Nasdaq futures ticked higher on Monday, supported by gains in beaten-down megacap growth stocks after a recent rally in U.S. Treasuries showed signs of cooling, while Meta Platforms rose on reports of a fresh set of layoffs.
Electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) is racing to ramp up production before the cash runs out. It produces and delivers EVs. It needs to bolster its production since low production on a high line results in more significant losses. The more it can pr
Big agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the American Midwest are on a mission to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who have been caught up in a wave of hiring freezes and layoffs, executives told Reuters.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) threw around a lot of big numbers in its fourth-quarter update last week. The biggest of the bunch was the company's revenue of $514 billion last year. Amazon generated annual sales greater than the market caps of all but eight members of the S&P 500.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way businesses operate and drive growth. It is a branch of computer science that deals with creating intelligent machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence such as speech recognition, visual perceptio
U.S. stocks that took a beating last year are surging in the early weeks of 2023, leading markets higher. Some investors believe that trend is unlikely to last.
Not only is Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce business slowing, but it still hasn't figured out how to do physical retail yet. The online retailer announced it was shutting down a number of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores, along with some of its Amazon Go locations that feature
Many investors kept their powder dry throughout much of 2022. You can't blame anyone for building up their cash stockpiles amid significant market volatility. However, at least some of that cash could be coming off the sidelines now, with the stock market trending in a positive d
If you're looking for stocks that can make dramatic moves to the upside in a year or less, Wall Street analysts have some suggestions for you. Right now, projected price targets for these three growth stocks are well above the prices they've been trading at recently.
After a tough 2022, the market offered us a glimmer of hope recently. The three major indexes rallied in the first month of the year. And that's got all of us ready to welcome the next bull market. Are we being too optimistic? I don't think so. Here's why.
E-commerce specialist Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has arguably been one of the best investments on Wall Street over the past two decades. Having crushed the market over this period, the tech giant boasts a monster market cap of $1.05 trillion, making it one of the few elite companies t
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has delayed finalizing the budgets of multiple teams as it prepares a fresh round of job cuts, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to experience pressure in its operations, and that was borne out again in another mixed earnings report that demonstrated slow growth and falling operating income. Amazon stock fell after the report, but it's up 19% so far in 2023. How can investor
Dividend stocks have historically outperformed broad market indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Meanwhile, the best returns tend to come from stocks that consistently increase their dividends.
It has been quite the start to the year for the Nasdaq 100, as it is up 14%. That run-up might scare some investors away from the index, but they should look deeper than the headline numbers.It can be useful to see how much room the highest-weighted companies in the index have to
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are the second-, third-, and fourth-largest companies on the U.S. markets today. These tech giants have their niches, but they all compete in one massive industry: cloud computing.Each co
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been one of the best stocks over the past decade, turning every $10,000 invested into nearly $80,000. And before the stock's decline in 2022, that investment was worth nearly $150,000.So what happened? Well, investors got worried about Amazon's over-expa