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Despite Encouraging News in June, Americans Still Need Boosted Unemployment
When countless businesses were forced to shut down earlier in the year due to COVID-19, it was clear that jobless claims would quickly skyrocket. And did they ever. April's 14.7% unemployment rate
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3 Top Video Game Stocks to Buy in July
Video games have never been more popular, and strong performance from gaming companies amid this year's coronavirus-related volatility has highlighted interactive entertainment's appeal as a
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3 Ways to Plan for a Market Crash
The stock market has rebounded sharply off its March lows, with the S&P 500 rallying by nearly 40% in just over three months. Businesses are reopening across the U.S. and economic data has been
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Better Buy: Slack Technologies vs. Datadog
Slack (NYSE: WORK) and Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) were both major software IPOs last year. Slack, which went public via a direct listing last April, provides streamlined communication tools that help
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CanSino's COVID-19 Vaccine Was Just Approved for Limited Use in China. Here's What Investors Should Know.
Despite a worldwide race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, China's CanSino Biologics (SEHK: 6185) didn't make huge headlines when it announced last week that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate had been
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2 Hot Stocks Are Hitting All-Time Highs
With the stock market continuing its rebound from lows during the coronavirus market crash earlier this year, some companies' stocks have done more than recover -- they've soared to new all-time
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Better Coronavirus Stock: VBI Vaccines or Vaxart?
It's probably fair to say that at the beginning of the year, many investors had never heard of VBI Vaccines (NASDAQ: VBIV) or Vaxart (NASDAQ: VXRT). But there's no doubt that a lot more investors
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Does Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Make the Big Pharma Stock a Buy?
Any good news in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine garners plenty of attention. That's exactly what happened last week after Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) announced preliminary
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3 Best-Performing Dividend Aristocrats in the First Half of 2020: Are They Buys Now?
Claiming impressive track records of 25 or more consecutive years of dividend increases wasn't enough to translate to solid performances during the first half of 2020. Even with the overall market
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8 in 10 Americans Are Making a Major Investing Mistake
Investing wisely is essential if you hope to build wealth. Unfortunately, many Americans are making a huge mistake when it comes to investing. In fact, a recent Gallup poll found just 21% of
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Will the S&P 500's 3 Biggest Losers in 2020 Ever Recover?
The coronavirus bear market was brutal to stocks early in the year, but the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) managed to recover much of its lost ground during the second quarter. With the help of some
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Tesla Stock: Next Stop $1,500?
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) surged higher on Monday, rising more than 13% by the time the market closed. During after-hours trading, shares moved even higher to levels above $1,430. The stock's
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The Best Reason to Take Social Security Long Before Age 70
When it comes to claiming Social Security, you have choices. You can sign up for benefits at full retirement age (FRA), which is either 66, 67, or somewhere in between, depending on your year of
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The 3 Greatest Stocks You've Never Heard Of
This has been a year that no one will soon forget -- especially Wall Street.
In a four-month span, the stock market experienced about a decade's worth of volatility. Panic surrounding the
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1 Reason Square Is Beating the Market
Mobile payments innovator Square (NYSE: SQ) has been one of the top-performing financial stocks on the market, with an eye-popping year-to-date return of 90% through Monday's close. Since the
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3 Billionaire CEOs Who Are Buying Their Own Stock
It's been quite the turbulent year for the markets. Then again, it's not as if there's a modern-era precedent to dealing with pandemic. No one is certain what to expect at this point, which is why
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Why Grubhub Stock Rose 44% in the First Half of the Year
Shares of restaurant delivery marketplace Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) jumped 44% in the first six months of the year, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. A buyout offer from Uber (NYSE:
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Simon Property Group Part of Company Bidding for Assets in Lucky Brand Bankruptcy
In a buy-your-business partner move, Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) might soon be one owner of bankrupt clothing retailer Lucky Brand Dungarees.
The real estate investment trust (REIT), which
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Report: Microsoft Expresses Interest in Video Game Division of Warner Bros.
A host of familiar video game franchises and titles might be making their way to a monster tech company continually vying to be an important name in the business. The Information reported on Monday
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Why Shares of Tesla Soared Nearly 30% in June
Shares of electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) rocketed 29.3% in June, propelling the company's stock price above $1,000 a share for the first time ever, according to data from S&P Global Market
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Here's Why Sorrento Therapeutics Skyrocketed 24% Higher in June
Shares of Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE) jumped 24.4% in June, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, as the biotech made progress on its COVID-19 programs.
Sorrento
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FDA Approves Becton Dickinson Portable 15-Minute Coronavirus Test
A new test for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease that results from it is now available on the market. Healthcare technology specialist Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) announced Monday
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Why Amazon Stock Hit a Record High Above $3,000 Today
Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) climbed 5.8% on Monday to a new all-time high of $3,057. At that price, the e-commerce and cloud computing titan's market capitalization now exceeds a staggering
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Why Disruptive Innovations Are Ridiculed
In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner shares some of his favorite quotes. He talks about the origin story of The Motley Fool, a belated April Fool's prank
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Why Shares of Avis Budget Group Rose as High as 7% on Monday
Ah, the power of an influential analyst recommendation. Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ: CAR) continued to accelerate on Monday, following a significant upgrade and recommendation change on the stock from