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Shares of Dyne Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DYN) were down more than 15% for the week, as of 1 p.m. on Friday, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The clinical-stage biotech's

Shares of ImmunityBio (NASDAQ: IBRX) were up more than 30% for the week as of 10 a.m. ET on Friday, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The clinical-stage biotech's stock

By most measures the stock should be up. Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) topped its third-quarter earnings and revenue estimates. And guidance for the quarter now underway suggests the company's growth trend

Cathie Wood's good fortune is on display in 2023. The Ark Invest founder, CEO, and money manager is beating the market this year, something that she failed to do in each of the last two years. In a

Novonix (NASDAQ: NVX) stock is making huge gains in Friday's daily trading session. The battery-technology specialist's share price was up 31.7% as of 11:15 a.m. ET, according to data from S&P

Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) has recovered well in 2023 as the company ramps up production. But the electric vehicle (EV) environment is getting more challenging, and Motley Fool contributor Travis Hoium

It's finally Friday, and it's looking like marijuana stocks are going to end this week on another high note.

Thanks to a couple of optimistic price targets just released by Wall Street bankers

Shares of Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT) are sinking Friday. The company's stock was down 13.9% as of 10:30 a.m. ET, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Planet Fitness published a

Biotechnology stocks have the potential to deliver outstanding returns for investors. Indeed, some of the best-performing stocks in the past two decades have emerged from the biotech industry.

Last year was challenging for the stock market. Things have been better since 2023 started, but some equities have even performed pretty well throughout this ordeal. That's the case with Exelixis

Long-term shareholders in AT&T (NYSE: T) don't have much to be happy about. Against the backdrop of the S&P 500 index's 166% rally over the last decade, the telecom company's share price has fallen

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has impressed investors this year as the company doesn't appear to have the problems other retailers do. It's not blaming bad results on "shrink" (or retail theft), for example

If you're a biotech investor, you've probably heard of both Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX) and CRISPR Therapeutics, (NASDAQ: CRSP) two of the most followed biotechs this year. Both

Week to date, shares of Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY) were up 15.8% through Thursday's market close, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.  

The company delivered a

It's no secret that investing can help to grow your wealth over time and place you on solid footing for a happy retirement. Starting with just a four- or five-digit sum, you can steadily allocate

In this video, I will go over Adobe's (NASDAQ: ADBE) third-quarter earnings report. The company comfortably beat Wall Street's expectations, but that wasn't enough to keep the stock from going down

It can often be a good idea to buy a stock when Wall Street is negative about it. The problem is that investors are usually negative for good reasons, which means you need to be pretty sure a

Value stocks are shares of companies trading for low prices relative to their earnings and growth potential. They can be an excellent way for investors to minimize risk in the stock market, while

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a bellwether for artificial intelligence (AI) companies this year as its graphics processing units and processors are providing the basic building blocks for building

The stock market has been on a roll lately, but it looked as though Friday morning would have a mixed start on Wall Street. Even though futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw modest gains

The elite club of Dividend Kings arguably stands out as the market's most prestigious group of dividend payers. Companies must have raised their payouts for at least 50 consecutive years to join, a

The latest consumer price index (CPI) report is in, and it's not what stock market bulls wanted.

Month over month, consumer prices rose 0.6% in August, their fastest monthly increase this year. And

One of Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) longest-standing and most consistent bulls is Ron Baron, a billionaire investor and chairman and CEO of Baron Capital. Even as Tesla aggressively cut prices this year

Capitalism can be brutal. Sometimes, the businesses you think are foolproof end up getting rapidly disrupted. Consider the case of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Many investors thought it was a foolproof