NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Apple has raced to a $3 trillion market value from $1 trillion in just 41 months. Despite that surge and significant risks, the technology giant run by Tim Cook can continue to evade the law of large numbers.
Digital advertising's share of the global advertising industry continues to grow. That's understandable: Consumers are spending more time connected to the internet, and marketers want to be where consumers are.
Some stocks, at times, get much higher attention and interest than others from investors and analysts alike. Frequently, such stocks are from a hot sector, like electric vehicles (EVs) right now. But should you buy a stock just because it is hot?
Now that 2021's come to a close, it's time to look back at the best-performing fintech stocks to see if they have what it takes to keep climbing. Global-E Online (NASDAQ: GLBE), Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST), and Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) aren't necessarily the best-performing fin
The metaverse has created quite a buzz as companies and investors scramble to stake a claim in this digital gold rush. Yet this conceptual reality remains largely in the ether, not yet grounded in reality. So what exactly is the metaverse?
India's Future Retail has asked a New Delhi court to declare arbitration proceedings in Singapore with Amazon.com as illegal, arguing that India's antitrust agency had suspended a 2019 deal used by Amazon to assert rights over Future.
Kroger (NYSE: KR), the company that operates retail food and drug stores, multi-department stores, jewelry stores, and convenience stores throughout the United States, has increased 6% over the last twenty-one trading days (one month) and currently stands near $45. It should be
India's Future Retail has asked a New Delhi court to declare ongoing arbitration proceedings with Amazon.com illegal, saying the country's antitrust agency had suspended a 2019 deal which Amazon used to assert its rights over Future.
I always ensure my investment portfolio has several growth stocks. While the bulk of my holdings consist of dividend-paying companies that yield a steady stream of passive income, the growth component contributes to stronger returns over time. There are dominant businesses out th
In the nearly seven years since Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) went public, it has revolutionized the way business does e-commerce. By providing companies of any size with the tools to start, grow, market, and manage retail businesses, it's made the migration of even the tiniest business t
We're heading into the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, and so far, the S&P 500 has shown that it can withstand the turmoil. It climbed 27% in 2021 and 16% in 2020. That makes me optimistic that in this latest stage of the crisis, the benchmark index (and stocks in gen
Retirees don't have it easy these days. Inflation is high, and the stock market is volatile. Investment income, which is probably the most important part of retirement planning, is under attack. Retirees need to understand what's happening and what it means for their retirement p
The past couple of months have not been kind to the software-as-a-service sector, as inflation and interest rate fears have caused a quick and violent sell-off in these exciting yet highly priced stocks.
The world's most famous investor has returned to his winning ways. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) lagged well behind the S&P 500 in 2020. But the stock outpaced the index in 2021.
4 Hot Streaming Stocks To Check Out Right NowStreaming stocks have taken the world by storm since the onset of the pandemic. However, some may have reservations about the segment as things are slowly shifting back to normalcy. Nevertheless, it is easy to understand why many consu
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) has generated massive returns since its public debut in May 2015. A $10,000 investment in the Canadian e-commerce services company's IPO would be worth more than $820,000 today.
Since the market bottom during the onslaught of the pandemic, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has returned over 1,400% for investors, a return only a few meme stocks can rival. Its meteoric rise helped the electric vehicle maker break through the trillion-dollar valuation, and it's now wort
Shares of the technology giant Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) have been on a roller-coaster ride in 2021. After reaching a high of $372.70 on Oct. 19, the stock tanked by almost 41% to close at $219.60 on Dec. 27.
If you're like a large number of other investors, sitting on a stake in the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) is a little bit intimidating. While exchange-traded funds are supposed to be less volatile and inherently diversified, the so-called QQQs often feel like they're anything b