Stocks

Stocks are a type of security that gives stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Stocks also are called “equities.”

Source: investor.gov

Feds Freeze $27M In Proceeds From Longfin Stock
Feds Freeze $27M In Proceeds From Longfin Stock
April 06, 2018  |  Regulation

In an effort to prevent allegedly illegal trading profits from leaving the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a court order to...

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Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round
Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round
March 30, 2018  |  Personnel

Snap, the parent company and creator of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is laying off around 100 employees in order to focus on advertising. According to...

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HelloFresh Passes Blue Apron As Biggest Meal Kit Company In The US
HelloFresh Passes Blue Apron As Biggest Meal Kit Company In The US
March 27, 2018  |  Retail

Following HelloFresh’s acquisition of Green Chef, the meal kit company has now overtaken Blue Apron’s share of the market. HelloFresh controls 36 percent of the...

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JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
March 27, 2018  |  Amazon

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has announced a partnership with Amazon that allows its institutional clients to get stock information from Alexa. According to news from Bloomberg,...

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Nordstrom’s Privatization Talks Are Over
Nordstrom’s Privatization Talks Are Over
March 21, 2018  |  Retail

The Nordstrom family has officially ended talks with a special committee advising Nordstrom’s board regarding the privatization of the brick-and-mortar retailer. Reports from CNBC on Tuesday (March 20)...

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Amazon Passes Google To Become Second-Most Valuable Company After Apple
Amazon Passes Google To Become Second-Most Valuable Company After Apple
March 21, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day...

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Chinese Investors Want To Invest In Tech IPOs
Chinese Investors Want To Invest In Tech IPOs
March 15, 2018  |  Investments

A new survey by Shenzhen Stock Exchange reveals that most Chinese investors, who expect the government to roll back some of its rules on initial...

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Stocks Rally And Roar After Strong Jobs Report
Stocks Rally And Roar After Strong Jobs Report
March 09, 2018  |  Economy

Investors cheered the jobs report Friday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 250 points intraday and the tech-heavy NASDAQ to a new...

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Stocks, Real Estate Drive US Household Wealth to Record High
Stocks, Real Estate Drive US Household Wealth to Record High
March 09, 2018  |  Economy

Thanks in part to surging stocks and increasing property values, the wealth of people living in the U.S. increased in the fourth quarter of 2017....

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