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Shares of global consulting and outsourcing titan Accenture (NYSE: ACN) endured a sell-off of roughly 7% in the two trading sessions following the release of the company's fiscal fourth quarter 2020 earnings report on Thursday. Revenue dipped 2% year over year to $10.8 billion,

While just everyone seems to think the U.S. needs another round of stimulus, politicians in Washington can't seem to get their act together. After talks broke down in August, calls for more stimulus from Federal Reserve officials, several high-profile CEOs, and centrist politici

The year 2013 was a pivotal one for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). That's when the on-demand streaming service debuted House of Cards, its first-ever original series. It was a smart move: Though creating original content was sure to be more expensive than licensing an existing show, Ne

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have both delivered market-beating gains for investors over the past decade. While Activision Blizzard makes some of the most popular games in interactive entertainment, Apple is one of the most valuable brands in the

If you're sitting on some extra cash right now, consider yourself lucky. Between job losses and market crashes, there are a lot of people who can't say that this year. 

In March, U.S. air travel demand crashed from near 2019 levels to down more than 90% year over year. Refunds started to outpace cash ticket sales for many airlines, putting severe stress on their balance sheets. Only one thing enabled the industry to avoid desperate moves like m

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) and Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) both joined the public markets with initial public offerings this year. Lemonade is an insurance technology company that leverages artificial intelligence to sell renters and homeowners insurance, while Rocket Companies is t

The stock market has had a wild ride in 2020, and with three months left in the year, there's no guarantee that there won't be even more craziness to come. As the end of the year approaches, more people will start looking at tax planning in order to pay as little as possible to

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Data is the oil of the digital economy. Like crude over the last couple of centuries, information is what drives the new economy forward. The similarities don't stop there because, like oil, data relies on infrastructure to transform it from its raw form into something more usef

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) is grabbing market share in the clothing business, but its industry is shrinking. The online apparel retailer recently closed out its fiscal 2020 in strong fashion, with a return to growth in both sales and profitability.

If you're thinking of claiming your Social Security benefits, you may want to take a moment to make certain you're really ready to act. Your claiming choice can be hard to undo, and it affects the amount of money you'll receive for the rest of your life. To ensure you don't make

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Chinese e-commerce is booming, and it's hard to ignore JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) when sizing up the strongest players in the world's most populous nation. JD.com bills itself as China's largest online retailer and its biggest overall retailer and internet company by revenue. 

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) is one of those companies that is high risk and high reward potential for investors. The company is literally trying to invent space flight as a business model, and could flame out before it generates any meaningful revenue. 

If you started investing $5,000 a year for retirement at age 25 and earned 6% returns, you'd have $825,000 by the time you turned 65. 

Investors looking at where to put their money can benefit by identifying key factors at a company, including visionary leadership, a track record of strong performance, and a business at the center of a secular growth trend. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) check t

Shares of Dillard's (NYSE: DDS) plunged earlier this year along with other department store stocks as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted apparel demand, eviscerated store traffic, and eventually forced most non-essential retailers to close their stores temporarily.

The gradual reopening of the U.S. economy coupled with the harsh reality that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over has put airlines in a difficult spot. Their challenge: to make the travel experience as safe as possible and spark a recovery in air traffic without jeopardizing

For Americans with access to them, workplace 401(k)s can be the simplest type of retirement account. After all, signing up for one just involves doing a little paperwork and requesting to have money withheld from your paychecks. And in some workplaces, the default is to auto-enr