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Japanese shares closed lower on Monday, with tech heavyweights leading the decline after Wall Street fell at the end of last week on higher bond yields.

Japanese shares fell on Monday, dragged down by heavyweight technology companies, after a rise in U.S. bond yields sent Wall Street lower last week.

(RTTNews) - Ecommerce giant Amazon (AMZN) has joined other bidders in a race to acquire the home health service provider Signify Health Inc (SGFY), the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.

Amazon.com Inc is among bidders for healthcare company Signify Health Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are two of the most influential technology companies in the world. On the heels of turbulence for the market, and growth stocks in particular this year, each company's valuation is also down significantly from its p

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is not typically the first company that comes to mind when investors think about video-streaming stocks. However, a new YouTube service could change that. Is the streaming industry about to get even more crowded as Alphabet enters the marke

Stock splits have attracted plenty of attention from investors in 2022, primarily because of the high-profile companies that have chosen to implement them. So far, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Shopify, and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) have all reduced their stoc

In this podcast, Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey, Motley Fool analyst Dylan Lewis, and Bill Mann, director of small-cap research at The Motley Fool, kick off their series on small-cap investing. They discuss topics including:

It's been less than two years since Walmart (NYSE: WMT) launched Walmart+, and it's already seeing its subscriber growth stagnate. The big-box retailer attracted about 11 million customers to its shipping subscription, according to researchers at Consumer Intelligence Research Pa

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT) are both considered blue-chip bellwethers of the retail sector. However, both companies have also struggled with supply chain disruptions, inflationary headwinds, and excess inventory levels over the past year. They also faced difficult

It's no secret that the stock market hasn't exactly been having its best year in 2022. The major stock market indices are down for the year, and many popular growth stocks have lost 30%, 50%, or even more.

It's been quite the year for the investing community. They've witnessed the S&P 500's worst first-half return since 1970, endured back-to-back quarters of U.S. gross domestic product declines, and are navigating their way through the most inflationary environment in four deca

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jim Gillies discusses:

Warren Buffett is considered by many to be the most successful investor in history. When the Oracle of Omaha acquired Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, the company that would serve as the foundation for his world-beating investment empire had a price of $18 per share. Today, a single s

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) has taken investors on a wild ride since its IPO in September 2020. The cloud-based data warehousing company went public at $120 per share, then more than doubled on its first trade to $245. It attracted so much attention for two reasons: It was growing lik

Since hitting its June lows, the Nasdaq index has risen by nearly 25%. Such a move has left investors wondering if the index is in a bear market rally or has genuinely returned to a bull market.

A bear market is when a financial asset or stock index declines by 20% (or more) from its all-time high. The technology-focused Nasdaq-100 index has spent much of 2022 firmly in that territory, but thanks to a strong bounce over the past month, it has narrowed its decline to just

U.S. stocks fell on Friday in a broad selloff led by megacaps as U.S. bond yields rose, with the S&P 500 posting losses for the week after four straight weeks of gains.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday in a broad selloff led by megacaps as U.S. bond yields rose, with the S&P 500 posting losses for the week after four straight weeks of gains.

U.S. stocks were sharply lower on Friday thanks to a fall in megacap stocks and rising U.S. bond yields, putting the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on track to snap a four-week winning streak.