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Two components of the FAANG group of stocks are Facebook and Alphabet, parent of Google. Both tech giants report third-quarter earnings on Thursday.

Over the long term, both companies have been

The coronavirus pandemic led many companies to direct their employees to work remotely. Millions of workers accustomed to showing up each day at their offices had to make a major adjustment.

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has benefited enormously from the consumer migration to streaming this year. As total streaming hours continued to surge, new content partners have joined the Roku platform to

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox chief Phil Spencer recently hinted that streaming sticks could replace full-featured gaming consoles in the near future. Speaking to The Verge, Spencer claimed

President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden disagree on important issues, including immigration enforcement and controlling the coronavirus pandemic. That means a change of leadership

Cloud-based communications expert Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) reported third-quarter results on the evening of Monday, October 26. The company obliterated Wall Street's expectations across the board but

Last week, during the final presidential debate with Joe Biden, President Trump responded to claims that he only paid $750 in federal income taxes for both 2016 and 2017, as per data dug up by The

If you had invested $50,000 in streaming entertainment giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) a decade ago, you'd be a millionaire right now. This equates to a compound annual return of approximately 35%

This year's downturn in the energy market has taken a growing number of dividends down with it, including several notable payouts. However, a few monster energy-fueled dividends remain intact,

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) can be both a hero and a goat, depending on your perspective as an investor. The stock price rose from $17 in July 2010 to $118 in July 2015, as the company introduced

The financial sector has been one of the slowest areas of the stock market to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the S&P 500 is now up by 7% for the year, the financial sector is still down

About two years ago, Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) was considered one of the most promising marijuana companies. The pot grower was only second to Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) in terms of market cap at

As the maker of the da Vinci robotic surgery suite, Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) doesn't fit the mold of a traditional Warren Buffett stock. The company needs to spend a significant portion of

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) are two major competitors in the healthcare sector, both of whom focus on developing drugs for rare diseases like

Comparing Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) with Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL) feels like a mismatch. The former is a dominant provider of genome sequencers serving as -- some might argue -- the foundation for the

Robinhood's trading platform is often associated with high-risk, speculative investments. And while there are arguably many bad-outlook or expensive investments on the Robinhood Top 100 list, there

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on economies around the world and has upended many industries, including airlines, travel, and restaurants. In-store retail shopping has suffered as well, as social

A straightforward way of making money in the stock market is to load up on companies when they are trending up and sell them quickly when their results disappoint. Such a short-term strategy is so

More than half of workers 10 to 20 years from retirement (53%) say that determining how much they should save is their biggest retirement question, according to a report from the Empower Institute.

The neurology drug developer Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) reported its quarterly earnings on Oct. 21 , stating that its total revenue fell by 6% compared to 2019, reaching $3.37 billion for FY 2020. This

The race to develop lifesaving COVID-19 treatments recently took a surprise turn for the worse. Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY) COVID-19 treatment candidate, an antibody called LY-CoV555, flopped in a

There have now been more than 43 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world, and experts are already warning of a substantial third wave of cases in many countries. It's safe to say that

ONEOK's (NYSE: OKE) operational and financial results bounced back big time during the third quarter as its natural gas liquids (NGL) volumes topped their pre-pandemic level. Fueling the brisk

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has acquired Vilynx, a company focused on using computer vision and artificial intelligence to analyze a video's audio, visual, and related text elements to understand the

You'll probably rely on your Social Security benefits to pay the bills in retirement. In fact, those benefits may even be your sole source of income. That's why understanding when you're allowed to