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

Chinese FinTech IPOs Don’t Dazzle Wall Street
Chinese FinTech IPOs Don’t Dazzle Wall Street
December 18, 2017  |  IPO

Newly listed Chinese FinTech companies in the U.S. are struggling on Wall Street, leaving investors with unexpected losses and posing as a setback to other...

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H&M Continues Downfall As It Closes More Stores
H&M Continues Downfall As It Closes More Stores
December 15, 2017  |  Retail

A bad quarter has sent fashion retailer H&M scrambling to adjust its strategy. The Swedish group said that strategy now includes closing more stores and...

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Bitcoin Reaches ‘Mania’ Phase As People Take Out Loans To Fund Token Purchases
Bitcoin Reaches ‘Mania’ Phase As People Take Out Loans To Fund Token Purchases
December 12, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Joseph Borg, president of the North American Securities Administrators Association warned on Tuesday (Dec. 12) that bitcoin has entered the “mania” phase, with some people...

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CoinFi Aims To Smooth Crypto Swings With New Tools
CoinFi Aims To Smooth Crypto Swings With New Tools
December 08, 2017  |  News

If it’s Friday, it must be the end of a wild week in the Wild West, where winded traders’ wondrous winnings are tallied and taken,...

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Amid The Good (Stock Market) Cheer, Clouds Gather?
Amid The Good (Stock Market) Cheer, Clouds Gather?
December 07, 2017  |  Investments

Nine years is a long time for anything to run — a TV show, your car, a bowling league — especially so the bull market that...

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ECB Says Real-Time Payments Are Banks’ Bitcoin Foil
ECB Says Real-Time Payments Are Banks’ Bitcoin Foil
December 01, 2017  |  Faster Payments

A European Central Bank (ECB) director urged banks on Thursday (Nov. 30) to speed up the launch of instant payments to push back against cryptocurrencies...

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Froth Flecks Tech And Beyond In Markets
Froth Flecks Tech And Beyond In Markets
November 30, 2017  |  Investments

Froth. Not just on your cappuccino. In your portfolio. At the very moment the period is being put on the end of this sentence, the...

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Kroger Beats The Street On Strong Discounting
Kroger Beats The Street On Strong Discounting
November 30, 2017  |  Earnings

Kroger is forecasting some good news for the final quarter of the year — on top of announcing a better-than-expected earnings report for Q3 2017. Wall Street...

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Stock Market Takes To Banks, Retreats From Tech
Stock Market Takes To Banks, Retreats From Tech
November 30, 2017  |  Fintech Investments

Merely a rotation – or something more? The tech-heavy NASDAQ slipped in its biggest single-day drop in more than three months on Wednesday (Nov. 29),...

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