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Amazon Earnings Are Tonight, Along With Apple and Facebook

Amazon Earnings Are Tonight, Along With Apple and Facebook

It's a huge day for the Nasdaq-100, with some of the biggest and most important stocks issuing results. Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet (GOOGL), three of the market's four companies worth at least $1 trillion, report earnings this afternoon. Facebook...

Why Are Stocks Called Equities?

Why Are Stocks Called Equities?

If you've been investing for a while, you've probably heard the term "equities." Let's explore what it means and why people call stocks "equities." Start with the equity in a house. If your home is worth $400,000 and you owe $320,000 on the mortgage, it has $80,000 of...