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Nucleic acid vaccines, which are either DNA- or RNA-based, hold significant promise in the fight against COVID-19. Pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and clinical-stage Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) are the

Boeing (NYSE: BA) hasn't been able to catch a break lately. The 737 MAX has been grounded since March 2019 due to well-known safety issues, the KC-46 military tanker has suffered major quality

Nearly five years in the making, Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC) "Mission Extension Vehicle" project is now well under way, and gathering momentum.

While it is still early innings for this new

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) rose 10% in August, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The cloud computing leader surged after Microsoft confirmed it was in talks to acquire

Buying shares of popular companies with strong growth prospects has always been a favorite tactic of market participants. Now investors can do so with next to zero commission while utilizing a smart

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, people looked forward to cheering on their favorite sports teams, watching a blockbuster film, or seeing their favorite musicians perform live. Unfortunately

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) has been busy getting back on track after a major setback in February that saw investors hitting the sell button on account of its lukewarm guidance. But shares of the

Seniors are often shocked to learn that much of their income is subject to taxes. Social Security benefits, for example, are generally taxable when they're not the sole source of income in play, and

All eyes were on net-lease real estate investment trust (REIT) Realty Income (NYSE: O) during the COVID-19 shutdowns. An industry bellwether, the company's performance wasn't particularly reassuring

The potential economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic hung heavy over Wall Street going into the second quarter 2020 earnings season, but with earnings season winding down indications are that

After years of prep work a new generation of high-speed weapons is about to take to the skies. 

For the Pentagon, these missiles are a key part of a new arms race developing between the U.S., China

The stock market has taken a tumble over the past week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging around 1,600 points in just the past three trading sessions . That may be unnerving for

While lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA) both make athletic apparel, they have been on divergent paths for some time. This is reflected in their share prices

Shares of Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) are down over 10% after the company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat on both the top and bottom lines. There's still good sales momentum at

For Wall Street, 2020 has been a year filled with twists and turns. The uncertainty created by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic pushed equities considerably lower during a five-week

When the coronavirus pandemic swooped down on the economy in March, it created a situation that very few could have imagined in January or February. The pandemic forced all banks to set aside huge

The coronavirus has necessitated major changes in the United States. For many people, some of those changes have to do with their money management. In fact, Northwestern Mutual reports as many as

Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA), which produces image processing SoCs (system on chips) and computer vision chips, isn't usually mentioned in conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) chips, which

It's no secret that investing in the stock market can make you rich. Then again, not all stocks fall into the category of millionaire-makers. In fact, many don't. 

The good news is, you don't have

Even as the market plunged due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, some companies managed to perform well. One of these was Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), a biotech whose

In mid-June, the gene-editing company CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) released new and highly positive data from two small clinical trials of its CTX001 gene-editing therapy for beta thalassemia

The market for companies going public has been heating up this year on the heels of the rapid-fire bear market and subsequent recovery. After losing 30% of its value between mid-February and late

Investors in general -- and technology investors in particular -- are always looking for their next multibagger opportunity. In the past five years or so, a number of cloud-based software companies

This year has certainly been one for the record books. The major market indexes began their record-setting coronavirus-induced swoon on Feb. 19, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average eventually

In case you somehow missed the memo, our economy is stuck in a recession, and things could stay that way until there's a widely available vaccine or treatment to target COVID-19. What that really