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Fans and followers of the adult beverage industry are undoubtedly aware of the impact hard seltzers have made. For the first time in 25 years, 2019's wine sales in the United States fell, while data

The COVID-19 crisis is sparking robust demand for PCs as more people work and study from home, but PC makers still can't produce enough units to meet it. The ongoing chip shortage at Intel (NASDAQ:

Shares of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) have plummeted more than 66% this year. The main factor driving that sell-off has been cratering crude oil prices as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak's

Semiconductor stocks are notoriously volatile, and becoming accustomed to the frequent up-and-down sales cycles -- a norm for all businesses related to manufacturing -- is a must. Memory chip maker

Stocks are starting to claw their way back after the brutal correction that started in late February, but there are still bargains to be had out there. I decided to scour the universe of stocks that

Vir Biotechnology (NASDAQ: VIR) shares have soared 134% since the start of the year as the company jumped into the race to find a treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus

Marijuana investors have seen a massive erosion of wealth over the past 12 months. Companies in the cannabis sector were expected to consolidate sales in a high-growth market in 2019; instead, they

Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) CEO Arnold Donald told CNBC during an interview this week that the embattled cruise company now has enough liquidity to survive and meet its obligations even in a

Facing a significant strain on its business due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has announced steps to save costs in the near term.

The electronics retailer will

There are some very cheap companies on the stock market right now. Movie theaters, for instance, have been crushed by COVID-19. AMC Entertainment is down a shocking 70% in 2020. Cinemark is down

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way Americans live their daily lives, affecting everything from how we work to how we shop to how we communicate with loved ones.

It's also affected millions

Following many months of speculation, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this week announced the second-generation iPhone SE (not the "iPhone 9," as some rumors had suggested). Many analysts had expected the

When oil prices get volatile, oil producers' success or failure depends in part on how they've balanced their focus between high-margin upstream projects and cash-flow-rich downstream ones. Now

The coronavirus pandemic appears to have pushed already damaged J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) to potentially seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. If that happens, the company would attempt to

British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) is suing two of its longtime rivals, Altria Group (NYSE: MO) and Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM), for copyright infringement.

In the lawsuit filed in a

After climbing by about 29% last year, the S&P 500 has slid by about 14% year to date as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some companies have largely escaped the recent sell-off and have

The stock market is full of inexpensive stocks right now. The S&P 500 index has fallen 18% from its 52-week highs, and 377 of the index's 505 tickers are doing even worse. Some of these suffering

Discussions about a phase-four federal aid package to help the country recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have included funding for programs to upgrade America's roads, bridges

I admit, I haven't very been very bullish on cruise stocks amid the coronavirus outbreak, despite their large price declines. I happen to think cruises won't begin sailing as early as many hope

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is a telecom giant. Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) is a streaming music and media platform. While the two companies have little in common, both are among the leaders in their

After one of the fastest meltdowns ever, the stock market has rebounded quite a bit. There's even an argument to be made about whether we really still have a bear market. 

But despite the bounce for

Talk about a bitter irony. For the first time in years the personal computer industry saw a surge in demand, thanks to millions of people suddenly forced to work away from their offices. But the

It's been rough going for stock investors so far this year, but the party came to an end over the summer of 2019 for Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) shareholders. After quickly running higher in the months

After several weeks during which equity markets fell significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors finally got some breathing room last week as the market recovered some of its

COVID-19 has been wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy since March, and with countless businesses shuttered and millions of employees out of work, it was clear that the government needed to step in