(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one session after it had ended the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced nearly 35 points or 1.7 percent. The KOSPI now rests just beneath the 2,135-point plateau although it's likely to see renew
Coronavirus has done to Australia what even the global financial crisis couldn't: abruptly end a record growth run and help trigger a deep recession from which the country will take time to recover.
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), one of the world's largest toy and game manufacturers, has a long history of returning excess cash to shareholders. Although share repurchases were suspended in the first quarter of 2020 due to the company's $3.8 billion acquisition of Entertainment One (e
College costs have been rising much faster than inflation over the past few decades. A study by LendingTree indicated that in-state public schools cost an average of $25,290 per year in the 2017/2018 school year, while private colleges cost a whopping $50,900. That works out to
Oil prices have been extraordinarily volatile this year. Crude oil entered this year in the $60s before plummeting along with demand as governments restricted travel and nonessential businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19. At one point, the primary U.S. oil benchmark, West Te
There are plenty of good reasons to save for retirement in a 401(k) plan. For one thing, many employers that sponsor 401(k)s also match employee contributions to varying degrees, which means you may have an opportunity to snag free money for your senior years. Furthermore, 401(k
Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) shares have been on an epic run since bottoming in March amid the market panic over COVID-19. The shares closed at just $118.18 on March 23 but now change hands at a whopping $270 per share only about three months later. Here's why the stock is still a buy.
Summer is here, but with many households confined indoors due to COVID-19, video game stocks are doing well. In fact, while the S&P 500 remains down 6% year to date, all the largest U.S. video game studio pure-plays are up. Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), the largest of
GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH) and Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CARA) often get lumped together as cannabinoid-focused biotechs. However, that label is really only applicable to GW Pharmaceuticals. Although Cara Therapeutics has done some preclinical testing on a cannabinoid r
All the volatility in the marketplace this year has created some opportunities for income-focused investors. That's because dividend yields rise as stock prices decline. While several market sectors have rebounded from their initial COVID-19 sell-off, energy and real estate rema
Historically, the tech industry was not known for paying dividends to investors. Although Microsoft and Cisco have become dividend stalwarts today, back in the 1990s and early 2000s, they famously eschewed dividends, preferring to reinvest their profits into growing their busin
Leading move theater operator AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) drew a line in the sand when it announced plans to have most of its major multiplexes open by July 15, but now the industry is moving the sandbox. Christopher Nolan's time-bending Tenet was supposed to be put out by AT&
Though COVID-19 has hammered the U.S. economy on a whole, small businesses have been exceptionally vulnerable to its wrath. More than 100,000 small businesses have already closed their doors, and nearly a quarter say they're considering ceasing to operate permanently, according
Wall Street might decide to ignore companies with a significant number of insiders holding stock, but that doesn't mean private investors should do the same. In fact, investors in dividend aristocrat Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), gardening and marijuana play Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE
Shortly after giving up on live-streaming, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is doing likewise with retail. The company announced last week that it would be permanently closing all physical retail stores in a major strategic shift, thus ending a decadelong experiment in replicating Apple
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is finally bringing plant-based meats to U.S. stores after serving the products in other global markets. This follows the company's move toward plant-based milks and other actions to promote sustainability.
Time after time, investors have seen the same scenario play out. A crisis arises, and stocks sell off hard. Things look bad. There doesn't seem to be any bottom in sight.
When the COVID-19 crisis first hit home, it caught a lot of people off-guard even though reports of an emerging health threat had been circulating since early in the year. In fact, many had to upend their lives at a moment's notice by shifting to remote work, pulling their kids