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On Aug. 31, 2020, salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) will join the other 29 companies on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, supplanting ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) for the position. Among other reasons

There are a lot of stocks still hurting in 2020, largely because their businesses have taken a hit during the pandemic. Some will bounce back. Some won't. I realize that there are two baskets of

Social Security benefits are an important source of retirement income, but for many current and future retirees, they are too important. 

That's because millions of Americans are currently too

Less than a week after establishing a bull-case price target of $600 on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives is back with an even rosier forecast. Yesterday morning, he

As the calendar turned to 2020, no one would have guessed that coronavirus masks would be the hottest selling item on Etsy's (NASDAQ: ETSY) website.

Artisan sellers capitalized on the opportunity to

Baozun's (NASDAQ: BZUN) stock recently stumbled after the Chinese e-commerce services provider followed up its second-quarter earnings beat with soft guidance for the third quarter.

Baozun's revenue

In mid-August, Epic Games rolled out direct payments in the iOS and Android versions of its hit game Fortnite. The feature allowed gamers to buy in-game currency and products directly from Epic

Over the last few years, I've postulated that a restaurant industry bubble -- driven by better-burger upstarts in particular -- was brewing. I never would have guessed a pandemic was what would stem

Three of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average will be replaced at the end of this month. Standard & Poor's, which manages the blue-chip index, announced on Monday that current

Whether it's the ability to save travel time, the comfort of talking to a physician from one's own home, or the convenience of consulting with a practitioner at any time of day, telemedicine has

Like other retailers with large brick-and-mortar store fleets, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) suffered sharp sales declines in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, sales sagged 6.3% in the first

Last week, home improvement retailer Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) announced it would expand its relatively small tool rental business. A handful of locations already offer this service, but the company now

Investors knew last quarter would be a tough one for most retailers. It was the first quarter fully affected by coronavirus lockdowns, and even where non-essential shopping is allowed again

The cannabis industry is overdue for some big activity on the mergers and acquisitions front. In March, Harvest Health and Verano backed away from a deal that would've seen the two companies come

Social Security benefits can have a significant effect on your retirement, depending on how much you have saved in your retirement fund. In fact, nearly a quarter of married couples and close to

Investing in stocks has indefinite upside, a powerful concept for investors to keep in mind. Over the long haul, you can achieve incredible returns by simply striving to pick stocks to beat the

The stock market has been on a tear following its massive plunge in March. The S&P 500 has jumped 20% over the past 12 months, and some of that growth is thanks to tech stocks that are performing

The struggles of the banking sector have been well documented, with most bank indexes down more than 30% this year. While some investors are optimistic about the industry, there hasn't been a lot of

Restaurants have been some of the businesses hardest hit by the economic effects of COVID-19. It's already a hyper-competitive and low-profit margin industry, and the lockdown has hastened changes

Sturm, Ruger (NYSE: RGR) was on target in the second quarter, as it reported a 36% jump in firearms sales, enabling it to issue a special dividend to shareholders of $5 per share in addition to its

As lawmakers have struggled to determine what kind of coronavirus relief to provide Americans during the 2020 recession, President Trump has consistently pushed for one particular type of financial

When Chevron (NYSE: CVX) declared its 33rd straight year of quarterly dividend raises in January, it didn't know that a pandemic would collapse the world into a recession. Yet instead of cutting its

Plenty of healthcare stocks are faltering this year. Some companies are struggling to get their products in front of patients at the doctor's office while others have been stymied by elective

In the days and weeks leading up to the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the S&P 500 index was hitting all-time highs. On Feb. 19 of this year, it achieved a record peak since the Great Recession

In just six months, Wall Street has come full circle and gone on the ride of its life in the process. Uncertainty and panic created by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic initially