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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported second-quarter earnings results last week, providing the first in a series of tough quarterly comparisons from the previous year when folks spent more time at home and

Usually, the biggest losers for any given month end up being a hodgepodge of different companies. This is not one of those times. July's worst-performing names among the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)

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loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE: LDI)Q2 2021 Earnings CallAug 03, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET

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Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM)Q2 2021 Earnings CallAug 03, 2021, 4:30 p.m. ET

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Infrastructure giant Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) is having a great year. Strong first-half performance has helped its stock gain 30% year-to-date -- handily outperforming the S&P 500. 

During its Q2

When Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) announced it was going public, two Motley Fool contributors rolled their eyes. "Who would want to invest in a company whose stationary bike costs thousands of dollars,"

Last Thursday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) reported second-quarter earnings. Wall Street apparently wasn't impressed with either report, and share prices dropped 8% and 18%

It's been a rough year for Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) stock. Year to date, shares of the edge computing company are down nearly 50%. Slowing organic growth, the loss of the company's chief financial

Competitive mobile-gaming platform provider Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ) made headlines Monday morning, announcing a strategic partnership with Exit Games, a move that could change the landscape of gaming

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) reported second quarter earnings that were quite solid. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on July 19, Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, and Industry Focus host

Over the last two months, Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG) has been opportunistic on the acquisition front, making not one, but two significant depository purchases. First, Citizens announced it

Visual search engine Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) reported its 2021 second-quarter earnings on July 29, and has seen its stock fall more than 25% since then. This large drop may have investors spooked

As a Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) shareholder, I cringed when I saw the stock's initial sell-off on July 28, the day the company released its second-quarter results last week -- it fell as much as

The great thing about Social Security is that it's designed to pay you for life. If the value of your retirement plan fluctuates based on market conditions, you may have a year where you're forced

Healthcare has undergone massive changes in the past decade. A global pandemic will overshadow much of it in the eyes of history, but legislation, reimbursement changes, and scientific breakthroughs

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is in the middle of an epic growth rebound. Sure, soaring sales in recent months can be traced to collapsing demand in the year-ago period when social distancing was at its

General Motors (NYSE: GM) is often thought of as a "legacy" automaker, but the reality is that the company is making some big moves in the electric vehicle and autonomous transportation industries

Pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) released its second-quarter earnings report on July 28, and the  results were impressive. Naturally, the big story surrounded the drugmaker's COVID-19 vaccine

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) just did something it rarely does -- reported revenue that fell short of analysts' estimates for the second quarter. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on July 19

A great reason to hold a dividend growth stock for the long term is that its payouts will increase over time. That means that you are earning more on your initial investment with each annual

Meme stocks have been one of the greatest phenomenons of the investing world this year. Investments like GameStop (NYSE: GME), AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC), and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) saw

Longtime Fool contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, has covered the banking sector for about a decade, and owns a handful of bank and other financial stocks in his personal stock portfolio. However, two

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE: PSTH), the massive special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, run by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, recently announced the cancellation of its plans to

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) just announced a quarterly dividend policy. The payouts are starting out small, but I expect the company to build up its dividend yield over time

In mid-July, AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) completed its $39 billion acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals. And this week, that purchase likely became a little more valuable thanks to a recommendation