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The world is desperate for a COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. government is giving away billions of dollars in grant money in the hopes that somebody, anybody, will find a vaccine that works and will

When evaluating dividend-paying stocks, it's important to consider the company's overall business prospects and the dividend growth record. It's a lot more fun watching share price increases while

Pinterest's (NYSE: PINS) visual discovery tool has solidified itself as one of the go-to platforms for advertisers looking to reach potential customers in the travel, retail, and home design

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) are enormous and profitable capstones of the pharmaceutical industry, responsible for discovering and commercializing dozens of new drugs each

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) has provided market-beating returns since it first went public back in 2000, but at the moment, many investors are skeptical of the company's prospects. The medical

July was supposed to be when the recovery in air travel demand would accelerate. Just one month ago, airlines were experiencing strong sequential growth in passenger traffic and ticket sales. Disney

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently estimates that more than 42% of U.S. adults are obese. While some argue that weight is not a direct indicator of health, the risks associated

For the past 15-plus months, marijuana stocks have been on a mostly precipitous downtrend. After years of (pardon the pun) flying high, growing pains finally caught up with the industry. To our

Once you retire, you shouldn't just take all the money you have in savings and keep it in cash. Sure, doing so will protect you from losses, but it will also meanlosing out on substantial growth --

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been a tough sector to love over the past four months or so. With the COVID-19-related shutdown, tenants are unable to pay rent, but the interest payments

Not everyone can invest directly in marijuana stocks. Last year, for example, according to Military.com, Department of Defense employees were warned that investing in marijuana companies could hurt

2020 has not been a good year for investors of the world's leading CBD oil manufacturer, Charlotte's Web Holdings (OTC: CWBHF). Not only has its underlying business underperformed, but the company's

Gene-editing stocks are favorites for biotech industry speculators thanks to their air of high-tech mystique and their potential to make blockbuster therapies. According to Market Research Future

As the coronavirus began to hit the U.S. hard, Congress sprang into action and authorized COVID-19 stimulus money for most Americans. The IRS has now delivered 159 million payments valued at $1,200

Here's a biotech quiz for you. Name a big biotech that's been tremendously successful for a long time, pays an attractive dividend, and is in a transition period. You could have answered correctly

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) announced positive interim results from a phase 1 study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate mRNA-1273 on May 18, 2020. Its shares immediately skyrocketed. And several top

World Health Organization chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan thinks there's one likely leading candidate in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. That leader is AZD1222, the novel-coronavirus

Marking its biggest one-day gain since December 2018, shares of e-commerce and cloud-computing company Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) jumped on Monday, rising 7.9% by the time the market closed. The

There are a lot of great reasons to open up an account on Robinhood.

The popular stock brokerage app has democratized investing by being the first to offer no-commission trades, and has won over the

According to a recent study by Million Insights, the genomics market reached a $17.2 billion valuation in 2019. By 2027, it's projected to be worth $31.1 billion. Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) is a

While there are many great money managers, few are as well-known and successful as Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett. Though Buffett has underperformed the benchmark

When the COVID-19 outbreak initially hit the United States, most of us could not have imagined what a dramatic economic impact it would have. But with millions of Americans losing their jobs and

For Wall Street and investors, this has been a truly unforgettable year. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has completely changed the way we interact with one another, displaced more

Many investors have turned to PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) for its dividend. At a yield of approximately 3%, it significantly outperforms the S&P 500 on payout returns. The index's average yield currently

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Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CDNS)Q2 2020 Earnings CallJul 20, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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