Halloween

Got a few minutes to spare? If so check out Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Halloween-themed game, which is inspired by its Doodle. Google is known for its Doodles — a special and temporary change to the logo on Google's homepage to celebrate a holiday, event,...

Vampires, mummies and corpses aren’t the only ones rising from their slumber on Halloween night. October 31 marks the return of “Sell in May” traders as well. The Sell in May trading strategy is also referred to as the "Halloween Strategy." With only two months...

Happy Halloween! Here is a list of some of the top grossing horror movies of all time. 6. Se7ven Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman headline the 1995 psychological thriller. Pitt's character is a young police detective who partners with Freeman's veteran cop in tracking down a serial...

here are many tools available for investors to gauge the strength of the economy, from GDP, jobs reports and consumer confidence. But here is a unique tool that few know of: Halloween candy sales. According to a Bloomberg report, the unemployment rate has hovered around the 5 percent mark since...

Although Goldman Sachs’ Stephen Tanal holds a constructive view on the long-term prospects for Party City Holdco Inc (NYSE: PRTY), the analyst believes the share price is fair at present, given expectations of slower earnings growth in H2. Tanal initiated coverage of the company with a...

Halloween 2016 could be dominated by clowns and presidential candidates, although many Americans may find that group redundant. According to University of Detroit Mercy Marketing Professor Michael Bernacchi, costumes of clowns and the presidential candidates are likely flying off the shelves this...

Break out your Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton costumes, this Halloween is expected to be a big year for consumer spending. Halloween spending is expected reach $8.4 billion this year, up from $6.9 billion in 2015, a 22 percent increase, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Spending...

A recent National Retail Federation survey indicated that over 171 million people in the United States plan to celebrate Halloween in the current year. That means 69.1 percent of the surveyed Americans will celebrate, while the remaining 30.9 percent people are not planning to join the rest. The...

Regardless of how old you are, Halloween can be a day (and night) of spook-tacular fun. Between the parties, candy, costumes and decorations, it can easily also be ghoulish on your bank account. Particularly for young adults who are straddling multi-generational celebrations – partaking...

U.S. stocks surged on Friday, lifting the Dow and S&P 500 to new all-time high record closes. Investors were treated to news of a surprise stimulus expansion from the Bank of Japan. The Japanese central bank increased its yearly target for monetary expansion to 80-trillion yen ($724 billion...

Sometimes, fintech startups get a little spooky... or at least the customer base does. Take HauntPay, for instance. It’s a payments and event ticketing system for haunted attractions. Born out of experience in the payments industry and intrigue into the world of Halloween entertainment...

It is getting to be that time of year where writers feel compelled to somehow work the words spooky, scary, frightful etc., into their work. In keeping with tradition, it is time to step back from the blinking lights and the scary corrective phase the market has been in, and review a chart that...

Everyone differs on what may be the best or scariest horror movie, but which ones were popular enough to rake in the most money? From "Scream" and "The Ring" to "Nightmare On Elm Street" and "Paranormal Activity," there have been popular horror movies for...

According to the National Retail Federation, Americans said they planned to spend a whopping $7.4 billion on Halloween in 2014. That’s a 5.87 percent increase over the $6.99 billion spent last year, making Halloween the fastest-growing holiday in America. Utilizing NRF data the University...