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Thursday was generally a lousy day to be a stock investor...unless you're a shareholder of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), that is. The mighty U.S. pharmaceutical company was a winner, with its shares rising

Two days after announcing that it won a new contract from the U.S. Army, one of the most reliable customers in the world, Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) stock fell by almost 2% on Thursday. That

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is expected to publish its second-quarter delivery figures any day now, and investors are getting nervous about those numbers. This skittishness was reflected in the stock's

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up another 254 points today, as the first half of the year came to an end in what has been a brutal six months for stocks. The Dow finished the first half of

Shares of next-generation financial services company SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) resolutely obeyed gravity on Thursday, falling at a nearly 5% clip. A pair of fresh analyst takes on the company

Shares of Pinterest (NYSE: PINS), Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU), and Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) were down hard again on Thursday, declining 9.3%, 5.6%, and 1.8%, respectively, as of 3:50 p.m. ET.

It appears it was a

Cryptocurrency values and the stocks of the companies that depend on those tokens continued to fall on Thursday, continuing a rough six-month stretch for the whole sector. 

As of 2:30 p.m. ET

The terrible week for cruise line stocks continued on Thursday. Not only is the broader market's decline dragging down their share prices, but there are also fears that the companies are seeing

A U.S. government watchdog is going to audit the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of Boeing (NYSE: BA) manufacturing, a fresh reminder that the dark clouds that have been hanging

Shares of CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) traded lower Thursday, slipping by as much as 7%. As of 2:02 p.m. ET today, the stock was still down 3.1%.

The broader market retreated today, which no

The stock market's been in a funk all week long and, with the S&P 500 down another 0.3% so far today, Thursday doesn't look any different.

Investors are by and large reacting to lousy economic news

Stocks are under pressure on Thursday due to continued concerns about the impact of higher inflation rates on the economy, and airlines, as is typically the case, were down more than the broader

All week long, the stock market has been in a funk -- and Thursday doesn't look to be different.

Lousy economic news is the major culprit today, with the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis having just

Shares of the German coronavirus vaccine developer BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) have climbed by more than 5.6% as of 12:07 p.m. ET on Thursday due to news released Wednesday evening that the U.S

Shares of the online car-selling company Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) spiked this morning following a positive note from an analyst. JMP Securities analyst Nicholas Jones resumed coverage of the company and

Shares of Block (NYSE: SQ) traded lower Thursday, slipping by as much as 7.5%. As of 11:59 a.m. ET, the stock was down 3.9%.

The broader market was in a slump today, which was no doubt a

Shares of Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) were tasting like a day-old cup of coffee in morning trading, with the stock falling 7.2% at 11:25 a.m. ET Thursday, though there was no company-specific news to

When you start investing, it is very tempting to throw money at the hottest craze, like meme stocks or cryptocurrencies. But the get-rich-quick feeling that generally leads to such moves can also

Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) have been plummeting in recent months. Although the market as a whole hasn't done well, the healthcare stock's 43% decline this year is far worse than the 19% drop

One of the great things about dividend stocks is that they deliver income to investors on a recurring basis. But given that most of them make those payments quarterly, your income stream can get a

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) were all falling this morning after the Commerce Department reported its latest inflation figures, which showed

Talks of a slowing economy and a possible recession are dominating the headlines, but Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global consulting giant, doesn't seem to have received the memo. The company defied the

Shares of Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC) tanked on Thursday morning, and were trading 19.7% lower as of 11:04 a.m. ET. That decline was driven by its announcement after the market close on Wednesday

Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) went in completely opposite directions over the past five years. UA's stock plunged nearly 60% as it struggled to keep pace