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Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a Fortune Global 500 company, provides services in strategy, operations, consulting, and technology to companies around the world. Accenture counts among its clients more than

The novel coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll on the stock market in recent days as several companies have already warned investors that company finances will take a hit on account of the

Shares of electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) have been crushed recently. The stock is now down more than 30% from an all-time high of about $969 achieved earlier this year. After falling so

After years of calmly rising, the stock market has hit a huge air pocket. Volatility has screamed higher as major market benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) have

About a year ago, market researcher IDC estimated that that global market for wearable devices would jump to 198.5 million before proceeding to reach 279 million units by 2023. A few months later

Sanofi's (NASDAQ: SNY) decision to spin off its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing activities into a separate company might not have attracted much attention if the world wasn't in

The National Association of Homebuilders recently released a study that concluded that 63 million households (or just over half) cannot afford a $250,000 home. According to the National Association

If the coronavirus outbreak is teaching us one thing, it's that social distancing is perhaps the most effective tool in limiting the spread of germs. That holds true not just in terms of novel

The actor Samuel L. Jackson didn't get his big break in Hollywood until he was 43 years old. That's an unconventional path for a movie star and a reminder that the road to success isn't the same for

Apple suppliers have been rocked by the novel coronavirus epidemic ever since the iPhone maker announced that its fiscal second-quarter revenue will fall short of expectations.

Not surprisingly

I'm a fan of diversification, which is why my portfolio includes about 65 stocks. I also believe that winners tend to keep on winning, so I'm happy to let my best performers occupy an outsized

Believe it or not, there are a lot of companies that are about to become much stronger as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak. And no, I'm not talking about biotechs that could find a cure or

Zillow Group's (NASDAQ: Z)(NASDAQ: ZG) stock soared as much as 22% the day after it reported stellar fourth-quarter results last month. Since then, the stock has given back all those gains and more

For most of your life, your focus will be on putting money into retirement accounts. But when you retire, you'll have to start taking money out. The amount you withdraw from your accounts is largely

Facing stumbling sales at venerable coffee-and-donuts chain Tim Hortons, Restaurant Brands International (RBI) (NYSE: QSR) hopes to bring its troubled subsidiary back into positive territory with a

Last month I sketched out the "space economy" for you, dividing the "space" space into three parts: old space (the companies that blazed America's path to space in the 20th century), new space (the

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is paying a forward dividend yield of 2.78%, which is 2.01 percentage points above the United States 10-year Treasury yield at the time of this writing. As Coca-Cola's share

If you extend the hyperbole of the so-called retail apocalypse to its logical conclusion, every physical store in the world will eventually be shut down. Does that sound reasonable? Probably not

The stock market has plunged sharply in the past few weeks, with the Dow Jones Industrials (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) on the verge of falling into their first official bear

It's getting downright ugly.

Each of the major stock market indexes plummeted on Monday, and when added to their previous losses, the losses brought them down about 19% -- just a hair away from the

In February, roughly 3,200 delivery drivers working for companies contracted by e-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) were told they'd be out of a job come April since Amazon was terminating

The KRE, an exchange-traded fund tied to the SPDR S&P Regional Banking Index, saw a roughly 24.5% gain in 2019, certainly no slouch of a performance. But the ETF failed to beat out the S&P 500

The standard advice when the stock market tanks is to remain calm. Don't panic. Don't frantically sell. If you can avoid it, don't even log into your investment account. Stocks tend to increase in

With the recently announced merger just over the horizon between sell-side ad tech companies The Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI) and Telaria (NYSE: TLRA), Rubicon had already reported skyrocketing

For senior retirees, careful budgeting is of paramount importance because most are on a fixed income.

Unfortunately, millions of seniors can't quite make the numbers work. In fact, a report last May