In this episode of Market Foolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker about the latest financial news. They look at biotech and retail companies and answer questions related to the retail apocalypse, stock diversification, and much more.
Target's (NYSE: TGT) first-quarter results, reported on Wednesday, included some promising figures. The retail giant put up an 11.3% increase in sales at a time when many are feeling the strain of an economic shutdown.
Wall Street receded on Thursday, a day after hitting two-month highs, on a fresh wave of China-U.S. tensions, raising doubts about the trade deal reached early this year between the world's two largest economies.
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross bring you the latest headlines from the markets. They go through the April retail sales numbers and the latest earnings reports from retail, restaurants, hospitality, and more. Th
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick chats with Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp and Fool.com contributor Dan Kline about the latest headlines from Wall Street. They talk about some labor statistics and some companies that seem least likely
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) was sure to have a blowout first quarter this year, as it's kept its doors open throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Sales jumped 8.6% year over year due to consumers stocking up on groceries and everything else available at its stores. Shoppers flocked onlin
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the (Symbol: QQQ) where we have detected an approximate $2.0 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 1.9% increase week over week in outstanding units (from
In many regards, the company was built for the strange situation the world is now in. People don't want to leave their homes, but they still need to eat. Meal kit service Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) solves both problems by dropping ready-to-cook foods right at their doorstep. The co
The COVID-19 environment hasn't been particularly kind to bank stocks, with low interest rates and fears of defaulting inducing a strong sell-off. Other types of financial stocks, specifically those related to e-commerce, are doing much better.
U.S. apparel chain Gap Inc is speeding up its rollout of warehouse robots for assembling online orders so it can limit human contact during the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Reuters.
For stockholders, FedEx (NYSE: FDX) has been dead money for years. Since peaking around $270 per share in 2018, the global courier's stock has been more than cut in half. Investor concerns center around their ability to evolve in a world shifting toward digitally enabled consum