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Retail stocks have taken a beating during the coronavirus pandemic. Five Below's (NASDAQ: FIVE) shares have not been spared, losing more than 30% since the market's peak in February.

As the company

The coronavirus pandemic has been a tragedy, with the number of those afflicted with the COVID-19 disease on the rise daily. Economically, it's also been a huge problem, as millions of people have

International efforts to thwart the coronavirus pandemic are expected to push the global economy into a recession. The world is going to look a lot different on the other side.

Demand for petroleum

Social Security can be a complicated and confusing topic, and many Americans do not fully understand how the program works.

That's concerning, however, especially considering nearly a quarter of

To say Paris-based Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT) has experience with plummeting oil prices would be putting it lightly. After the 2016 oil price rout, Total's management understood how to better prepare

One of the biggest beneficiaries of the various stay-at-home orders is streaming video. While the trend was already firmly established, consumers sheltering at home have gathered around the

After initially falling sharply during the coronavirus market sell-off, shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) have rebounded dramatically. Indeed, the stock closed Monday's trading session just a few

When the stock market becomes ill, small-cap stocks often get the sickest of all. That's what's happened since the market swooned over worries about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The iShares

Where can you invest your money where it won't be at risk? No stock, of course, can ever be completely absolved of risk, but some are safer than others.

During the coronavirus pandemic, it has

If you've been planning on retiring soon, recent events may have you rethinking your choice. The coronavirus crisis has led to some significant declines in the stock market that may have affected

The last eight weeks have most certainly tested the resolve of investors.

The spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has been confirmed in almost 1.6 million people and led to more

On April 13, Ford Motor (NYSE: F) released a preliminary look at its first quarter results. As expected under a global pandemic that has billions of people around the world under stay-at-home orders

Cboe Global Markets (NYSEMKT: CBOE) is one of the world's largest option markets. But it may be best known -- particularly now -- for the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX.

The VIX measures stock market

For the past eight weeks, we've witnessed record-breaking volatility in the stock market as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The mitigation measures currently put in place to

Shares of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) soared during after-hours trading on Monday, rising nearly 11% at one point. The stock's big jump follows a business update from the streaming-TV platform in which Roku

Cresco Labs (OTC: CRLBF) is staffing up in its home state of Illinois and is using workers displaced in other industries to do it.

The company announced Monday that it has launched a program to

Faced with a sudden drop-off in key segments of its business, Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is planning on making significant reductions in spending. The company announced in a business

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Partly shedding the narrow focus on essential items it adopted in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) intends to start allowing deliveries of non-essential goods to its

The novel coronavirus is doing a number on the movie business.

Already, the closings of movie theater chains such as Regal, AMC, and Cinemark has caused Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) to cut short the

Effective immediately, Wells Fargo's (NYSE: WFC) Intuitive Investor service is cheaper and more accessible. The bank announced on Monday that it's reducing its fees for the service, which is an

When stay-at-home orders were first enacted, people responded by stocking up on staples. They bought toilet paper, rice, other food items, and lots of practical things.

As reality set in, consumers

Retailers (and retailers of clothing and footwear in particular) took it on the chin in Monday trading that saw stocks initially fall, then gain back some losses, but ultimately end in the red, with

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has been hit on multiple fronts by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Its theme parks, hotels, and cruise ships are all closed for business, and ESPN has to continue to

The COVID-19 lockdowns may start to phase out fairly soon, but some events will need to stay closed for quite some time. According to a panel of five public health experts assembled by The New York