In the venture capital investing business, investors often target a tenfold return on their investment within 10 years. Obviously, venture capital investors need incredibly high returns on their winners to make up for the early-stage companies that inevitably fail, as they typic
It's not surprising in the least that Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) business has been dramatically changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Online shopping has skyrocketed. Amazon Prime subscriptions have soared. While many companies have reduced staff, Amazon is hiring 175,
Warren Buffett likes 44 stocks plus two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) enough for them to be included in Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio. Of course, Buffett likes Berkshire itself most of all. Based on position sizes and his past comments, I'd say that A
Back in late March, I outlined the reasons why I purchased shares of Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT) as the economic lockdown to bring COVID-19 to heel got under way. Both buys have been profitable so far and are beating the S&P 500's performance 2020 to date, and
Reliance Industries Ltd has launched an online grocery service, JioMart, the head of its grocery retail business said, in a move aimed at rivalling Amazon.com's local unit and Walmart Inc's Flipkart in the huge Indian market.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been forced to delay its Prime Day shopping holiday, typically held in mid-July, as it faces an unexpected surge in demand. With the coronavirus pandemic leading to more online shopping, Amazon has had to make several moves to limit the sale of items it
Not every business can afford to throw $3.3 billion into a fire, but Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) acquisition of Jet.com wasn't a waste, even though the retailer is closing down the e-commerce site.
In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner shares some campfire stories. He talks about the lesson he learned from his only interaction with Steve Jobs, how he got his foot in his mouth at arguably the most prestigious journalism school in th
Successful investing is really very simple. Just buy shares of great businesses, hold them for the long term, and collect huge gains after a few decades of rising stock prices and undisturbed sleep. The tricky bit here lies in finding truly fantastic businesses that you can bet
In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Emily Flippen and Motley Fool analyst Bill Mann talk about financial fraud in the international space. They look at the example of Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK), giving insight into the challenges of researching foreign companies, some
Wall Street ended mixed on Friday in a mostly tame finish to a week of strong gains, as investors gauged China-U.S. tensions and amid ongoing uncertainty about the pace of economic recovery from the coronavirus.
Wall Street ended mixed on Friday in a mostly tame finish to a week of strong gains, as investors gauged China-U.S. tensions and amid ongoing uncertainty about the pace of economic recovery from the coronavirus.
AT&T (NYSE: T) is set to launch HBO Max next week, and it's lined up a lot of distribution partners. It announced partnerships with a host of pay-TV providers and connected-TV platforms, but there are a three big omissions from its current lineup: Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Am
Wall Street was mixed on Friday in a mostly tame finish to a week of strong gains, as investors gauged China-U.S. tensions and amid ongoing uncertainty about the pace of economic recovery from the coronavirus.
In the midst of a global pandemic, online retail giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been deemed an essential service, providing medical gear, cleaning supplies, and shelf-stable food to a country under quarantine. This has been good for Amazon's business, but now presidential c