Stocks rose last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) gaining over 1.5% and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) edging up about 0.6%. The S&P is now up 4% for the year and near its record high, while the Dow is still down 2% year to date.
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In recent years, Macy's (NYSE: M) full-line stores have experienced significant sales erosion, especially locations in lower-tier malls. The struggling department-store chain has partly compensated with strong digital sales growth, but high fulfillment costs make those transacti
A new fiscal year is underway for Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) -- one that will be full of work and transition, per the company's new CEO David Klein. The Ontario-based cannabis producer is working on beefing up its financials and getting closer to breakeven.
If you bought shares of Altimmune, (NASDAQ: ALT) Vaxart, (NASDAQ: VXRT) or Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) at the start of this year, you're already well on your way to riches. Thanks to the market's coronavirus vaccine frenzy, each of these companies' stock prices has exploded by more t
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Those who own shares of Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) have been on quite the roller coaster ride this year. The stock reached a high in April as investors became optimistic about the company's new drug, remdesivir, and its potential to treat COVID-19 patients. On May 1, the U.
Investors without a fortune to invest traditionally found themselves in a difficult position. The problem: Some stocks that many people would like to buy are very expensive. Take Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), for example. The parent company of Google carries a price
One of the reasons investors are cautious about buying pot stocks is that many cannabis companies aren't profitable. Indeed, there's a danger that some will go out of business. And so when Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) released its latest results earlier this month featuring a signific
Living through a stock market crash is one of the most harrowing experiences for an investor. Watching your portfolio drop day after day after day -- after day -- can make even the most committed long-term investors doubt their choices. The market will recover eventually, but yo
Growth stocks are a great way to increase your portfolio's value over the long term. Investors love companies that continue to expand their reach and add to their sales numbers, because it usually means they're doing something right and their products and services are in high de
While the potential rewards in the pharmaceutical industry are high, so too is the rate of failure for companies trying to develop new drugs and therapies. But using artificial intelligence systems in the process can help improve those odds, and pharmaceutical companies are catc
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Small wonder Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is planning a five-for-one stock split: its stock has skyrocketed more than 270% since the start of the year! With the split imminent, many investors are thinking about piling into the company's expensive shares in hopes that a lower post-spli