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Investors waiting for the chance to buy shares of Robinhood, the online trading app that helped democratize stock investing by eliminating transaction fees, might have viewed the recent GameStop

In the world of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, there are no names bigger than Chamath Palihapitiya. The Social Capital CEO has taken Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE), Opendoor

There's little question that both Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) have been remarkable investments over the past decade, with each generating returns of roughly 600%. Yet recent

Shares of chicken-wing restaurant chain Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) plunged on Wednesday morning after the company reported full-year 2020 results. It's not that 2020 was bad; in fact, it was a stellar

It's now been over a month since Bloomberg News broke the news that special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Churchill Capital IV (NYSE: CCIV) was in talks to merge with Lucid Motors, one of the

On a day when Canadian marijuana grower Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL) announced it has regained compliance to remain listed on the Nasdaq exchange, shareholders are punishing the stock for a

MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) is disrupting the database industry. The company's innovative solutions empower software developers, helping them build applications more quickly. In particular, the company's

Shares of KAR Auction Services (NYSE: KAR), which provides a host of services to the auto sector, fell out of bed in the first 30 minutes of the trading day on Feb. 17, dropping as much as 25% in

Shares of Aphria (NASDAQ: APHA) were falling 5.5% lower as of 10:28 a.m. EST on Wednesday after sinking as much as 12.6% earlier in the day. Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) stock was down 9.6% after tumbling

Warren Buffett isn't known for chasing speculative growth stocks or companies in uncertain markets, so if you are looking for those stocks, then look away. However, he is known for buying relatively

Nestle (OTC: NSRGY) announced on Tuesday that it is selling its North American water business to One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos & Co. for $4.3 billion.

Brands being shed in the sale

Bumble (NASDAQ: BMBL), Match Group's (NASDAQ: MTCH) top rival in the online dating market, went public on Feb. 11. Its IPO was priced at $43 a share and surged to $70 on the first day of trading

Shares of U.S. exploration and production company Torchlight Energy (NASDAQ: TRCH) fell a sizable 18% in early trading today. That, however, comes on the heels of a massive 50% or so gain the day

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) reported a loss of $694.7 million in its first quarter as a public company, but investors were more focused on its progress toward commercializing its solid-state battery and

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shocked the business world last month with the announcement that Jeff Bezos would retire from the role of CEO. The company has long been a model for anti-fragility, or the

How often have you looked at someone else in an unfortunate situation and thought, "It won't happen to me"? I felt the same thing in 2009 as I watched other people lose their jobs in the Great

Investors began buying into Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) in droves last year, hoping to get in on the next Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). NIO has made a major turnaround since its

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs, for short) exploded in popularity during 2020. A SPAC is a company with nothing more than a chunk of money and a management team dedicated to finding a

Semiconductor equipment supplier Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) is my top growth pick for 2021. That's because the company has put itself in a great position to take advantage of a jump in demand

It's been a good time to be long Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). Shares of the company behind the namesake streaming hub hit another all-time high on Tuesday. The stock is up 42% this young year, and has more

Online dating conglomerate Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) has seen its stock rise more than 100% since its December 2019 spinoff announcement from parent company IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC). But

Investors in PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) just received their biggest update of the year from the snack and beverage giant. The fourth-quarter report detailed how Pepsi was able to grow through the

Robinhood co-CEO Vladimir Tenev is set to appear before the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) this week to explain his company's actions during the recent battle royale between Reddit

While they're often grouped together, not all dividend stocks are the same. Some that are sporting the highest yields only do so because their payouts aren't dependable. Others offer strangely low

Shorting a stock is about as risky a move as you can make in the market. It can be profitable, if your prediction that the stock will fall in value is correct. But your gains are limited because the