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Thursday was a bad day for the stock market, as investors had a delayed reaction to the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision to increase interest rates. In combination with other economic data

These days, investors need good and convincing reasons to invest in the tech sector. On Thursday, with teleconferencing bellwether Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM), they didn't get any. A new

When a stock is reviewed positively by an analyst, it usually gets at least a small bump in its price. That, sadly, wasn't the case with MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) on Thursday. The company's shares shed

No shareholder likes to learn that a company they've invested in is about to incur more costs than previously expected. That was the dynamic behind Warner Bros. Discovery's (NASDAQ: WBD) nearly 9%

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) had a Thursday to forget, as its share price fell by nearly 5% against the 2.5% decline of the S&P 500 index. There were several small-ish news items about the social

It wasn't good to be a tech stock on Thursday, and it was doubly uncomfortable to be Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The graphics card and autonomous driving solutions specialist saw its share price tumble

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Shares of BioXCel Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BTAI) rose by as much as 19.1% this week, and as of Thursday afternoon, were still up 17% for the week, according to data from S&P Global Intelligence. The

United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) went on a shopping spree this week, and some on Wall Street are worried about how the airline will pay its bills. Shares of United traded down more than 10%

Shares of Target (NYSE: TGT) were pulling back today on a weak November retail sales report and as the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and European Central Bank all raised interest rates

Shares of semiconductor stocks Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (NYSE: TSM), Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) all fell hard on Thursday, dropping

Shares of Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ: PBYI) were up as much as 13% this week. As of Thursday afternoon, they were still up more than 10% for the week, according to data from S&P Global Intelligence.

Goldman Sachs issued a sell rating on QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) this week, and investors are apparently heeding the advice. As of Thursday afternoon, shares of the battery manufacturer were down 10%

Shares of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) were pulling back today as the stock reacted to the broad sell-off in the market due to interest rate hikes and a weak retail sales report. And one analyst issued a

Things are not looking good in computer land this morning. In early trading, shares of Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC), a manufacturer of computer hard disk drives and solid state drives, plunged more

In today's cryptocurrency market, most tokens are down drastically alongside equities as concerns around tight monetary policy continuing for longer than expected hit risk assets. However, not all

Shares of financial technology (fintech) company Block (NYSE: SQ) fell on Thursday following disappointing retail sales data from the Census Bureau. For those who may not know, a large portion of

The stock market is down today after the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by .5%, which brings rates to the highest levels seen since 2007. In the video below, I share my thoughts on

Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) were moving backwards today on reports that the company's ad business is stumbling out of the blocks. In fact, advertisers are asking the company to return some of

The major U.S. stock indexes are having a down week, but Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares are faring much worse. While the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite index were trading lower by 1% and 1.5% this

Shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD), an advertising platform company, were plunging today after an analyst at Jefferies downgraded the company's stock and lowered his price target for its shares