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4 Chinese Stocks Kicking Off 2020 on the Right Foot
January is off to an encouraging start. The S&P 500 is up 1.8% through just the first 10 trading days of 2020, but some stocks are obviously doing even better than the market average. I recently
Is New Fortress Energy the Next Big LNG Stock?
There are only a handful of companies building US projects that will export liquefied natural gas, or LNG, and most are in a fairly advanced stage of constructing very large and complex facilities
Stock Market News: Alcoa Falls on Supply Fears; XPO Soars on Breakup Plans
Wall Street has been in a good mood in 2020, and the gains kept coming for the stock market on Thursday morning. Investors remained optimistic after the signing of the phase 1 trade deal between the
3 Reasons Visa’s $5.3 Billion Deal for Plaid Is a No-Brainer
Fintech is all set to be a hot growth industry. Bank stocks were a massive hit in the decade since the Great Recession, but now the industry is primed for disruption through things like digital
Why Dynavax Technologies Corporation Stock Cratered in 2019
Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX), an early commercial-stage vaccine maker, had an extremely rough 2019. Specifically, the biotech's shares lost a staggering 37.5% of their value last
ResMed Will Pay $37 Million to Settle Kickback Dispute With DOJ
Sleep specialist ResMed (NYSE: RMD) was ordered to pay $37 million to settle a lawsuit with the Department of Justice over kickback allegations made in five whistleblower lawsuits. The civil
Abercrombie & Fitch Is Ready to Abandon the Shopping Mall
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) is looking pretty buff these days. While the teen retailer isn't about to return to the days where shirtless models stood around in its doorways to entice customers
Why NantKwest Stock Is Skyrocketing Today
After the company unveiled an exciting progress report at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, shares of NantKwest (NASDAQ: NK), a clinical-stage biotech that uses natural killer (NK) cells to
Can Ford Afford Its Dividend?
As a business, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) hasn't grown much over the past decade. The stock is cheaper now, in 2020, than it was in 2010. And this means that pretty much all of its returns over
3 Stocks to Consider Ahead of the Market Crash
It's not a question of if, but rather, when. When will stocks come crashing down after a more than decade-long bull run? Six months from now? A year? It's anyone's guess, but that doesn't mean you
Brookfield Proposes a Big Renewable Energy Merger
Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) already controls one of the largest portfolios of renewable energy projects in the world, but it's making moves to consolidate that power. On Monday
Why Pfizer Stock Fell 10.2% in 2019
Pharmaceutical mega-titan Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) lost an eye-catching 10.2% of its value over the course of 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Investors avoided this top
2 Best Cannabis Stocks to Own in 2020
Ever since Canada legalized marijuana for recreational purposes among adults on Oct. 17, 2018, the country's fledgling pot industry has lost a staggering amount of its value. The fundamental reason
Why Biogen Stock Slumped Last Year
Biotech heavyweight Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) failed to follow the broader industry higher last year. Despite biotech stocks at large posting market-beating gains in 2019, Biogen's shares actually lost
What to Watch When Twitter Reports Earnings
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) recently put a date to its fourth-quarter earnings release. The company will update investors on how it performed in the important holiday quarter on Feb. 6.
The fourth-quarter
Why Shares of XPO Logistics Are Soaring Today
Shares of XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) traded up more than 13% on Thursday after the company said it was exploring selling one or more of its business units. The transportation and shipping company
Why This Industrial Bellwether Could Fall When It Reports Earnings: Should Investors Fear a Recession?
Industrial supplies wholesale distributor Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST) outpaced the broader market by a wide margin in 2019, as shares raced higher by 41% against the S&P 500 index's gain of nearly 29%
Innovative Industrial Properties Acquires Virginia Property
Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR), the lone publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in the cannabis industry, is adding another asset to its portfolio.
The
Better Buy: Universal Display vs. Corning
Just as there are many ways to scalp a feline, there are plenty of ways to invest in the digital display market. Two popular choices involve glass and ceramics materials specialist Corning (NYSE:
You're Probably Spending Too Much on These 7 Things
Wasting a little money from time to time proves you're only human, but that doesn't mean you should spend with reckless abandon. Everyone should occasionally take time to comb through their budget
This Beaten-Down Software Stock Has a New CEO: Time to Buy?
Shares of open-source big data software company Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) had been without a permanent CEO ever since former CEO Tom Reilly announced his resignation back in June. However, on Jan. 13
Better Buy: Cisco Systems vs. IBM
These days, the tech industry isn't short of non-profitable, high-growth companies. But if you prefer to invest in solid free-cash-flow machines that should still be able to pay a generous dividend
Forget AT&T -- Enbridge Is a Better Dividend Stock
Telecom and media powerhouse AT&T (NYSE: T) is a rock-solid dividend stock for retirement-focused investors. It sports an attractive 5.5% yield, which is more than twice what the average
Here’s the Winner of Fourth-Quarter Bank Earnings
The big U.S. banks are among the first companies to report their results each earnings season, and we've now kicked off fourth-quarter 2019 earnings season with a flurry of bank reports. Some have
PriceSmart Tells Investors Its Spending Plan Is Working
PriceSmart (NASDAQ: PSMT) last week announced first-quarter results that kept the warehouse retailer on pace to achieve modest sales and profit growth in fiscal 2020. Yet management is even more


