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Banking is an entrenched industry. Money is loaned to borrowers through the assessment of their income and assets, with the bank earning an interest rate determined by the quality of that position

Investors are jittery about the progress of economic reopenings as coronavirus infections surge worldwide due to the highly contagious Delta variant. That said, a resulting stock market sell-off

Last week, connected fitness company Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) announced the forthcoming release of Lanebreak, an in-app video game users can play on its well-known exercise bike. When the

As one of the most successful investors of all time, Warren Buffett's approach to picking stocks is worth understanding. By focusing on buying shares of companies with enduring competitive

Quidel (NASDAQ: QDEL) is a testing company that's been experiencing tremendous sales growth over the past year, largely because of the popularity of its COVID-19 tests amid the pandemic. But testing

Large tech companies are on the agendas of Congress and the FTC, and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is one of those caught up in the crosshairs. A recent event seems to have put a win in the social media

The market's recent shakiness might portend a crash in the near future. Or, it might not. There's no way to be certain, and sitting on the edge of your seat in the meantime is a surefire way to feel

Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) returned to profitability in the second quarter as motorcycle revenue more than doubled from last year, but the market is worried inflation, higher raw materials costs

Robinhood's Top 100 list shows the most widely held equities on the platform. Of course, an array of meme stocks stand out, but if you're willing to dig a little deeper, there are a few diamonds in

We might very well be sitting here in 2050 with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as the world's predominant currency, all the naysayers having been silenced decades earlier. But we don't hear enough about the

Along with announcing its fiscal second-quarter earnings results on July 20, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) confirmed it would be entering the gaming market. The company said it would start with mobile

Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) has built a $2 billion business with its team-collaboration software by innovating organically and buying tuck-in acquisitions. Recently, it added another software-company

Growth stocks are companies that increase revenue and earnings faster than the average business in their sector or the overall market. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) isn't doing either of those things at

Spatial data company Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR) officially completed its SPAC merger with Gores Holdings VI on Thursday and officially began trading on the Nasdaq on Friday, July 23. The deal netted

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) will report its second-quarter earnings results after the U.S. markets close today. What should auto investors expect?

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United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS)Q2 2021 Earnings CallJul 27, 2021, 8:15 a.m. ET

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The $205 billion asset Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), based in Cincinnati, generated earnings in the second quarter that beat analysts' expectations. The bank reported slightly better income on

There are many real estate investment trusts, or REITs, that could benefit from the return to normalcy in the United States, but EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) could be one of the biggest winners. In

Medical device powerhouse Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) recently announced that its Hugo Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) system had been integrated into the Chilean health system of UC Christus in Santiago

Many Americans reach retirement with far too little money saved. That can be a big problem. Social Security alone can't support you. So if you don't have a hefty nest egg, you might need to look for

Data software company Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) has made a name for itself, providing the U.S. government and big corporations with the tools to make data-based decisions. Palantir is finding creative

The amount of money you collect in Social Security will depend on a number of factors. Those include your lifetime earnings and the age at which you decide to sign up for benefits.

Still, it may

Stocks can make fools of even the smartest people. Many have been calling the current market a bubble for years. The price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of the Nasdaq Composite reached 2.6 in 2007 before

Since March 2009, Wall Street has experienced its longest bull market in history. And this record-breaking streak might have you wondering whether or not it's coming to an end soon. 

It might even

As of this past weekend, there were fewer than 120 companies whose valuation topped $100 billion. Call me old-school, but I've always considered a market cap in excess of $100 billion to be a