The coronavirus outbreak in China is turning out to be a challenge for a wide swathe of companies. Several big names in the tech sector have blamed the outbreak for negatively affecting their businesses. Smartphone giant Apple, for instance, recently slashed its revenue guidance
With the coronavirus epidemic continuing to spread, financial markets have seen significant declines. While major indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average have seen double-digit percentage losses over the past week, certain stocks have instead been surging during this tu
Unlike many other apparel companies that were affected by the United States' escalating trade war with China, Wrangler jeans parent Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) cast a worried eye about the fallout of negotiations with Mexico.
Financial markets around the world have plunged in recent days in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The potential for widespread disease to disrupt the global economy has caused pervasive fear among investors. And with economists warning that a full-scale epidemic coul
It's easy to see why AT&T (NYSE: T) wants to expand its streaming video business. Cable subscriptions are down -- streaming subscriptions are up. Content is king, but the most profitable streaming services are those that create their own. And AT&T is sitting on one of
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime turns 15 years old this year, and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has some catching up to do if it wants to compete. While it's tried to match Amazon's offer of unlimited two-day (now one-day) shipping -- first with a subscription and then without -- the big-box
The oil market has hit another rough patch this year. Crude prices have tumbled more than 20% in recent weeks on fears that the coronavirus will negatively affect global oil demand. Those concerns have weighed on the shares of oil companies, including oil giant BP (NYSE: BP).
Even in retirement, you likely won't be able to escape Uncle Sam taking a chunk of your earnings. If you're not preparing for taxes in retirement, your savings likely won't go as far as you think they will. You may owe thousands of dollars in taxes each year, depending on what y
Really bad and downright horrible. That's the best way to sum up the stock performances for OrganiGram Holdings (NASDAQ: OGI) and Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) over the pst 12 months. Shares of aOrganiGram are down more than 60% during the period, while Aurora stock has plunged mo
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) are each in a state of transition. The top executives at Gilead are totally different than they were just one year ago. Pfizer is in the midst of slimming down and narrowing its focus.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has been a fantastic investment in recent years and over the long term. For the three-year period through Feb. 28, shares of the graphics-chip maker have returned 169%, and over the past decade, they've returned 1,171%. The S&P 500 has returned 3
Nearly four in five Americans age 40 to 79 have less than $500,000 saved for retirement, according to a recent TD Ameritrade survey, and roughly one in three in that age group has less than $50,000 saved.
Before the coronavirus turned into a full-scale public health emergency, toymakers appeared to be on the road to recovery following a difficult couple of years. Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT), and others had suffered from the bankruptcy of Toys R Us as the retailer'
Shares of this California-based apparel retailer are going through a tough stretch. Tilly's (NYSE: TLYS) was optimistic about the holiday season when it reported its third-quarter earnings on Dec. 4. That encouraged investors, who lifted the stock over 25% in a matter of days. B
Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) CEO Marvin Ellison appears to have had his fill of subpar quarterly reports linked to the retailer's similarly subpar website. He even made a point of conceding to investors on the company's fourth-quarter revenue miss: "We have [web] traffic, but because func
Started as a family business in 1934, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) is still run like one -- to the benefit of stakeholders including employees, customers, and shareholders. President and CEO Greg Gantt stresses the "OD Family Spirit" that works to build relati
2019 was another good year for Square's (NYSE: SQ) peer-to-peer payments app. Management reported that Cash App had 24 million active users in the month of December, and the consumer app generated $1.11 billion in net revenue during 2019. Even when you remove bitcoin sales, Cash
The recent news that Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger was stepping down caught many investors by surprise. Not that Iger was vacating his 15-year post -- he had disclosed previously that he would be stepping down by 2021, when his contract expired -- but that the news cam
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2 for short, is almost certainly going to continue dominating headlines during the month of March. As such, investors should probably brace themselves for more tough days ahead.
Tens of millions of people rely on Social Security for the income they need in retirement. The program is designed to help just about everybody, and most of us need all the help we can get. For those who earn the median household income of $63,000 per year, even an ambitious sav