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There's nothing like a top-level management departure to get investors worried about a publicly traded company.

Investors in biotech stock Iovance Therapeutics (NASDAQ: IOVA) were served a strong

Very often, when a publicly traded company is the focus of takeover interest, investors are attracted to its stock. That was the case earlier this week when a media report stated that banking

Over the last two years, semiconductor powerhouse Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has emerged as the biggest force fueling the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company's industry-leading graphics

Shares of SoundHound AI have dropped more than 52% in 2025 as of this writing. That isn't surprising, considering the stock was trading at an extremely rich valuation at the start of the year

Every few decades, a new technology hits the scene, transforming the way people live and creating billions -- if not trillions -- in shareholder value. Most recently, this has included generative

Shares of Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) fell this week, down 24.9% as of market close on Friday. The slide comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq-100 were up 3.4% and 4.2%

Early summer isn't typically a hot period for dividend raises, and this year's version is no exception. Lately, income investors have had to be satisfied collecting payouts that were fixed several

Investor sentiment appears to be broadly improving since President Donald Trump dialed down some of his threatened tariffs for the time being. As a result, the market has slowly been rising back

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL) stock was smelling sweet on the last trading day of the week. It had an analyst's recommendation upgrade to thank for that; following the change, investors traded

Shares in rare earth materials and magnetics company MP Materials (NYSE: MP) crashed by more than 10% by late afternoon today. The decline comes after officials from the U.S. and China announced

On the heels of explosive gains this week, QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) stock is seeing a big sell-off on Friday. The company's share price was down 15.7% as of 3 p.m. ET.

QuantumScape's valuation is

Shares of BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) jumped this week, up 9% as of 1:22 p.m. ET on Friday. The rise comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq-100 gained 3.6% and 4.4%, respectively.

The company

EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) stock is surging higher in Friday's trading following some big financial news. The company's share price was up 12.8% as of 2 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 was up 0.3%.

Shares of USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) stock fell an unlucky 13% through 1:30 p.m. ET Friday. And why?

Well, last night President Trump announced the signing of a trade deal with China, and this

Stock of social media star Snap (NYSE: SNAP) ran up 6.1% through 1:11 p.m. ET Friday after analysts at Edgewater Research claimed that other analysts' consensus forecasts for Q2 2025 were "setting a

Shares in electronic design automation (EDA) company Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) were up by more than 5% at 10 a.m. ET today. The positive developments came after officials from China and the U.S

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has underwhelmed investors this year. As of this writing, shares are down about 19% year to date. That compares with a gain of about 4% for the S&P 500 during the same time

Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ: APOG) stock, a specialist in architectural glass and metals, surged as much as 26% in early trading Friday before giving back most its gains and retreating to a 6%

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock is losing ground in Friday's trading. The company's share price was down 4% at 12:40 p.m. ET despite the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite being up 0.7% and 0.5%

It has been a turbulent year for markets. Investors are concerned about the state of the economy. And ongoing geopolitical tensions don't help alleviate worries. In this type of environment, it

Shares of Nvidia and Palantir Technologies have surged in phenomenal fashion in the past two years or so amid the rapidly growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology across the

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QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) is working to revolutionize the electric vehicle (EV) battery category. Its solid-state lithium-metal battery technology hasn't been commercialized, and its benefits haven't

Nike (NYSE: NKE) stock is surging in Friday's trading following the company's recent quarterly report. The footwear and apparel specialist's share price was up 14.5% as of 10:45 a.m. ET. At the same

June brings another Rule Breaker Investing mailbag, where your notes nudged Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner to share, among other things:

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