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The financial services industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but like any other industry, the situation may actually present some level of investing opportunity, depending on the

A central theme of the 2020 investing landscape has been the overall strength of healthcare stocks. Investors have gravitated toward the healthcare sector this year due to the ability of most top

While streaming is currently booming, smaller competitors may be at a disadvantage. Large players like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have increased engagement faster than the rest

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought more attention to consumer staples stocks such as Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF.A) (NYSE: BF.B), as prolonged lockdowns led to a massive surge in off-premise alcohol

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) reported $18.9 million in sales in the recently ended second quarter, 21% higher than Wall Street's expectation of $15.6 million. Investors didn't find an equally

It's not exactly news that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the airline industry. Air travel virtually ground to a halt this spring due to the imposition of stay-at-home orders and other

Just weeks after teaming up with Facebook to launch Facebook Shops, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) has nabbed another titan of industry in its quest to take on Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in e-commerce. The

Canadian e-commerce specialist Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) keeps saying that it isn't trying to compete directly with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), yet it continues to make moves that increasingly put the

As large companies continue to evolve, so too does their impact on society.

But with shareholders demanding a relentlessly rising stream of profits, can massive technology companies like Amazon.com

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) investors may be feeling a bit of deja vu. In early 2019, after repeatedly reassuring investors that the company's huge dividend was safe, management decided to cut the

After a huge run-up in Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock price over the past year, the company now has a market capitalization of about $1.5 trillion. As the most valuable publicly traded company in the

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) is on a roll. Just weeks after announcing a deal to help power the back-office needs of Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) new Shops platform, the e-commerce management provider has now

I'm not a fan of most bricks-and-mortar retail concepts, and that means that I'm not going to bother with traditional mall operators. The chunky distributions that come with many of these retail

Last month, Cerence (NASDAQ: CRNC) pulled the trigger on part of its plan to restructure the bulk of its debt by conducting a convertible senior note offering to raise capital. In addition to

As of May 2020, more than 20 million Americans were unemployed, and we can thank COVID-19 for that. Thankfully, those without an income from work are generally entitled to unemployment benefits

The COVID-19 pandemic has left millions of Americans unemployed; with the assistance of expanded unemployment benefits, many are receiving more in jobless benefits than they earned before being

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) has been a tough stock to own for a long time. A slow start reacting to the e-commerce craze, cluttered stores, and inefficient operations all contributed to

It was already a foregone conclusion, but it's now official: The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared on June 8 that the economy is in recession. It ends what was the longest

Few stocks have been as successful during the COVID-19 pandemic as Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM). 

Shares just touched another all-time high at $239.59 on Monday, and it's easy to see why

Might IMAX (NYSE: IMAX) soon be a takeover target?

According to Street Insider, that's a growing possibility. Citing an unnamed source, the media outlet said IMAX partner Barco is considering a

Casual dining restaurant operator Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) took the COVID-19 shutdown orders on the chin. The company canceled its full-year guidance projections, drew down all of its

Those who remember the Great Recession, which began in 2007 and lasted well into 2009, can no doubt attest to the fact that it was one extended period of financial uncertainty. But while job loss

Cord-cutting is accelerating as the coronavirus pandemic pushes more households to unsubscribe from cable. One of the biggest factors influencing those subscriber decisions is the sudden lack of

Like other department stores, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic last quarter. As a nonessential retailer, it was forced to close all of its stores in mid-March. And while

Like many other retailers, GameStop (NYSE: GME) experienced a rough fiscal first quarter, which ended May 2. It's not surprising since the coronavirus caused the company to block physical access to