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Watford Holdings (NASDAQ: WTRE), a somewhat obscure insurance and reinsurance provider, seems to be in play.

On Thursday, peer Enstar Group (NASDAQ: ESGR) offered to buy out the entirety of Watford

Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) received a major analyst upgrade today from Pivotal Research Group, a decade-old equity research company launched in 2010. Pivotal boosted its price target for the retail

In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines and earning reports from Wall Street. They've got a spice maker announcing strong

October has historically been a scary month for the stock market, with the crashes of 1929 and 1987 coming during the same month as Halloween. Yet investors weren't too frightened to send stocks

Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) rose 5.5% on Thursday, following news that the streaming leader's brand got a big boost during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as rumors it was considering price

Investors in the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) were flying high again on Thursday. The index of stocks on the Nasdaq Stock Market once again dramatically outpaced the rest of the market

Shares of Adient (NYSE: ADNT), a global producer of automotive seating, were up 12% Thursday after the company announced it closed the sale of its fabrics business.

Adient officially closed the

After the company reported its gout drug, SEL-212, failed to meet its primary endpoint in a mid-stage clinical trial, shares in Selecta Biosciences (NASDAQ: SELB) traded 33.5% lower on Thursday.

The

Shares of edge-computing specialist Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) jumped on Thursday, rising as much as 6.7%. By the time the market closed, the stock was up 4.5%.

The stock's gain came as Fastly closed its

PNC Financial (NYSE: PNC) is the latest bank to announce its third-quarter dividend, declaring a $1.15 per share quarterly payout on its common stock Thursday.

PNC has one of the better dividends

Shares of The Container Store (NYSE: TCS) were soaring 25% in late afternoon trading Thursday after the New York Post ran a story connecting the retailer to a new Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) series that

Shares of Wayfair (NYSE: W), Michaels (NASDAQ: MIK), and ANGI Homeservices (NASDAQ: ANGI) were all moving higher today, though there was no specific news out on any of these companies. Instead, a

Boeing (NYSE: BA) said Thursday it will consolidate production of its 787 Dreamliner at its North Charleston, South Carolina facility in 2021, part of a broader effort to cut costs that is sure to

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) received a light-hearted "endorsement" from President Donald Trump yesterday when he retweeted a tweet about a supposed link between a chemical found in french fries and

For the sixth consecutive month, gambling revenue in Macao has fallen 90% or more, after casino regulators in the only city in China where it's legal to gamble said September revenue fell to 2.2

The stock market was largely flat on Thursday as investors waited to see if a new stimulus agreement could be reached. Most major indices were in positive territory as of 2:50 p.m. EDT, but not by

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its supply chain have been hit hard by the March 2019 grounding of the 737 MAX, which makes up a substantial portion of the aerospace giant's order book and supports an array

Peter Lynch became one of the most well-known investors in America as the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments from 1977 to 1990. During those 13 years, he consistently outperformed

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) snapped back from a 3% year-over-year revenue decline in the second quarter of 2020 to an emphatic 5.3% expansion in its top line during the third quarter, as results released

Thursday's looking like a strong day for lithium mining stocks. In early trading this morning, shares of Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL), Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC), and Orocobre Limited (OTC:

Shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals (NYSEMKT: NAK) are up 6% as of 2 p.m. EDT, after topping out at a gain of 12% earlier today. Other domestic mining companies, including MP Materials, which is

Eastern Bankshares raised $1.8 billion in its subscription offering and plans to start trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker EBC in mid-October, the bank said in a regulatory filing.

Because

Taking advantage of new battery options and big government subsidies, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has slashed its Model 3 prices in China. The company's Chinese website is now advertising a base price for

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) announced today that it has agreed to sell its onshore assets in Colombia to private equity giant The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG). The oil company will receive up to

Following up on a second quarter that saw an approximate 20% rebound in comparable sales, retailer Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) announced its plans today to open 11 new stores across the United