Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower as protests in major Chinese cities against strict COVID-19 policies reignited concerns about economic growth, while Apple slipped on a report of disruption in production at a factory in China.
As 2022 starts to close, it's only natural for investors to start peeking toward 2023. So far in 2022, the indexes have fared pretty miserably, with the Nasdaq-100 down 29% and the S&P 500 down 17%. Which one will have a better 2023?Let's look at these indexes and their makeu
This year, some of the most talked-about companies completed stock splits. These operations offer existing shareholders more shares -- but the value of their investment and the market value of the company remain the same. The result is a lower price for each individual share. And
Spending on Cyber Monday, the biggest U.S. online shopping day, is set to hit a record $11.2 billion, according to a report, as discounts on everything from clothes to TVs drive shoppers to click "add to cart" even as stubbornly high inflation persists.
Imagine you could go back in time to November 2008. Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) share price has dropped like a brick and is down well over 50% year to date. Would you buy the stock? You'd be crazy not to do so. Amazon went on to deliver a staggering 88x gain by the end of 2021.
JD.Com (NASDAQ: JD), one of China's top three e-commerce companies, has seen its stock price almost halve after reaching a peak price of $104 in 2021.Yet even as its stock price fell, the company continued to grow its top line by 28% in 2021.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the most well-known e-commerce companies on the planet. Investors watched its market value soar to more than $1.8 trillion during the earlier days of the pandemic. And over time, the company has delivered a lot more than groceries or books to your
Black Friday may be over. But holiday shopping is just getting started. And that's great news for retailers. The next big day is tomorrow, Cyber Monday. This shopping event is all about fantastic deals online. E-commerce giants like Amazon should generate significant sales. But t
Many new investors or those curious about investing get intimidated by the plethora of investment choices, a glut of information, or the belief that they don't have enough money to start.
Winning investments in the technology sector have been hard to come by in 2022. The S&P 500 index is down roughly 15.5% year to date, and the even more tech-heavy Nasdaq Composit index slumped 28% across the stretch. Portfolios have been hit hard, but market volatility is als
Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA) hasn't escaped the 2022 bear market -- it's down 65% year to date, and it isn't hard to see why. Despite enjoying a first-mover advantage in Africa's e-commerce market, the Nigerian company has failed thus far to achieve profitability or rapid reve
Whether you're an experienced investor with decades of stock-picking expertise or a brand-new participant in the market, 2022 has been a tough year. The S&P 500 index is down by 16% year-to-date. That's one of the sharpest market drops in decades, exceeded only by truly histo
As we head into the last month of the year, the S&P 500 is down 16%. That's firmly stock market correction territory. Although it dipped lower than that at certain parts of the year, the potential bear market has not been borne out in 2022.
The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is down -1.66 to 11,754.37. The total After hours volume is currently 38,187,256 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session: WeWork Inc. (WE) is -0.0101 at $2.84, with 7,975,352 shares traded. As report
U.S. online retail giant Amazon may be able to end two EU antitrust investigations by the end of the year after tweaking concessions to address concerns over its use of sellers' data, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.