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Are you likely to buy high and sell low in a market panic? There's a pretty simple way to figure that out.

Investment firms use prompts to help customers make better financial decisions.

COVID-19 could kill many cannabis companies, and I share some tips for how you can avoid investing in the likely losers and instead focus on the companies that will survive and perhaps thrive with more limited competitio...

Gold's performance is the opposite of what may might expect. Some say leveraged investments could be partly to blame.

Funds keep rebranding around sustainability, but is this just like slapping the dot-com label on every stock around the year 2000?

Demand for the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act is skyrocketing.

Since the 2016 presidential election the Dow Jones Industrial Average began to climb above 1,000-point milestone beginning with Dow 18,000.

One of the largest car-insurance companies in the country, Allstate, and a smaller Midwestern auto insurer are refunding hundreds of millions of dollars to their policyholders.

The coronavirus pandemic has made videoconferencing upstart Zoom a household name, adding to its challenges.

Winners' Circle: For the 12-month period that ended so badly for the stock market, Chris Retzler of Needham Small Cap Growth Fund found himself at the top of the pile.

The bond market has taken a beating along with stocks. Here's what some advisers say bond investors should be doing now.

After underperforming for a decade, the funds are doing better than the market during the crisis.

Being a realist is the trick

The SEC issued suspension orders for dental supplier No Borders Inc. and apparel maker Sandy Steele Unlimited Inc. on Friday.

Last week we reported forecasts of the estimated number of days until countries with major ongoing COVID outbreaks hit peak Health Risk, measured in terms of the gap between our current country-specific Health Risk forec...

The relief put forth by Congress is not enough to cover the income that Goldman estimates will be lost due to COVID-19.

In trading on Monday, shares of CenturyLink were yielding above the 11% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1), with the stock changing hands as low as $9.05 on the day.

Bitcoin climbed to a more-than three-week high today. As market factors point toward additional gains, will the crypto enjoy a stronger rally?

Rates for oil tanker journeys have spiked as prices for near-term oil contracts (the ones quoted on CNBC) have fallen much further than prices for contracts that will come due in future months.

Collapse of Saudi-Russian oil diplomacy still rankles and neither party would move without an unlikely participation by several U.S. producers. That hardly justifies current optimism.

Among the many crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new one is looming: states and cities are facing potential bankruptcy, as tax revenues fall and emergency spending skyrockets.

With consumers worried about keeping their homes, a car dealer is spurring sales by making their mortgage payments.