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Anemic Earnings Sent Rite Aid's Shares Down Today
After Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) released a fiscal second-quarter report Thursday morning showing sales and adjusted net income that were lower year over year, shares of the drugstore chain tumbled, and....
5 Key Things You Need to Know From Rite Aid's Q2 Results
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), they did.The pharmacy chain's stock has taken a beating throughout 2017 with increasing uncertainty over a....
Why Advanced Accelerator Application SA Stock Jumped Higher Today
Shares of Advanced Accelerator Application (NASDAQ: AAAP) are up 12% as of 11:23 a.m. EDT after Bloomberg reported that Novartis (NYSE: NVS) is considering acquiring the radiopharmaceutical....
Why DexCom Stock Is Getting Crushed Today
Shares of medical device company and diabetes specialist DexCom Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM) slipped sharply Thursday morning, declining by more than 36% as of 11:50 a.m. EDT. This tumble stemmed from the....
Better Buy: Phillips 66 vs. Chevron Corporation
While Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) both operate in the oil industry, they have entirely different focuses. Chevron, for example, makes most of its money exploring for and....
5 Companies That Can Eat Netflix's Lunch
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) appears to be on top of the world. It had nearly 104 million streaming subscribers worldwide at the end of June, and continues to widen the gap on the distant competition....
3 Tech Stocks That Could Dominate the Future
Technology is no longer restricted to going online with a mobile device, shopping on e-commerce sites, or playing graphics-intensive games on a smartphone. Tech trends have rapidly advanced in....
These 3 Dividend Stocks Just Upped Their Dividends
One of the best facets of dividend stocks is that some of them not only pay out cash to shareholders on a regular basis but also jack up those payouts annually. These three companies are doing....
Apple Cements Google's Position as the King of Mobile Search
The shift to mobile was a major challenge for Google. Many investors worried that lower average ad prices, compared to desktop ads, would put a major damper on revenue growth for the Alphabet....
3 High-Yield Stocks With Virtual Monopolies
In the United States, monopolies technically aren't supposed to exist, thanks to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. However, there are a handful of U.S.-based companies that do, in fact, own a....
Potash Stock or Agrium Stock? 1 Analyst Says Both
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking two....
Frontier Communications: Time to Move On?
Since Frontier (NASDAQ: FTR) completed its purchase of Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) wireline business in California, Texas, and Florida in April 2016, the news has mostly been bad for shareholders.The....
These High-Yield Energy Stocks Are Crazy Cheap and Surprisingly Safe
The energy market is still trying to move past the aftermath of the oil market downturn. That said, while crude is down about 50% from its peak, companies have cut costs and repaired their balance....
There's a New Bull Argument to Buy Gold, but Does It Pass Muster?
Precious metals may not be on the radar for every investor, but since the beginning of 2016, gold and gold miners have been among the market's top performers. Since touching $1,050 an ounce in....
Amazon Doubles Down on Alexa With New Devices
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) launch of its first smart speaker three years ago took the world by surprise. Since its launch, Amazon's Echo family of smart-speaker devices has quickly risen in....
Forget STMicroelectronics -- Himax is a Better Augmented Reality Stock
The market for augmented reality (AR) devices, which project digital objects onto real world surfaces, could generate a lot of revenue over the next few years. Tech M&A advisory firm....
Why Snap May Continue to Disappoint Investors for Now
Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) troubles growing its daily active user count have been a big focus of investors ever since the company made its initial filing to go public. The biggest reason for the slowdown....
This Cryptocurrency Bull Believes Bitcoin Could Hit $1 Million in Less Than a Decade
If you think marijuana stocks have been on fire this year, then you haven't taken a peek at cryptocurrency returns. At one point earlier this month, the aggregate cryptocurrency market cap topped....
Nearly a Third of All Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet
About one in five Americans struggle to pay for basic needs including food, shelter, and medical care, while roughly one-third of U.S. consumers have a hard time making ends meet, according to a....
3 Mistakes You're (Probably) Making With Your 401(k)
If your employer offers a 401(k) plan, you probably already know that you should be contributing to it. But while having a few dollars transferred from each paycheck to your retirement fund is....
Thor Thunders Ahead With Record Results
Recreational vehicles have been red-hot lately, and Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) has made a name for itself among stock market investors with huge share-price returns. Until recently, many analysts....
General Electric Co. and ABB Ltd. Do Business: What it Means to Investors
The agreement by ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) to buy the industrial solutions business of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) sheds new light onto the strategic plans of both companies, and arguably makes....
3 Stocks That Put Home Depot's Returns to Shame
Shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) have been a great long-term investment, and they've soared about 20% so far this year. Investors in the home-improvement chain have no reason to be upset with that....
Why Warren Buffett Loves Bank Stocks
As of the latest available information, Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) stock portfolio contains 44 companies' common stocks and has a market value of roughly $178 billion. Of....
These 3 Stocks Just Want September to End
The dog days of summer haven't struck down the stock market, which seemingly hits new all-time highs every day, but for the three stocks below, they've been among the worst performers over the....