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Since the release of Big Lots' (NYSE: BIG) fiscal third-quarter 2019 earnings on Dec. 6, its stock has soared by a blistering 51% and rebounded to an essentially flat showing year to date. Shares of

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has set the stock market on fire this year, remaining a top growth stock even though its financial performance has not been up to scratch. But the graphics specialist is now in

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) are the two biggest wireless telecoms in the U.S., operating atop an oligopoly they share primarily with discount providers Sprint and T-Mobile

There's never been a good time to have a rare blood-based disorder, but there's also never been a better time than right now. That's because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been

When purchasing gifts from the luxury of their own homes, millions of grateful shoppers turned to Amazon this holiday season to help them avoid crowded malls. What the majority of them don't know

It takes decades of consistent saving to build a healthy retirement fund, and if you got off to a late start, your savings may not be quite as robust as you'd like them to be.

The good news is that

In a well-known challenging retail environment, one teen-focused company seems to be a potential bright spot. American Eagle Outfitters' (NYSE: AEO) management has shown consistent and well-managed

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) are not quite as different as they seem on the surface. Both are multinational corporations with long pedigrees producing

Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) still has a few minor hurdles to clear in meeting all of the closing conditions in its acquisition deal with global luxury retailing giant LVMH (OTC: LVMHF) (OTC: LVMUY). That

There probably aren't too many investors who were part of the Adobe System (NASDAQ: ADBE) initial public offering in 1986 who've held their shares straight through to the current day. But looking at

The last year of the decade was a rather odd one for industrials stocks. Based on the performance of a leading industrials ETF, the iShares U.S. Industrial ETF (NYSEMKT: IYJ), the sector slightly

Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) is getting its walking papers. Parent company IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC) said it had reached a definitive agreement to completely spin off its 80% stake in the

Both The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) operate in the home-improvement retail space and are often found competing in close proximity to each other. Over the last 10 years, the stocks

The global e-commerce market is projected to grow from $3.54 trillion to $6.54 trillion between 2019 and 2023, according to eMarketer. During that same period, e-commerce's share of all retail

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is one of the largest holdings in the portfolio of the legendary investor Warren Buffett. Given Buffett's excellent track record as an investor, one might be inclined to

Social Security is largely funded by payroll taxes. When you work, a portion of your income is allocated to Social Security, up to a certain dollar amount.

Currently, 12.4% of workers' earnings go

Coming into 2019, marijuana stock investors had a lot to look forward to. Canada had become the first industrialized country in the modern era to legalize recreational cannabis in Oct. 2018

When it comes to rivalries, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) have a long and storied past. Always playing second fiddle to Intel, AMD was almost put out of business because of the

Most Americans (77%) said they expect to return at least some of the gifts they received during the holiday season, according to data from B-Stock Sourcing, an online liquidation marketplace

Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) has come a long way from starting as a crop-dusting company in 1924. Deciding to purchase larger planes in 1928 and obtain routes for the United States Postal Service led

Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), the tech giant that owns China's top search engine, shed nearly 20% of its market value this year as its core advertising business stopped growing. The economic slowdown in

Chances are, you're looking forward to retirement and the chance to escape the daily grind. But if you're not careful, a few seemingly minor mistakes on your part could turn into major sources of

In just a matter of days, we'll be closing the curtain on 2019, which turned out to be an incredibly good year for the broad-based markets, and an abysmal year for marijuana stock investors.

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently filed a document with the SEC disclosing the new compensation arrangement for Sundar Pichai. Mr. Pichai has been the CEO of Google since 2015 and was

Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA) has had a rough few years, with shareholders feeling the brunt of the pain. Both classes of shares are down about 50% over the past five years.

This gloom wasn't