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Sometimes, a company reports better-than-expected earnings numbers that cause its price to pop: it opens higher and trends upward throughout the day. Other times, the market isn't impressed by the

Lifestyle and performance footwear company Skechers (NYSE: SKX) will report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 earnings on Feb. 6 after the close. Analysts are expecting fourth-quarter earnings

We're just a month into this year, but there are already dozens of stocks that are more than halfway to doubling in 2020. Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), and

Each year, the bulk of people who file a tax return wind up with money back from the IRS. But not everyone gets a refund, and if you're in the minority of people who end up owing money, you may not

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) delivered results for the fiscal third quarter late last week that were much better than management had anticipated. One of the reasons for that was Apex Legends.

EA has

In early January, Apellis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: APLS) announced late-stage clinical results demonstrating that its lead drug candidate bested a market-leading product from Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Major market benchmarks hit new highs in early 2020 as a wave of optimism swept over the market. But sentiment can turn sharply at any moment, as investors are seeing recently with worries about the

Big oil has been in big trouble this earnings season, and oil major Chevron (NYSE: CVX) hasn't been immune. The company reported an eye-popping $6.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter on Jan. 31

Saving for retirement is likely one of the greatest financial challenges you'll ever face. It takes decades to successfully prepare for retirement, and you'll likely need to save hundreds of

LVMH (OTC: LVMUY), the world's largest luxury goods company, recently posted its fourth-quarter and full-year results. Its revenue rose 12%, with 8% organic growth during the fourth quarter, which

Although parent company L Brands (NYSE: LB) has yet to confirm it, the working theory that it's considering a sale of its Victoria's Secret arm remains the market's assumption. A "person familiar

Though artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic among technologists for quite some time, it's only in recent years that semiconductor, software, and cloud capabilities have gotten to the

Vista Outdoor (NYSE: VSTO) still has a number of challenges to meet after having abandoning the firearms market and needs to prove that being an outdoors-focused business was the right choice.

The

China was front and center on the Q4 2019 earnings call for water heater manufacturer A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) on Jan. 28. But for a change, it wasn't about tariffs or the coronavirus; it was all

The Wuhan coronavirus epidemic has been a real downer for industries with customers in China or supply chains that run through it. Nobody knows just how serious this public health emergency will

Much ado has been made of Luckin Coffee's(NASDAQ: LK) incursion into China.

The Middle Kingdom has long been Starbucks' (NASDAQ: SBUX) turf as the java giant essentially introduced the cafe culture

Millions of seniors look to Social Security as their primary income source, and the program is instrumental in keeping a large number of retirees afloat. But make no mistake about it: Social

Online grocery went mainstream in 2019, as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), and others offered consumers more ways to stock their fridges and pantries with just a few clicks or taps.

To say that marijuana stock investors have had a rough ride in recent months would be a brutal understatement. Following a first quarter that saw most pot stocks run significantly higher, cannabis

Through Google, the company now known as Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is the de facto search engine in the digital lives of 73% of the planet. Residents of China are among the notable

Low prices have been hitting companies across the energy sector as they report their fourth-quarter 2019 earnings. Even the industry bigwigs aren't immune: Top U.S. oil major ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM)

Virus outbreak fears helped push stocks lower even as earnings season ramped up last week. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) lost more than 2%

Signing up for a 401(k) plan is one of the savviest moves you can make in the course of your retirement planning. That's because you'll need a healthy level of savings to keep up with your living

The marijuana industry was supposed to have investors seeing green in 2019, but it's red that's dominated the landscape. Following a blazing first quarter which saw more than a dozen pot stocks rise

Oilfield services stocks surely have the distinction of the most hated of the hated energy stocks in recent years. Strict capital discipline by exploration and production (E&P) companies in