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A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a publicly traded shell company that raises capital for the purpose of acquiring a privately held company. SPACs raise money through initial public

Shares of over-the-top (OTT) streaming video company Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) jumped 5% out of the gate this morning and remain up a respectable 2.5% in 12:05 p.m. EDT trading.

If you own Roku stock, you

Shares of Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) were trading higher on Monday, after the company reported a strong deliveries total for July and said that deliveries of its next new model

Shares of electric big-rig start-up Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) were moving higher on Monday, after a Wall Street analyst said that the stock could jump after the company's earnings report later this

The FAANG stocks -- Facebook, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple, Netflix, and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) -- have now all reported second-quarter 2020 earnings. One fact is

AT&T (NYSE: T) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) seem like very different companies on the surface. Yet both have joined the streaming media frenzy, launching streaming services to capitalize on the

While value stocks with low earnings multiples and high dividend yields have traditionally held up better during periods of economic volatility, growth stocks have been the best performers amid this

Shares of e-commerce, shipping, and postage company Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) jumped an incredible 36% in early trading on Aug. 3. The stock was still holding on to those gains at roughly noon EDT

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) were once dominant Silicon Valley tech titans, but the advent of cloud computing transformed the IT industry and changed the fortunes of both

Genius Brands' (NASDAQ: GNUS) partnership with Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) is expanding to include the Rainbow Rangers characters under the toymaker's Fisher-Price brand. The new toys will be sold on

Shares of Tupperware Brands (NYSE: TUP) were tumbling 12% in morning trading Monday on no specific news, but it follows a huge run-up last week on earnings and an even larger gain for the year.

The

For those debating the best age to start Social Security, 65 can seem like a solid middle ground. It's historically the age at which many people expect to retire. It's also squarely in the middle

Much anticipated second-quarter earnings -- which include the worst of the economic lockdown to attempt to halt the spread of COVID-19 -- are rolling in at a torrid pace. And early results are, not

It's hard to put a price tag on the value of a brand. Forged over decades (or even generations), a company's brand can make the difference between surviving through difficult times or going under.

Aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) today announced that it has a new agreement with Rolls-Royce Holdings (OTC: RYCEY) to collaborate on a high speed aircraft

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but one can also argue that the inverse is true. We're spending a lot more time at home these days, and that can lead us to be more critical about

Shares of oil driller Kosmos Energy (NYSE: KOS) fell as much as 15.5% as trading got under way on Aug. 3. Although it managed to work back some of that loss, the stock was still off by roughly 10%

Shares of Resideo Technologies (NYSE: REZI) fell 16% on Monday morning after Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made an aggressive move to expand in one of Resideo's top business lines. That's

Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) has received a large dose of negative public attention during the pandemic as the coronavirus spread through some of its meat-packing plants and the rising price of meat

Warren Buffett and his investing team at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) have now made not one, not two, but three big investments in Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). First, Buffett

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted how you work, shop for groceries, and have fun in your spare time. Now there's good reason to consider revising your retirement savings strategy as well.

COVID-19

Most income investors are likely familiar with the Dividend Aristocrats -- elite members of the S&P 500 index that have raised their payouts annually for at least 25 straight years. But there's an

There are plenty of companies now developing treatments against the coronavirus to try to contain the pandemic. Small-cap biotech BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BCRX) is among them, and its

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly acquired a Canadian start-up with technology that could be used to turn every iPhone into a contactless payment acceptance device, directly challenging Square

Shares of electric delivery-van maker Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) were trading higher on Monday. The company holds a roughly 10% stake in electric-pickup start-up Lordstown Motors, which revealed