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While a lot has changed this year for Coherent (NASDAQ: COHR) stock, the overall outlook for business remains the same: uncertain, at least in the short term.

The laser systems and components maker

The market was slightly up Wednesday after of an interest rate cut of .25% from the Federal Reserve.

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Back in June, activist investor Dan Loeb's Third Point fund management company disclosed that it had accumulated a $1.5 billion stake in Sony (NYSE: SNE). Loeb pushed for a spin-off of Sony's

If you're a long-term investor, you're not short of reasons to avoid the commodity-type and capital-intensive airline sector Warren Buffett once qualified as a "death trap". Ryanair (NASDAQ: RYAAY)

Three things are sure to bring Gen Xers flocking to a retail space: exclusive brands, digital in-store shopping, and a high-tech environment designed by local artists and influencers. Foot Locker

Yeti (NYSE: YETI) made its name with nearly indestructible coolers that keep your food and beverages cold for a week, but it's quickly transforming itself into more of a lifestyle company. Its

New Age Beverages (NASDAQ: NBEV) isn't an easy company to pin down.

Over the last year, the company has morphed from a sleepy seller of alternative beverages like kombucha to a hot play on the CBD

Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) stock has taken investors on a roller-coaster ride in 2019. After starting the year near $50, Nordstrom stock plummeted to a multiyear low just above the $25 mark last month.

Many professionals aspire to become managers. If you feel you're a natural leader and enjoy being in that type of role, then a management position may be right for you. But know this: There are

Nothing in life is certain, as the saying by Benjamin Franklin goes, except death and taxes. So, no one should be certain they'll hold a stock forever ... but long-term investors should probably go

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is enjoying a big year. The giant MLP generated $3.35 billion of distributable cash flow through the first half of this year, up 19% versus the year-ago

There's no denying Roku's (NASDAQ: ROKU) success in the ad-supported streaming market. The company, which specializes in streaming-media players and digital advertising, has gained more than 325%

In case you haven't noticed, cannabis is sort of a big thing on Wall Street. Between the beginning of 2016 and the first quarter of 2019, pot stocks were practically unstoppable. Many of the biggest

Even though marijuana stocks haven't had investors seeing much green of late, it's an industry with nearly unparalleled growth opportunities over the next decade. After more than tripling worldwide

For over a year now, I've looked at Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and its steep stock pullbacks multiple times, but I just haven't been able to bring myself to buy in.

It isn't the high valuation that's

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) released its quarterly results last week, which failed to impress investors as the stock has fallen since then. Although the company showed significant sales growth from

Just weeks after reports emerged that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) was losing both The Office and Friends -- its two most-watched shows -- the leading streamer flipped the script, securing the rights to

When Warren Buffett called healthcare a "tapeworm" on the U.S. economy, he was referring to the fact that healthcare costs have been growing faster than the overall economy and show no signs of

When it comes to economic powerhouses, China's rapid growth has been nothing short of extraordinary. The country is currently the second-largest economy in the world, and while it's growth has begun

Last year, the marijuana industry made history... many times over. But nothing took precedence over Canada becoming the first industrialized country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis

A lot of the hype surrounding marijuana is about the adult-use market and products that are high in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). But cannabidiol (CBD) keeps growing in popularity, and as more studies

Saving for retirement can be intimidating, especially when there are so many factors you have to think about. Between figuring out how much you should save, deciding what age you should retire, and

Technology, changing attitudes, and heavy competition for workers have made working from home more common. It's something many employees want to do, and more and more employers are either seeing the

It's not unusual to wonder how your income compares to that of your friends, family members, or neighbors, and new data from GOBankingRates might answer that question to some degree. Here's what

Wednesday was not a day to celebrate for investors in FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). Both stocks, which are popular and widely held, took big hits today. The former closed the day almost