybe it's you) who can't function in the morning without their cup of coffee. The need for people to get their morning fix, combined with strong branding, has made

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is back to setting sales records. The beverage giant this week announced that volume in its core away-from-home drink categories finally surpassed 2019 levels as parts of the

Shares of Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) are popping Friday morning after the clean energy company reported its 2021 fourth-quarter and full-year results. The stock has already been on a roller-coaster

If you're going bargain hunting for stocks in February, you've come to the right place. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 26, Fool contributors Jason Hall and Rachel Warren discuss

Biotech giant Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has encountered its share of headwinds in the past two years. For instance, in late 2020 the company lost patent exclusivity in the U.S. for Truvada and

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, investors were worried that apartments in big coastal cities would be crushed. For a time there were problems, but now they've come back to life.

And

Shares of 2U (NASDAQ: TWOU), plummeted this week after the company released its fourth-quarter results Wednesday afternoon. Investors did not like that the company's management expects widening

Have you ever considered using a stop-loss order as part of your investing strategy? In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 24, Fool contributors Toby Bordelon and Brian Withers respond

The stock of Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK), the freelance-jobs marketplace, crashed in Friday morning trading. Analysts had forecast Upwork would lose $0.05 per share on $131.8 million in revenue in fiscal

The speculative market frenzy of early 2021 saw sports-focused streaming platform fuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) become a multibagger within a year, soaring from single digits to nearly $50 per share. Now at

It's not easy running a movie theater chain these days. Domestic ticket sales are clocking in at $470 million this year, 57% below where we were two years ago at this point. It's not as if 2020 were

Dividends will always appeal to income investors and others who take a more conservative approach to the markets. Those payouts, especially when a company is able to increase them every year, serve

The digital realm has made our lives far more convenient, but it has also left us more vulnerable to bad actors than ever. In the real world, our exposure to crime might be limited to our immediate