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Shares of international coffee giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) are up 12% year-to-date, enough to push the stock to record highs. The company is benefiting from a wave of reopenings worldwide. 

Remember your high school graduation? You threw that cap up in the air, ready to take on the world with your new status as a legal adult. Now you're about to cross a different graduation milestone

Investors love it when companies can execute a successful second act, another business beyond its core that enables it to grow even more. MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) is one such company that has

What's the best way to win a government contract? If you ask Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), they might tell you: Make sure you're the only company able to bid!

As you may recall, roughly two years

Stocks dropped last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) shed roughly 1%. That still left indexes near all-time highs, and up more than

XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) has set the date for its long-awaited split, announcing GXO Logistics will begin trading on August 2.

The split is a huge moment in the history of one of the transportation

It took just days for online tech retailer Newegg (NASDAQ: NEGG) to go from IPO stock to meme stock. After a lackluster beginning of public trading in late May, reports surfaced that the company had

Saving for retirement independently is a good way to help ensure that you'll have enough money to pay your living expenses as a senior. And if you don't have access to a 401(k) plan through your

Looking for stocks you can confidently buy when the stock market as a whole takes a dive? Buying up shares of terrific businesses after the tide rolls out is a winning strategy for patient

Since the beginning of the year, the big story on Wall Street often hasn't been the pandemic. Rather, the buzz has been about the retail movement and the desire to seek out the next short squeeze.

Tech stocks that pay dividends are often overlooked by the market. After all, tech companies usually start paying dividends when they run out of room to expand, and tech investors often favor growth

Many investors may never have heard of AngioDynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO), which produces "minimally invasive medical devices" to treat peripheral vascular disease and cancer, according to its website. 

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) stock has gotten hammered this week, as investors are selling following the company's latest successful flight into space. Even Richard Branson flying on the latest

E-commerce was already eating the lunch of brick-and-mortar retail headed into 2020, and the pandemic sealed the deal -- online-based shopping and business transactions are now a staple. In fact, in

The iPhone 6 series was a landmark device for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) when it was launched in September of 2014, as it marked the company's transition toward bigger screens. The iPhone 6 and the bigger

No matter how well the stock market is performing, you'll never have to look far for a pundit calling for a crash or steep correction. Although we'll never know precisely when a crash or correction

Recessions can be tough on investors. A weak economy strains corporate profit-making, and share prices take a hit. You're left watching your portfolio decline in value, feeling powerless to stop it.

When we think of Dow Jones stocks, we think of solid businesses that offer steady profit and revenue over time. We also may think of annual dividend payments. Some stocks on the index -- such as

You might not have heard of Harry Dent Jr. He's an American author, economist, and investment firm founder who correctly predicted the Japanese economic downturn in 1989. He also forecast the

Remember the Energizer Bunny? The battery-operated pink mechanical bunny became a popular mascot for Energizer batteries on TV commercials where it continued to beat its drum. The tag line for the

There are a lot of ways for folks to grow their wealth. For instance, they could squirrel their money away under the mattress or buy real estate. But when compared to other investment vehicles, the

A quick internet search will yield hundreds of recommendations on how to become a millionaire next week. There will always be people peddling questionable methods to reach millionaire status in no

The monthly Social Security benefit seniors start out collecting isn't the exact benefit they're stuck with for life. That's because those benefits are subject to annual raises, or cost-of-living

Shares of Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) sank 17.5% over the last week of trading, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The gig-work marketplace company's stock got caught up in a broader

Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) surged more than 20% to a record closing high of $286.43 this week, as multiple events helped drive the biotech's stock higher. 

On Monday, Moderna appeared to