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The IPO market has come back in full force, and some promising companies are offering their shares on the open market. Electric truck specialist Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) recently made its shares

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) rolled out its third-generation Ryzen desktop PC processors in July 2019. The chips offered compelling value propositions, providing more cores for less money

Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) both produce crucial components for a wide range of industries. Lumentum sells optical chips, and Micron is one of the world's leading

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work, play, and invest. Working from home is the new normal. Outdoor walks, at a safe distance from family and friends, have replaced sporting events

Fears of another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic looming on the horizon are taking shape even before the first wave in the U.S. has been contained, and investors are arguably concerned about what

LexinFintech Holdings (NASDAQ: LX), a leading fintech company in China, reported a mixed result for its first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Revenue jumped 41% (in constant currency)  while earnings

Treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), or metabolic liver disorders, is an area of significant interest for biotechnology companies. Indeed, the global prevalence of NASH is estimated at

For years, marijuana stocks were the hottest investment on Wall Street. The expectation of taking an industry that does tens of billions of dollars in illicit sales annually and moving those dollars

In case you missed the news, we're officially in a recession, and it's certainly not the first time the U.S. economy has tanked. Just think back to the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, which not

The average real estate investment trust (REIT) is down around 20% so far in 2020, using Vanguard Real Estate ETF as a proxy. Apartment landlord AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB) is down almost 30%

The stock market has rebounded sharply since its March lows, and the S&P 500 is on the verge of turning positive for 2020. However, the stocks of many companies whose businesses depend on the

As governments around the world are lifting stay-at-home orders, businesses are adapting to meet the challenges. For some companies, these changes are raising costs and hurting the bottom line, even

The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the entire global economy, and the airline sector in particular has suffered from travel restrictions and efforts to slow the spread of contagion

When Turning Point Brands (NYSE: TPB) reported its first-quarter earnings, it disclosed that it was actually hiring at its plant in Louisville, Kentucky, to keep up with rising demand. This was

Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy has been throwing quite a bit of shade toward Warren Buffett lately. The pizza reviewing, sports analyzing, sports betting Portnoy has taken to day trading in the wake

Though much attention has been paid to the development of a coronavirus vaccine in the past weeks, companies that are focused on treatments are also making rapid progress. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Major indexes such as the S&P 500 have seen gains recently, but with the potential for a second wave of COVID-19 on the horizon, investors may worry that they're seeing a bear-market rally. Indeed

Coronavirus is going to forever change many things about the world, from how we travel to how comfortable we feel shaking hands. And one of the most important things the virus is likely to change is

As of this writing, I own 45 different stocks, but they aren't all the same types of investments. Some are smaller, more speculative positions, while others are make up a rather large portion of my

Social Security serves as an important source of income for millions of seniors today, with the average recipient collecting roughly $1,500 a month, or a little more than $18,000 a year. The

The stock market has absorbed the disruption of COVID-19 and a global recession almost as if nothing has happened. As of last weekend, the S&P 500 was up 5.2% over the past year and the Dow Jones

It's been nearly four months since the benchmark S&P 500 hit an all-time high, and since then investors have received a crash course in... market crashes. It took less than five weeks for the

Writer William Faulkner said: "You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." That's an eloquent way of expressing the inherent rewards in risk-taking. In

There are plenty of great companies whose shares trade on the stock market, and investing in those companies for the long haul can be extremely rewarding. But those big gains don't always

What an absolutely wild time to be an investor. Since mid-February, Wall Street and investors have witnessed a peak decline in the benchmark S&P 500 of 34% -- a decline, mind you, that took less