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Is it really so bad at iconic industrial giant 3M (NYSE: MMM) that the company can't turn things around? I don't think so, but Wall Street apparently does and has put the stock on sale. Here's why I

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) might be working up a sweat this morning, and not because of a workout on one of its connected fitness bikes. Instead, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) just introduced the

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) disclosed yesterday that it would pay the upcoming dividend on the preferred shares owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) in cash

General Electric (NYSE: GE) today announced a deal to supply turbines to what will become the world's largest offshore wind farm, a positive development in the company's effort to spark growth in

Shares of Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI) are slumping in 2020. Many stocks have been inching higher since the initial springtime pandemic sell-off, but the satellite radio monopoly is going the

Shares of the clinical-stage biotech Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) rose by as much as 15% in pre-market trading Tuesday morning. The small-cap company's shares are perking up today in response to

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) continues to benefit greatly from increased video game growth and popular content offerings. The gaming giant has been gaining as people spend more time at home

It can be tough to pick winners in the energy sector: So much about a company's fate can depend on regulation, government policy, and commodity prices. But it's a sector that can offer both growth

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) wants to join all connected devices in your neighborhood into a single mesh network so that you will continue to have functionality beyond the limits of your own Wi-Fi signal.

The stock market has always been subject to volatility, but this year has been a particularly wild ride. After closing out one of its worst quarters in history earlier this year, the market made a

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk threw some cold water on investor excitement leading up to the automaker's Tuesday evening battery event, warning the company's new technologies will take time to

Until a couple of years ago, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) was almost exclusively an investment bank. However, over the past few years it has started to make a big push into the consumer banking side of

Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to ban the popular short video app TikTok in the U.S., claiming its Beijing-based parent company posed a threat to national security. The

The tobacco industry is a good bet for value investors, because nicotine is a profitable, habit-forming product that sells in any macroeconomic environment. Here's why investors seeking low

As part of a sell-off of tech stocks during the first few weeks of September, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) market capitalization quietly took a $500 billion haircut. While shares seemed to find a bottom

The prospect of long term work-from-home life may be enticing to some and terrifying to others. Regardless of your feelings on the matter, 2020 is a year in which you'll likely want to know how you

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) had a rather impressive debut last week following the cloud-based data warehousing company's IPO. After the offering priced at $120, the stock opened the following day at $245

On Monday, Sept. 21, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trian Fund Management, an activist investment firm headed by Nelson Peltz, had taken an $870 million stake in Comcast, good for about 0.4%

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives on Monday introduced legislation to avoid a potential government shutdown, and as one would expect in an election year, the proposal contained very

A combination of excessive speculation in tech options from retail investors and fears of a second wave of coronavirus cases around the world created a significant pullback among major stock

The daily headlines continue to bombard us with a steady stream of terrifying news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the novel coronavirus popped up back in January, it has wrought unspeakable havoc

What if I told you that in just a few days, you could be one of the first public investors in a company that's helping to define a new market category of software? Don't answer just yet. What if

Infrastructure stocks don't generate a lot of headlines, but they're some of the most stable on the market. Companies that deliver water, natural gas, electricity, and other essential services can

Robinhood: You either love it or hate it. 

Its fans point out that it's made investing easy and affordable by offering a mobile trading platform, zero-fee trades, and fractional shares. Its critics

Nearly half (49%) of baby boomers expect to rely on Social Security benefits as their primary source of income in retirement, according to a survey from American Advisors Group, a reverse-mortgage