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Shares of Compass Minerals International (NYSE: CMP) shot up this morning and gained as much as 17.9% as of 9:40 a.m. EDT. The otherwise boring company that primarily deals in salt and plant

Marijuana stocks lit up Wednesday morning after multiple news outlets reported Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to unveil a new bill to legalize marijuana for recreational use today.  

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Shares of SGOCO Group (NASDAQ: SGOC) have skyrocketed today by a whopping 61% as of 10:55 a.m. EDT, after the company said it had regained compliance with the Nasdaq stock exchange. SGOCO has

Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) is a big data analytics provider that spun off of LinkedIn back in 2014. The technology that supports the Confluent platform is Apache Kafka, an open-source solution that

Shares of big-city office landlord Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) rose roughly 21% over the first six months of 2021 according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That was roughly in line

It's happening again. Reddit retail investors are continuing to supercharge market mayhem over AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC). AMC's business has been beaten down by the pandemic and is

The current market environment offers some difficulties for people on a fixed income, like Social Security recipients. COVID-19 affected several supply chains and it created artificial shortages for

The stock market has been able to overcome short-term challenges to move higher, and Wednesday brought another example of how resilient Wall Street can be. As of 10:15 a.m. EDT, the Dow Jones

It's been a rough period for many top stocks lately. High inflation and concerns that the extremely contagious Delta variant could usher in new waves of coronavirus lockdowns around the globe

Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) stock has failed to set the market on fire so far in 2021, but that's a good thing for investors looking to buy a top cybersecurity play. That's because Palo Alto

Shares of Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) were falling 4% in morning trading Wednesday after an analyst at Wedbush downgraded the home fitness stock to neutral from outperform.

Peloton was a big

The Securities and Exchange Commission is following through on its pledge to get tough on special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), charging Stable Road Acquisition (NASDAQ: SRAC) and its

AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB), an asset manager, outperformed its competitors in the first six months of 2021 with a return of 38%, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. It more than doubled

Shares of specialty insurer Markel (NYSE: MKL) rose 18% in the first half of the year according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Markel has benefited from improvements to its

Shares of Glaukos (NYSE: GKOS) were tanking on Wednesday, with the stock down 20.5% as of 10:38 a.m. EDT. The decline came after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its

Collecting some recurring income is a great way to bolster your financial position and make you less reliant on your day job for money. And investing in dividend stocks is one way you can accomplish

Are you looking for a top growth stock that can double your money? It's not easy finding investments with lots of upside in the stock market these days, given how bullish things have been over the

Do you want to buy a cheap stock?

A glance at the market will reveal all sorts of stocks at all sorts of valuations. Some are much more desirable than others, and the unwanted tend to be super

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) updated its second-quarter guidance, and an analyst took the airline stock out of the penalty box. The two moves together were enough to get the stock soaring

Shares of technology outfit MicroVision (NASDAQ: MVIS) rallied 211.3% during the first half of this year, according to numbers provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Nearly all of that upward

Heavy equipment maker Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), seldom mentioned in today's world of e-commerce and digital services, recently made rare headlines after winning the new USPS delivery vehicle

There aren't a lot of money managers of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) who are household names to investors, but ARK Invest's Cathie Wood fits the bill. Her penchant for disruptive growth stocks made

Seeing Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Black Widow weave a sticky web over fans of superhero flicks last weekend was special. The latest release from Disney's Marvel camp was a hit at the corner multiplex

Shares of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) were up 14.7% in the first half of 2021, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. In the first several weeks of the year, the

One of the most well-known private companies in the U.S. is going public this summer: Robinhood. The controversial mobile trading platform that has surged to the top of the app rankings in recent