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This article was written exclusively for Investing.comEnergy stocks have surged in 2021, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLE) the best performing sector, up nearly 18% to start the year....

The new year hasn’t provided a promising start for Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). The social media giant, mired in multiple controversies, is seeing its stock sink as its investment appeal diminishes after a...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comAhead of the fourth quarter earnings season, sentiment overall remains positive towards stocks and other risk assets, despite the growing COVID...

Wall Street's fourth quarter earnings season kicks off this week, with JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup (NYSE:C), and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) all set to report their latest financial results before...

We can look back at 2020 as the year precious metals regained their luster. Gold and silver prices went up by about 20% and 43%, respectively during that period. We recently covered}} global silver...

Ongoing coronavirus-related uncertainty, counterbalanced by optimism around the massive stimulus package proposed by President-elect Joe Biden who takes office in just a few days will characterize the...

Biotech is a fickle sector for stock investors. These companies are notorious for their extraordinary overhead expenses and their high-cost operations. Until, that is, they hit their corporate jackpot...

Oil news is slow in the aftermath of last week’s OPEC+ meeting, but there are four issues oil traders should be looking at this week.1. Demand Still Conforms to Seasonal PatternsEven though...

Yesterday, after the Trump administration scrapped plans}} to blacklist Chinese tech giants Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Tencent (OTC:TCEHY), shares of Alibaba jumped 4.3%. While that...

An interesting split has formed in the U.S. natural gas trade on how cold January could be—a debate that has given legs to the market's rebound from three-month lows, while preventing it from turning...

For a long time, it was the less lustrous member of the Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), despite leading the group by name. Now, platinum is coming out on its own, rallying for a third straight month to...

Stimulus announcement expected US cyclical rotation back in play Key EventsFutures on the Dow, S&P and Russell 2000 are trading in the green on Thursday while contracts on the tech sector are...

The North American cannabis sector has become a field of green since last week’s Democratic wins in the US Senate runoff elections. With the Senate set to fall under Democratic control later...

Despite the impressive gains in broader markets}} and several industries in 2020, not every sector, company or investment theme was a winner last year.We covered several of these laggards in recent...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was one of the darlings of Wall Street in 2020. In the past 52 weeks, the shares returned about 33%. On Sept. 2, the stock saw a record-high $232.86. As a mega-cap company...

After spending the weekend trading above the $40,000 level, Bitcoin is lower today, at time of writing around $35.1K. That's a drop of almost 14% in one day, a loss of almost 18% over the past two...

Gold and silver have always had an allure, for both a variety of cultures and as assets in investment portfolios. And in 2020, investors in either precious metal were handsomely rewarded. The first...