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Infrastructure is the backbone of the global economy. It helps power our society and supports the movement of goods and people. Because of its importance, infrastructure assets tend to generate

There's a certain satisfaction that happens when a stock doubles, giving investors confirmation that their hard work in finding the right stock has produced results. Yet it can be difficult to find

Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that operates the investment management firm Franklin Templeton, just acquired competitor Legg Mason in a $4.5 billion deal that now makes the

Investing in sturdy dividend stocks is a fantastic way to diversify your portfolio and collect some extra cash. If you invest in companies with a historically robust (and growing) dividend and

If you're contributing money to a health savings account (HSA), congratulations. You've made a smart financial choice by using an account that provides some of the most generous tax breaks

Led by explosive growth stocks in the tech sector, the stock market has generally recovered from the COVID-19 plunge of the spring. E-commerce stocks have also posted huge gains. It's hard to tell

DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) shares were already driving in the fast lane, having gained nearly 85% in 2019. The stock has been pedal to the metal in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work

Dividend stocks are great for long-term investors who want to sit back and watch secondary income accumulate. Dividend investing can be a great way to supplement returns, especially over longer

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) made waves recently when both big-name companies announced stock splits.

In the weeks between the announcement and the day before they began trading at

Over the past couple of decades, hydrogen stocks have not been particularly good investments. The technology has been expensive, access to hydrogen as a fuel has been limited (and also expensive)

For some seniors, Social Security is used as supplemental income -- extra money on top of their retirement savings. For others, it's an essential source of income -- one they absolutely can't live

This has been a year that the investors won't soon forget. Initially, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic sent the broad-based S&P 500 lower by a whopping 34% in less than a few weeks

The market plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic because economic activity came to a screeching halt and investors worried that companies wouldn't have enough money to keep the lights on during the

The stock market has fully recovered its losses from the pandemic, with the S&P 500 up 8% year to date. But despite the wider market gains, several companies in the tourism and food-service

If there's one thing you should understand about the stock market, it's that it's consistently unpredictable in the short run. In just a sixth-month period in 2020, we've witnessed the steepest

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Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM)Q2 2021 Earnings CallAug 31, 2020, 5:30 p.m. ET

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The future of J.C. Penney (OTC: JCPN.Q) is in more serious doubt than ever following the collapse of talks between the troubled retailer and two of its landlords regarding a sale. The impasse was

Shares of Akcea Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AKCA) soared 60% on Monday after the biopharmaceutical company announced that it had agreed to be bought out by Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IONS).

Ionis will

Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM), which unveiled its Q2 of fiscal 2021 results after market hours on Monday, really had a day to remember.

During the trading day, investors bid the stock up by

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Frontline (NYSE: FRO)Q2 2020 Earnings CallAug 27, 2020, 9:00 a.m. ET

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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) climbed 6.2% to a closing high of $90.82 on Monday, as investors cheered the launch of its new gaming-focused processor. 

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The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) fell 7.7 points, or 0.34%, on Aug. 31. Today's modest sell-off wasn't enough to wipe out what has been a great month for investors; the index finished August up

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Regis (NYSE: RGS)Q4 2020 Earnings CallAug 31, 2020, 10:00 a.m. ET

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Shares of AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), the world's largest movie theater chain, slipped 6.7% today. This morning, the company announced the sale of several theaters in the Baltics in order to help

Monday was a mixed day on Wall Street, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) lost ground despite another record showing for the Nasdaq Composite. Yet