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Here's Why American Equity Investment Life Holding Is Soaring on Thursday
The stock market was mostly in the green on Thursday, with investors optimistic about a pending stimulus agreement, but most major averages were up by less than 1% as of noon EDT. However, American
Is Gap Stock a Buy?
Gap (NYSE: GPS) was nearly ruined by COVID-19 after all of its stores were shut down, but in the six months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, the owner of Old Navy, Banana
3 Reasons Why Amazon's Prime Day Could Be the Biggest Ever This Year
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) annual Prime Day event has continually grown larger and larger every year. What started out as just one day of sales on its website has grown to a full 48-hour sales event --
Why Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Stock Soared Today
Shares of education company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ: HMHC) soared on Thursday after it announced a restructuring of its business. The changes are expected to save it money in the long
Why Overstock.com Stock Rallied as Much as 12.5% This Morning
Shares of online retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) rallied as much as 12.5% as the trading day began Thursday. Although the stock had pulled back some of those gains by around noon EDT today, it
Why CrowdStrike Stock Just Jumped 5%
Shares of cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) are up a strong 5.4% in 11:05 a.m. EDT trading. The gain follows the company's announcement last night that it has completed
Why Enphase Energy Stock Just Jumped 6.5%
Shares of solar microinverter maker Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) are up a strong 6.5% as of 11:30 a.m. EDT. You can probably thank Bank of America and J.P. Morgan for that.
Yesterday, you see
Why Quidel Stock Is Up Today
Shares of Quidel (NASDAQ: QDEL) are up by 4.7% as of 10:43 a.m. EDT on Thursday, after jumping by as much as 11.6% earlier today. The catalyst for these gains was the company's release of
Why Golar LNG Stock Is Popping Today
Shares of Golar LNG (NASDAQ: GLNG) rebounded more than 11% by 11:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday. Fueling the bounce back in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) stock were updates to two major issues that had b
Spotify's Looking for a "Breaking Bad" Moment
Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) is expanding distribution of The Michelle Obama Podcast to new platforms following the conclusion of its first season. That means people still listening to podcasts through
Why Nikola Popped Another 23% Today
Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) shares jumped 23% today, as of 11:25 a.m. EDT. Shares are still down 33% since short-seller Hindenburg Research released a report on Sept. 10 that triggered a chain of events
Progress Software Is Making Progress Where It Counts
Shares of application development platform Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) shed 5% of their value on Wednesday following the company's fiscal third-quarter 2020 earnings report, which it filed
Why AMAG Pharmaceuticals Stock Is Skyrocketing Today
Shares of AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMAG) were skyrocketing 44.6% higher as of 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday. The huge jump began Thursday morning after Bloomberg reported that Covis Pharma, a
Why Shares of Brazilian Airline Azul Are Up Today
It's been a rough year for the airline industry, including Brazil's Azul (NYSE: AZUL), as COVID-19 has decimated travel demand and forced some carriers into bankruptcy. But a Goldman Sachs analyst
Why SailPoint Technologies Stock Is Soaring Today
Shares of SailPoint Technologies Holdings (NYSE: SAIL), which makes identity and access management software, spiked today after the tech stock received an upgrade and a new price target.
SailPoint's
Why Bed Bath & Beyond Popped 30% Today
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) are up 26% as of 10:30 a.m. EDT, after an initial jump up 30%.
Bed Bath & Beyond reported earnings for the period ending Aug. 29, 2020, and the results
Why Callon Petroleum Stock Jumped Nearly 14% at the Open Today
Shares of U.S. exploration and production company Callon Petroleum (NYSE: CPE) rose nearly 14% as trading got underway on Oct. 1. The stock started to give back those initial gains almost
3 Best Retail Apocalypse-Proof Stocks to Buy in October
The burden of COVID-19 may finally be easing. But for retailers that were already in trouble before the coronavirus took hold, it's too little, too late. Look for more retail bankruptcies in the
The Genius of Amazon's October Prime Day
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) had to delay its Prime Day shopping holiday from its usual midsummer date this year due to the impact of COVID-19 on its business. With surging demand and lower throughput in
How 2020 Broke Retirees' 4% Rule
If you're planning for retirement, you may have heard of the 4% rule. The rule says you can safely withdraw 4% of a retirement portfolio's balance in the first year of retirement, then adjust the
This IoT Play Is Getting Hot Once Again
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) was a hot Internet of Things (IoT) play a few years ago, delivering impressive double-digit revenue growth and setting the stock market on fire thanks to its
3 Stocks That Really Turned Things Around in 2020
Some of this year's biggest winners didn't start out that way. Shares of Wayfair (NYSE: W), Pinterest (NYSE: PINS), and Camping World (NYSE: CWH) have all more than doubled in 2020, but at one point
Corona Hard Seltzer Lifts Constellation Brands' Q2 Sales
Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) still has a solid portfolio on its hands. The alcoholic beverage giant on Thursday announced that beer sales grew in the fiscal second quarter despite continued
European Regulators Begin Accelerated Review of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, but FDA Widens Its Investigation Into Clinical Trial Illness
According to a Bloomberg article published Thursday morning, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun a rolling review of AZD1222, the COVID-19 vaccine candidate being jointly developed by
New Ford CEO Jim Farley's First Move Is an Executive Shake-Up
Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) chief financial officer, Tim Stone, will leave the automaker after just a year and a half in one of a series of changes announced today as new CEO Jim Farley takes the