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For Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) shareholders and fans of Warren Buffett, the previous weekend was the most-anticipated event of the year. On Saturday, May 2, Buffett held his

For much of the past three months, investors have had their resolve tested like never before. The emergence and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S. wound up leading to

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has had an epic run since its founding. The business has grown from a small online bookseller in 1995 to "the everything store" it is today with an astounding $296 billion of

Disney (NYSE: DIS) has no plans to increase or accelerate its investments in Disney+ or Hulu, despite strong adoption of its streaming services over the last few months. Disney+ had 54.5 million

Shares of many apparel and home-goods stores did very well in April, as investors grew more upbeat about their cash situations and ability to withstand store-closures amid the coronavirus pandemic —

One welcome sign with the COVID-19 pandemic is how many companies, both large and small, have scrambled to develop diagnostic tests, antiviral treatments, and vaccines. Sure, these companies are in

For most of the last two months and change, cruise line stocks have moved up -- and largely down -- together. When Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) shares move in any given week, Royal Caribbean

It's no secret that, once upon a time, Warren Buffett once owned a tiny entertainment and theme park operator called Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). But that was in the 1960s, turbulent times for the

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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST) have become two of the most influential retailers today. Amazon's growth has stoked fear across the retail sector. Yet despite that success, Costco

Government regulators are working through the weekend to boost public health officials' ability to monitor for local COVID-19 outbreaks. On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its

When I first decided to compare fast-food giant McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) to the smaller and more beaten-up casual eatery BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ: BJRI), my initial assumption was that the Golden

Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with government-mandated business closures and stay-at-home orders sending unemployment rates to

AT&T (NYSE: T) will launch HBO Max at the end of the month, and management has big expectations for the service. In October, AT&T CEO John Stankey said he expects the service to reach 50 million

As far as crises go, coronavirus has been unprecedented in the speed with which it descended on the world and the destruction it has wrought on the global economy. In the face of this pandemic

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest jobs numbers, and they weren't pretty. Nonfarm payrolls fell by 20.5 million in April, and the U.S. unemployment rate has now soared to

Shares of online home-goods retailer Wayfair (NYSE: W) had a tremendous run in April, as it became clear that stuck-at-home consumers were still shopping -- and quite a few were shopping at

Stocks rose last week, despite news that the economy just endured the worst month of job losses on record. After the government announced that the unemployment rate set a new record high of 14.7%

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) originally made its mark as the leader in Latin American e-commerce, but over the past several years, its move into financial technology (fintech) has become an

The stock market has made a strong comeback after plunging earlier this year due to investors' worries about the economic fallout stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, in 2020, the S&P

Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), the world leader in subscription music streaming, is likely to be multiples of its current size in 10 years. Here's where the company could be by then.

The company's

The COVID-19 outbreak has hurt the U.S. economy to a degree beyond what many of us could have imagined. Thankfully, the $2 trillion CARES Act has already been providing relief in the form of $1,200

COVID-19 has exposed some serious cracks in the movie theater industry. Besides being closed down to help combat the spread of the virus, doubt is mounting regarding just how many movie-goers will

COVID-19 has shut down much of America, devastating the economy. Retirees, who are out of the workforce already, aren't among the millions left unemployed by the great lockdown -- but that doesn't

Many investors have started sniffing around the oil sector recently, particularly people looking for dividends. Interest rates are at record lows, and for anyone looking for income or just a better