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Real estate is one of society's largest, oldest industries and has managed to resist significant disruption for many decades. In recent years, companies like Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ: OPEN) have been attempting to improve the homebuying process with iBuying, where companies

Alphabet, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is a worldwide digital advertising and cloud services company. The company operates in three segments; Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The stock has gained 62% year-to-date and 276% over the past five years. Source: Getty Images

ContextLogic (NASDAQ: WISH), the parent company of the e-commerce platform Wish, went public at $24 per share nearly a year ago. On Dec. 3, its shares slumped to an all-time low of $3.15.

Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 index jumped on Tuesday as technology stocks rebounded with easing concerns about the Omicron variant, while shares in chip giant Intel rose following plans to take its self-driving-car unit public.

Let's face it: The market has been on a roller coaster ride lately. As earnings season draws to a close, you might be wondering how it is that so many companies reported great results, yet still saw share prices tumble. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Nov. 3, Fool

EU's antitrust regulator is taking a deeper look into Microsoft Corp's $16 billion deal for transcription technology company Nuance Communications Inc, asking customers and competitors to draw up a list of concerns, according to a questionnaire from last month seen by Reuters.

What happened Buy-now, pay-later company Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM) lost 22% of its value in November, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The decline in the stock price was part of a broader drop across the fintech industry, as inflation took hold and

What happened Shares of Aterian (NASDAQ: ATER) tanked 23.6% in November, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The consumer products roll-up reported another disappointing earnings result, and its founder and chief executive officer, Yaniv Sarig, continues to

As Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) (formerly Facebook) continues to invest in the metaverse, would acquiring Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) fit with its plans? Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma tackles that question and weighs in on the results from Cyber Monday and the stock market uncertainty c

Hedge funds as a group don't have the greatest long-term track record – and they haven't been too hot in 2021, either – but there's still something irresistible about knowing what the so-called smart money is up to.

The global advertising industry will notch higher growth this year than previously expected and is likely to continue its streak in 2022 as brands are relying more heavily on search engine and social-media companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Meta Platforms Inc to reach customers during the pandemic, according to two ad industry forecasts released on Monday.

When I first started investing (this was back in the 20th century), I had a very simplistic notion of the stock market. I thought profitable companies were good, and unprofitable companies were bad. I wanted to invest in stocks that were making money, and I wanted to avoid stocks

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has grown into a massive company with a market cap of more than $2.5 trillion, so it's not a surprise that many investors think the company's upside is rather limited. However, in this Fool Live video clip, recorded on Nov. 15, Fool.com contributors Danny

The Dow and the S&P 500 index were set to open higher on Monday after declining sharply last week on Omicron and taper fears, with investors swapping technology and growth-heavy shares with banks, energy and economy-linked stocks.

While a rising tide lifts all boats, not all boats are created equal. That's the case in commercial real estate (CRE). Nearly every segment of the vast industry showed recovery from the initial shock of the pandemic-induced shutdowns, but some improved way more than others.

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), a provider of "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) services, has been a red-hot fintech stock this year. It went public in January at $49 per share, opened at $90.90 on the first day, and currently trades at nearly $120, which gives it a market cap of nearly $30 bil

Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) has been called the "Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) of South Korea," and its recent growth numbers look very impressive. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on Nov. 8, Fool.com contributor Danny Vena explains why he owns Coupang in his portfolio and has no plans to

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) benefits from the continued transition by business to an online presence. The trend is accelerating, and the cloud-based, e-commerce platform is on a hyper-growth trajectory that not even the pandemic could disrupt.

The Nasdaq index was set for a lower open on Monday as mega-cap technology firms slipped and shares of Nvidia led declines among major chipmakers, while Dow futures were supported by a rise in economy-sensitive stocks.

Latin American e-commerce and fintech company MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) plunged after its third quarter earnings report, despite solid numbers throughout the business. With the stock now down by 20% in the past month, Fool.com contributors Matt Frankel and Dan Caplinger take a