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Now that coronavirus vaccines from Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) and the team of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) have started being distributed, many of our questions on the vaccine race

As we approach year's end, there's still a little time left in which you can change your tax situation for 2020, and even more time to think about what it will look like in 2021. Among the key steps

Each year, I like to make a few bold, but realistic, predictions of how the stock market could perform. My track record is pretty decent. Just to name a few examples from my 2020 bold predictions

The energy industry had a divergence of fortunes in 2020, and may have accelerated some long-term trends taking place over the past decade. Oil stocks had a rough year, highlighted by oil prices

It was the last thing anyone wanted to hear in the waning days of 2020. Researchers identified a new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. And it could be a lot more contagious

One of the wackiest years on record for the stock market is finally coming to a close. From a human perspective, no one is going to be sad to kiss 2020, and hopefully soon the coronavirus pandemic

More stimulus checks are on the way. After months of political wrangling and plenty of twists and turns, most Americans will soon receive $600 stimulus checks. 

For many, this money will be critical

This very miserable year is nearly over, and like most people, I say good riddance! Between political tensions, social unrest, and a worldwide pandemic, 2020 will easily go down as a year to forget

When the calendar is finally turned on 2020 in a matter of days, it'll end one of the craziest years in stock market history. The benchmark S&P 500 lost over a third of its value in mere weeks

On Monday, two big pharmaceutical companies delivered some good news about one of their projects. Merck (NYSE: MRK) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) announced in separate press releases that their

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is ending 2020 with an intriguing acquisition. The big bank is buying a set of customer loyalty specialist assets from cxLoyalty Group Holdings. Neither the price nor the

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is abandoning its efforts to push into a once-promising market. The company has decided to significantly scale back its smart cities products and services division in

When it comes to tech stocks, the names topping the performance list this year might surprise you. Companies involved in apps and solar energy have been heating up portfolios the most. Specifically

Vaccine specialist Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) couldn't prevent a sell-off of its shares on Monday. Although the company reported seemingly good news, investors fled the stock, resulting in a nearly 10%

The Santa Claus rally was in full force on Monday, as investors came back from the long weekend in the holiday spirit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)

Though the FDA recently gave emergency use authorization (EUA) to Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) mRNA-1273 coronavirus vaccine, the company's stock was a big dud on Monday. This was likely due to some

Shares of stay-at-home stocks, including Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM), Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON), and Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), were pulling back after the new $900 billion

The day started hot for renewable energy shares, with multiple stocks climbing over 10%. A big catalyst was President Trump actually signing the recently passed stimulus bill over the weekend, after

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Shares of Designer Brands (NYSE: DBI) sprinted 10.2% higher Monday on no company-specific news, though the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up over 200 points after President Trump signed the new

Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) were sinking 6.6% as of 3:47 p.m. EST on Monday. The decline came after analysts gave mixed reviews to the biotech's phase 1 data from COVID-19 vaccine

On the first trading day after the Christmas break, shares of space company Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) dropped 7.7% as of 3:15 p.m. EST on Monday.

There was no obvious news to explain why

Shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) took a hit on Monday, falling as much as 10.9%. As of 3:15 p.m. EST, however, the stock was down only 8.6%.

While there didn't seem to be any specific news

The stock market closed at 2 p.m. EST on Dec. 24 and didn't reopen until 9:30 a.m. Dec. 28. During that time, the balance sheet for technology company MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) increased in value

Today is another big day for companies hoping to IPO their stocks via reverse mergers into special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that are already listed on the stock market. As of 12:45 p.m