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Investors were pleased with the recent earnings report from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA). The fiscal third quarter, which includes the all-important holiday shopping season, showed robust demand

Networking-equipment maker Netgear (NASDAQ: NTGR) reported fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, beating Wall Street's expectations on both the top and bottom lines, but management's first-quarter

For the second time in six months, department store chain J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) was warned by the NYSE it was at risk of being delisted from the exchange because its stock price traded below $1

A streak of annual payout hikes has helped to make AT&T (NYSE: T) a high-yield dividend stock. Moreover, the excitement of 5G contributed to a 37.1% rise in the stock price during 2019.

However

Shares of 51job (NASDAQ: JOBS) fell 15% in January 2020, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The Chinese human-resources service saw its share prices fall as soon as word of the

For a while, New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) seemed like a market darling that could do no wrong. Between February 2016 and July 2018, shares increased fivefold! But it hasn't been the same since -- and this

Disney (NYSE: DIS) reported fiscal first-quarter earnings results this week, and investors' eyes were on Disney+, the company's flagship video-streaming service that launched in November. The media

Hot isn't a word you'd even remotely associate with utility stocks, but what if Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is the hot investment you've been ignoring all along? Duke's lackluster performance in the

After an epic near-30% surge last year, the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500 index) has taken a bit of a breather in recent weeks. Much of the current volatility in prices is likely due to

At first glance, Plains All American Pipeline's (NYSE: PAA) fourth-quarter results looked awful. The oil pipeline MLP's earnings sank nearly 10% while its cash flow tumbled more than 20%.

A closer

If you want to buy a pair of pants from popular clothier Everlane, there are only two ways to do so -- direct from the company (through its popular website or one of its six physical locations) or

2019 was good to investors. U.S. stocks were up 29% (as measured by the S&P 500 index), making the market's negative return in 2018 -- the first calendar-year negative return in a decade -- a

Social Security isn't meant to sustain you in retirement by itself. Your benefits will replace around 40% of your former paycheck if you're an average earner, and most seniors need far more than

Embedded chip maker NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) reported fourth-quarter results late Monday evening. The company edged out Wall Street's revenue targets while smashing analysts' earnings

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Nuance Communications Inc (NASDAQ: NUAN)Q1 2020 Earnings CallFeb 5, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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It's nearly time for the biggest cannabis stock on the planet by market cap, Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC), to deliver its fiscal third-quarter operating results. According to the company's upcoming

It's been an up-and-down start to the year for solar stocks trading in the U.S. One day, there's optimism about the industry's growth, and the next, there's trepidation about the future. But it

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) broke out results for the YouTube and Google Cloud segments of its Google business for the first time ever in its fourth-quarter earnings report this week.

Retirement savings seems complicated, but it doesn't have to be. Here's a simple fact: If you earn money from work, then you can open an IRA.

IRAs are useful investment vehicles to help you save for

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DHI Group Inc (NYSE: DHX)Q4 2019 Earnings CallFeb 5, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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Cloud stocks have been among the biggest winners on the market in recent years.

By allowing for scalability, ease of use, and better functionality, cloud computing companies have seen tremendous

Marijuana stock investors were supposed to clean up in 2019. Canada had recently legalized adult-use cannabis sales, high-margin derivatives were months away from hitting dispensary shelves, and

Many small-cap stocks (stocks in companies with a market capitalization between $300 million and $2 billion) are dangerous and exciting investments. They're dangerous because they are often

Canadian cannabis producers receive a lot more publicity than U.S. cannabis companies do. But even though marijuana remains illegal at the federal level in the U.S., companies operating in the

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARWR) ranked as one of the biggest biotech winners in 2019, racking up a gain of 410%. The stock has given up some of those gains in 2020 so far, though.

But a