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Q2 2018 earnings season is approaching the late innings, and all signs point to favorable, strong results. As of August 3, the results for 381 S&P 500 members are in, with earnings for these companies up 25 percent from the same period last year on 10.4 percent higher revenues (according to...

Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) traded over 9 higher on Friday after posting first quarter earnings ahead of analyst estimates. The company reported earnings per share of $0.12 and net bookings of $288.3 million, beating Wall Street expectations of $0.07 and $258.7 million,...

Workiva Inc (NYSE: WK) is set to report second-quarter 2018 results on August 7. In Q1, Workiva reported a loss of 9 cents per share and revenues surged 15.4 percent to $59.9 million. Zacks took a look at what analysts are expecting and investors need to know. What To Expect Workiva guided for a...

July was kind to the U.S. stock market even amid escalating trade tensions and rounds of tech sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded the largest monthly gain of 4.7 percent since January while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index logged their fourth consecutive...

India is currently one of the world's fastest-growing economies on the back of strong manufacturing and services activity. Manufacturing and services indeces touched have hit record levels this year, and new orders and production have also increased this summer Foreign...

After its second quarter print Wednesday, Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) slipped 3.4 percent before recovering to end the day nearly flat. General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) fell 8.8 percent on its earnings before recovering slightly.  Both companies beat profit expectations in the...

Shares of Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) surged to a new all-time high Thursday after the company reported its Q2 financial results. The streaming music service topped some of its own user growth projections, but Spotify faces more competition than ever from the likes of Apple Inc. (...

A report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that growth in Asia is expected to remain steady despite an escalating global trade war. This is primarily attributed to the judicious policymaking practices followed in some of the large Asian economies. Such...

Shares of Under Armour (NYSE: UAA) climbed 4.8 percent Thursday after the sports apparel company reported better-than-expected second quarter revenue growth. Under Armour also posted an adjusted quarterly loss and said its restructuring costs will be higher than it initially anticipated. Quick Q2...

Forget the trade war, let's talk briefly about the yield war. Stocks have been a proxy for yield for quite some time now. Income-seeking investors crowded into dividend payers with large investment institutions hammering this mentality into retail clients. This may have something to do with the...

Kevin Cook is a Senior Stock Strategist for Zacks Investment Research where he runs the Healthcare Innovators and TAZR Trader services. For over two decades, I have called the stock market "the greatest game on the planet" because its never-ending complexity was a like a 3-D, 24/7 chess...

With all the negative news regarding Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA)'s CEO PZZA and Pizza Hut's continuous drag on Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), it seems as if Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) stock has a dominant stance amongst its pizza competitors. Domino's...