Investors are weighing how big to go on U.S. technology stocks in the coming year, as pricier valuations, regulatory risks and a revival of the market’s beaten-down names threaten to dim their allure.
Over the last six months alone, Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK) stock has risen a whopping 1,550%, making it one of the best performers of the year. It has ridden the wave pushing renewable energy stocks higher, particularly in electric vehicles (EVs) and their disruption of fossil
Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were at record levels on Monday as President Donald Trump's move to sign into law a long-awaited $2.3 trillion pandemic aid bill bolstered bets on a vaccine-led economic recovery.
2020 was unlike any other year in our lifetimes, with the once-in-a-century global pandemic, then the just-as-unpredictable stock market recovery and subsequent bull market. After such an unpredictable year, it may seem foolhardy to predict where things may go in 2021.Yet if one
Investors are weighing how big to go on U.S. technology stocks in the coming year, as pricier valuations, regulatory risks and a revival of the market’s beaten-down names threaten to dim their allure.
No one would have ever guessed the big gains 2020 will bring for investors. While the S&P 500's 14% year-to-date rise certainly isn't bad in and of itself, it's been a particularly good year for tech investors. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up an incredible 45%.With so m
With just a week left in 2020, shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) are up an astounding 255% -- making this one of my best-performing holdings on the year.The Trade Desk went from a relatively small company to one currently valued at a market cap of $43 billion. That makes thi
A lot was riding on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) 2020 iPhone lineup, as sales of the company's smartphones had been stagnating in recent years. But the Cupertino-based company can now breathe easy as the initial sales response to its iPhone 12 models has turned out to be terrific.The a
The comedian Steven Wright reportedly once quipped: "I intend to live forever. So far, so good." That's kind of how it is for me and a handful of my stock holdings. I intend to hold them forever, or at least for a very long time, and... so far, so good. Here are my caveats: I wil
Looking For The Best Tech Stocks For Your 2021 Watchlist? 3 For Your List.It has been a fantastic year for tech stocks. Rightfully so, they have outperformed most of the stock market amidst the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic. This is likely thanks to new challenges the world
There are few better gifts you can give to your kids, or other children you care about, than an introduction to investing. Most of us get our wake-up calls about the importance and value of investing much later than we wish we had -- let's not let that happen to the next generati
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines and earning reports from Wall Street, including the latest earnings report from Nike (NYSE: NKE). They also discuss how, as the Federal Reserve eased restrictions, a
What happenedShares of lidar sensor maker Velodyne Lidar (NASDAQ: VLDR) were trading 10% lower Thursday as of 11:45 a.m. EST. But that was after the stock shot up by almost 50% earlier this week. The stock has now given back about half of those gains.
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Apple topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.4%. Year to date, Apple registers a 80.8% gain.
The coronavirus pandemic accelerated changes in consumer habits and the digitization of enterprises, boosting the business of many tech players that have been providing the tools to enable such changes. As a result, the following three tech stocks made investors billions in 2020.
Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON), the $47 billion fitness disruptor, has been on an absolute tear this year. The company's products continue to experience incredible demand amid the workout-at-home trend, and as a result, investors have fallen in love with the stock.Let's take
The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up 13.42 to 12,666.56. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 20,611,428 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session: Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is -25.48 at $230.70, with 3,582,278 shares t
The COVID-19 pandemic strained world economies and devastated many small businesses in 2020. But a handful of companies benefited from shifting consumer behavior and accelerating macro trends. One such company was streaming-TV platform Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). As you might expect fro
Are you wondering what to give your kids for the holidays? Just do what John Rogers Jr.'s father did: Buy stocks as gifts. At age 12, Rogers received stocks instead of toys for birthdays and Christmas. This put him on the path to becoming founder of the first African American mon
In 2017, billionaire entertainment-mogul Kanye West bought his wife Kim Kardashian West dividend stocks for Christmas, and that gift is still paying off today. Apple has more than quadrupled in value, and Disney has reached all-time highs -- even during a pandemic. If the couple