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The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed several aspects of society, from how we work to how we shop to how we spend time with loved ones. And because nobody knows exactly how long the

Cable TV customers all over the world are cutting the cord. That's nothing new. But one of the biggest names prompting cable cancellations isn't the one you might expect. It's YouTube, which

Gap (NYSE: GPS) shares easily beat the market last month. The stock soared 41% compared to a 1.8% increase in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The rally

Nike (NYSE: NKE) posted robust growth in its digital business last quarter, but it wasn't enough to offset the losses at physical stores. Overall, total revenue dropped 38% year over year due to

Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) gained 25.3% in June, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The e-commerce services stock posted another month of big gains thanks to a major new

In late February, I wrote an article that suggested that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) -- parent to NBCUniversal and ultimate owner of new streaming service called Peacock -- was in a league of its own in

One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has done is helped clarify which companies can easily adapt to new customer behavior and which ones fall flat in this area. 

Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY), the online creative

Taxes are due in less than two weeks, which means that if you haven't yet taken the time to tackle your return, you'd better get moving. Though you won't be penalized for being late with your taxes

Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN) shareholders lost ground to the market last month as their stock fell 14% compared to a 1.8% boost in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence

Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) has had to deal with some serious collateral damage from the U.S.-China trade war the last couple of years. Trade tensions devolved into lost sales for the field programmable

It's been over a decade since AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) spun off its semiconductor manufacturing segment, the company now known as GlobalFoundries. During the depths of the Great Recession, the deal was

iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) shareholders beat the market last month as their stock rose 14% compared to a 1.8% boost in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The move

Earlier this year, the CARES Act helped avert a tidal wave of layoffs and furloughs in the U.S. airline industry. In return for a total of $25 billion in grants to major passenger airlines (roughly

The low interest rates offered by banks today give investors a tremendous incentive to consider dividend stocks. According to the FDIC, the average national rate on a savings account is 0.06%. In

Investors can't fault the ambition of Aerie Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AERI). The company aspires to consolidate a fragmented market for glaucoma treatments and grab a combined 40% market share with

As of June 30, the daily number of new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. has skyrocketed to more than 46,000. Since the pandemic was declared in mid-March, the cumulative number of cases in the nation

Your 401(k) retirement plan is all about investing in your future. That means a few different things as far as choosing the mutual funds in which to invest.

First, you want to consider your time

Though countless Americans have been hurt financially in the course of our current recession, small businesses have perhaps been hammered the most. It's estimated that more than 100,000 have already

The large and growing role that technology plays in commerce and everyday life makes the tech sector the single best starting point for investors seeking explosive returns. Narrowing in on

The memory and storage manufacturing industry is an interesting one for sure. Unlike many proprietary chipmakers, memory companies produce commodity-like DRAM volatile memory, NAND flash storage, or

Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) hit a major legal wall as it sought to complete a big capital project. It was a long, drawn-out fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court, but the battle is now

There are several important investing lessons that can be drawn from the past few months. One is that it's always wise to pad your investments with reliable dividend stocks that offer an added layer

Regardless of whether you're a novice investor or one who's seen their fair share of recessions, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-induced stock market crash challenged investors'

When U.S. cases of COVID-19 started multiplying back in March, the economy pretty much imploded overnight, and by late March, stocks plunged into bear market territory for the first time in over a

Never is a long time, and it seems almost ludicrous in investing to make such a broad and sweeping statement as, "I'm never selling." Admittedly, no one can truly say for certain that they'll not