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Shares of Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) were sinking 13.8% lower as of 11:15 a.m. EST on Monday. The big decline came after the medical device maker announced preliminary third-quarter revenue of $222

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had a monster year in 2019. The shares nearly doubled -- up 86% -- as the consumer tech giant regained Wall Street's market-cap crown. A breather may seem natural at this point

Shares of StoneCo (NASDAQ: STNE) climbed 116.3% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The Brazilian payment-processing company's stock posted dramatic growth early in the

The stock market opened the new week on a generally positive note, with market participants looking primarily at favorable indications from trade negotiations between the U.S. and China in hopes of

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Tech, Fool analysts Dylan Lewis and Evan Niu catch listeners up on some recent tech news. First, rumors abound that Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is seriously

Shares of Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) climbed 45.8% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That result trounced the S&P 500's 29% gain as the creative software specialist's cloud

Stocks that trade at less than a dollar per share are referred to as "penny stocks," and they tend to attract investors who are looking for explosive gains. 

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Shares of ANGI Homeservices (NASDAQ: ANGI) plummeted 47.3% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, in stark contrast to the S&P 500's 31.5% total return (including

Alexis Borisy, one of the biopharmaceutical industry's most successful entrepreneurs, recently raised $200 million to launch a new company called EQRx. While the amount raised isn't unusual, the

Shares of Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) climbed 10% on Monday morning after the aerospace and defense component manufacturer agreed to merge with Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD). The deal will create a $5 billion sales

Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) gained 54.7% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Alibaba started to pull away toward a strong year-end

Shares of MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) gained 95.3% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The e-commerce and payment-processing company crushed the broader Latin American

The market for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has attracted trillions of dollars from investors. The Vanguard Group has done an excellent job in claiming its fair share of those assets, with its

Shares in space, intelligence, and defense company Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) soared 43.3% in 2019, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Besides excellent execution by the

In retirement, you'll need savings to supplement Social Security. This is important to maintain a reasonable standard of living, as Social Security benefits are only designed to replace around 40%

Grubhub's (NYSE: GRUB) stock popped on Jan. 8 after The Wall Street Journal claimed that the food delivery company was mulling a potential sale. However, most of those gains faded the following day

Shares of TerraForm Power (NASDAQ: TERP) had rallied more than 10% by 10 a.m. EST on Monday. Powering the renewable energy company's shares was a merger proposal from Brookfield Renewable Partners 

Shares in industrial conglomerate United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) rose 40.6% in 2019, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. There are two reasons for the increase

Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) stock outpaced a booming market last year, gaining 65% compared to a 29% spike in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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Shares of Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) ultimately declined 3.5% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, as a streak of unfavorable quarterly reports left the tech stock badly

Shares of leading Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) declined 21.5% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That might not sound so terrible, but when you

It's one thing to push yourself to perform well on the job, even if that means logging in extra hours or spending the occasional weekend catching up on work-related tasks. But there comes a point

Shares of The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) outpaced last year's booming market, soaring 44% compared to the 29% rise of the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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Shares of Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP) gained 132.7% in 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The business-spending management specialist's stock rallied as its earnings

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT) outpaced a booming market last year as the stock jumped 53% compared to a 29% spike in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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