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It took all of six months for Quibi to fail in colossal fashion. Quibi (short for "QUIck BItes" but it may as well be short for "QUIck oBItuary") announced that it was shutting down the premium

Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) stock recently skyrocketed after its third-quarter numbers shattered expectations. Its revenue surged 52% year-over-year to $679 million, marking its strongest growth in over two

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We're now just a dozen days away form the 2020 presidential election. If President Trump wins, things may not be materially different come January from how they are now. However, if former Vice

2020 is the year that you never anticipated happening. A worldwide pandemic pretty much upended your life, and the stock market got turned upside down as well.

While you can't produce a magical cure

Most investors are familiar with discount retail chains Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), the latter of which also operates Family Dollar stores. Dollar General boasts more

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) had revealed preliminary third-quarter revenue and earnings when it announced the spinoff of its managed infrastructure services business on Oct. 8. Thus

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) already collects massive amounts of data on how people shop on its website, but what consumers are buying away from the site remains opaque to the e-commerce giant.

To gain

If you've ever read your company's retirement plan document, it's likely you've come across a variety of retirement account options. The real question, however, is if you've taken the time to truly

Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) is recalling over 1,000 of its 2020 LiveWire motorcycles after it discovered a software problem that could cause the electric bike's powertrain to shut down without

When J.C. Penney (OTC: JCPN.Q) filed for bankruptcy back in May, lawyers for the company acknowledged that quickly moving through the Chapter 11 process was essential. The company agreed to a July

NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP) has been an outstanding income stock over the years. The renewable energy producer has grown its payout every quarter since going public in late 2014.

That

You've probably heard time and again that saving for retirement independently is important: namely because Social Security won't provide enough income to live comfortably, and without money of your

E-commerce has long been an attractive long-term growth industry, but the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated its rise. As people have had to stay home for the pandemic, current e-commerce

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest generation of iPhone has been announced and will go on sale in early November, and the new devices could not have come out at a better time as the world transitions to

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) operates in the deeply out-of-favor North American energy sector. That helps explain why the units are down roughly 40% so far in 2020, with the distribution

Not every stock can be a winner. Many companies find themselves unable to forge a path to profitability. Other companies see their stocks rise to such high valuations that they have nowhere else to

Just three months into its fiscal 2021 year, and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is already raising its outlook. The consumer staples giant just announced accelerating sales growth and improving

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) released third-quarter figures after market close on Wednesday, and they showed impressive growth in certain line items.

Revenue came in at $1.60 billion, 14%

The decision to file for Social Security is a big one. Claim benefits too soon, and you risk slashing them on a monthly basis for life. Wait too long, and you risk losing out on lifetime income.

One

One of the best reasons to buy low-priced stocks is they often have more room to rise in value than higher-priced stocks, especially in the fast-growing cannabis industry. They can also be more

Investing in the marijuana industry over the past two years has been quite the trip. Through March 2019, North American pot stocks were unstoppable. With tens of billions of dollars in black market

Canadian marijuana company Aphria (NASDAQ: APHA) is often viewed as a (relatively) safe pot stock pick. Aphria's peers, including Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) and Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC), have

Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE) is one of this year's rollercoaster stocks, riding the market crash and the coronavirus product hype train to grow by more than 450% before collapsing to its

A wave of consolidation has washed over the oil sector in the last month. The latest deal came on Tuesday as Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) reached an agreement to buy fellow Permian Basin