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Investors have sold off energy stocks over the past month because of plunging oil prices following the COVID-19 outbreak. Driving down pricing is a massive disruption in demand for oil and refined products because governments around the world have issued stay-at-home orders to s

Trading on a major exchange can give a company access to a significant pool of investors, meaning easier access to funding and expedited growth. That's why listing on an exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ is the goal for many pot stocks. However, with marijuana still illegal at th

Besides working on a vaccine for the coronavirus, British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) is one of the top three tobacco companies in the world, alongside Altria Group and Philip Morris International.

There are quite a few companies that have found ways to grow their business during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially true for a number of biotechs now working on developing a potential treatment for, or vaccine against, the virus; shares of such companies have la

Small-cap vaccine manufacturers have been some of the most volatile stocks on the market. As demand for a COVID-19 vaccine continues to grow, many companies working on potential treatments have seen their shares double or triple since the start of 2020.

As a result of social-distancing measures authorities have been forced to adopt to curb the spread of COVID-19, the global economy has slowed down significantly. Many companies will, unfortunately, end up going out of business. Many of those that remain will experience a decreas

When you have a long list of financial responsibilities, your top priorities may be to simply pay all the bills and keep food on the table. However, some of the most dangerous expenses are the ones you don't see coming.

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) shares have slipped 2.2% so far this year, dramatically outperforming the rest of the market. As the coronavirus outbreak expanded last month, weighing on companies' supply chains and sales, the S&P 500 plunged into bear-market territory. The index has

The COVID-19 pandemic has brewed strange circumstances for Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD). The Belgium-based beer producer has seen its stock drop as bars close their doors and consumers take their alcohol consumption into the home.

Saving money is harder than it seems. While most people know they need to put aside cash for the future, actually coming up with money to put into retirement accounts and other savings accounts often seems impossible due to pressing expenses you're facing today.

Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI), after remaining a private company for more than three decades, became public once again with an initial public offering (IPO) in March 2019. The company has been around for 167 years, surviving everything thrown at it. Aside from this impressive longe

If you're not thinking too much about retirement, you might want to start doing so, even if you're still in your 30s or 40s. After all, many of us will be spending 30 or more years of our life retired, so it's important that we plan for it effectively, lest we end up financially

The bear market brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic seems -- at least for now -- to be in hibernation, as the major stock market indices have gained between 19% and 29% since bottoming out on March 23. Those indices, though, are still down by 9% to 16% this year.

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) reported that global sales fell by 22% in March, and that actually seems like a victory. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has warned that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will cut its profits in half. But while that may seem bad, any chain that can deliver a

Your Social Security benefits are calculated by taking your wages during your 35 highest-paid years in the workforce, adjusting them for inflation, and applying a special formula to determine what monthly income you're entitled to as a senior. But the age at which you claim thos

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are mature tech companies looking to the cloud to help them orchestrate a comeback. Just this month, the head of IBM's cloud division, Arvind Krishna, took over as CEO. Oracle, a company associated with database management software for muc

The market -- in fact, the economy in general -- has fallen quicker than at any point in modern history. In time, we will see official unemployment numbers sky-rocket, and official productivity numbers plummet.

The coronavirus crisis has caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs, and the resulting economic fallout has caused turmoil in the stock market.

Square (NYSE: SQ) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have more in common that one might think. To be sure, Amazon has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. Square, on the other hand, is only a few years removed from start-up status.