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The stock market has been on edge over the past month. Investors are split between optimism about the likely path of the U.S. economy as the COVID-19 pandemic comes closer to being under control and

Shares of Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) jumped an impressive 18% in early trading on March 18. The big news was the furniture retailer's after-the-close earnings release on March 17. But that's not

PPL Corp. (NYSE: PPL) has agreed to sell its U.K. utility business, Western Power Distribution (WPD), to National Grid (NYSE: NGG) for $10.9 billion in cash. In a separate deal, PPL has agreed to

Today I talk about three growth stocks investors should be thinking about buying during the dip. They are all hitting different markets and are seeing strong revenue growth across the board.

Many investors have started to wonder how well CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) would fare when it laps its financial results from the start of the pandemic. That's when many people were forced

Investors love to be opportunistic. You can be sure the next time the market has a significant correction -- or even an inevitable crash -- that battle-tested investors won't flinch at taking

Waste Management (NYSE: WM) takes care of the unglamorous job of collecting the trash. It's one of those things that has to be done regardless of what's going on in the world or on Wall Street. But

It's no secret that Square (NYSE: SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey is a big believer in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the

We're finally closing in on AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) at full strength. The country's leading exhibitor will reopen another 40 movie theaters by Friday afternoon, including all of its

Shares of wind blade manufacturer TPI Composites (NASDAQ: TPIC) have fallen by 40% in two weeks. The initial sharp drop was triggered by the company's somewhat weak fourth-quarter earnings report it

Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) both generated impressive returns for investors over the past 12 months. Adobe's stock advanced nearly 60% as demand for its cloud-based

For some dividend stocks, it's never a question of whether investors will get an annual payout raise. The mystery instead revolves around the size of the yearly income boost.

Dividend Aristocrats

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also known as blank check companies, raise money through initial public offerings (IPOs) to acquire other businesses. According to SPACInsider, there

2020 was an insane year for companies going public. Boosted by the tremendous demand for technology and electric vehicle stocks, not to mention the frenzy of blank-check SPAC companies, the number

It's becoming increasingly clear that e-commerce will be ubiquitous in a post-pandemic world. Boxes touting the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) smiley face logo pointing from 'A' to 'Z' will only increase in

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is the social platform for inspiration. It lets users collect and interact with visual media, helping them discover ideas, plan projects, or learn new things. For instance

Millennials, who are 25 to 40 years old this year, overtook baby boomers as the largest generation in 2019. They're a core market for most companies, and companies that keep pace with their evolving

The sixth and final Disney (NYSE: DIS) theme-park resort to reopen its gated attractions finally has a restart date. Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will unlock their turnstiles and fire

Congratulations to investors who stuck with Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY). Despite the stock tumbling in February and March of last year when the COVID-19 contagion began spreading all over the world

AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC), the world's largest theater operator, was one the pandemic's biggest losers. Not only were theaters completely closed for five months, but even after the

After its public debut earlier this month, video game platform Roblox became one of the latest companies offering a way to bet on the "metaverse" -- a virtual world where real people can play

Investors love revenue growth. When sales are climbing rapidly, shareholders can imagine industries conquered, legacy competitors vanquished, and a future filled with profits after the company

Southern Company's (NYSE: SO) Vogtle nuclear power plant project is over budget and delayed, which is the bad news. However, once you get past that one issue, the giant U.S. utility is basically a

All eyes are on marijuana stocks in 2021. Ongoing activity in the cannabis space is drawing more attention from investors who are looking for some growth stocks to put their money in for the long

As bad as 2020 was for businesses, there were several huge IPOs. Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) was one of the most highly anticipated of the group, and it opened on the stock market at $146 after being