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After the year that we've all been through, there's a great sense of relief among many Americans that life will soon be returning to normal, or at least a new normal. But investors are still wary, having been through an incredibly volatile year.According to Allianz Life Insurance

U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday after a week of largely upbeat earnings strengthened expectations of sustained profit growth at companies, with investors also awaiting economic data to gauge the pace of recovery.

There are several stocks on the list of the 100 most popular stocks on Robinhood that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. I simply don't think they're built for the long run. My view is similar to what Warren Buffett once said: "If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 year

Online sales accounted for nearly a fifth of total retail turnover last year as lockdowns to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic fuelled a boom in e-commerce, a United Nations study released on Monday showed.

Gone are the days when Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was just a company operating at breakeven, surrounded by doubts over whether it would ever be profitable.Today, the company is an absolute profit-generating machine. Amazon finished 2020 with $21.3 billion in net income, making it one

Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), which is widely regarded as the South Korean Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), went public less than a month ago, and investors are already clamoring for a piece of it. The initial target range for Coupang shares was between $27 to $30, but they currently trade at more

Last year, as the pandemic forced business closures and social distancing, consumers turned to digital channels for shopping and entertainment. While that hurt many traditional retailers and media companies, it was a strong tailwind for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Roku (NASDAQ: ROK

For much of the past decade, the stock market has been on fire. Over the trailing 10 years, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark S&P 500, and technology-dependent Nasdaq Composite have respectively returned 166%, 209%, and 390%.However, a significant portion of

Bank stocks have been a favorite of Warren Buffett for some time, and as of the latest available information, there are six different banks in Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) stock portfolio. But one of Berkshire's bank investments is larger than the other five co

There's little doubt that the best path to generating long-term wealth is investing in quality companies and holding them for years, if not decades. Achieving even an "average" stock market return still easily eclipses the rates offered by your neighborhood savings and loan. Howe

There was a lot to like in Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) first-quarter earnings report, released Thursday afternoon.Revenue for the quarter soared by 44% to $108.5 billion, its fastest growth in nearly a decade, driven by a strong performance in international markets as many parts of E

If you're like most investors, the bulk of your stock holdings are familiar names. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. We're supposed to hold names we understand and can monitor, after all, so we tend to gravitate toward companies making lead headlines.There's a lot to be

Teladoc Health's (NYSE: TDOC) first-quarter earnings report left investors with mixed emotions last week. The company's new chronic care segment added a lot of new members during the first three months of 2021, but significantly less than a year ago.While the Livongo acquisition

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) built its business on state-of-the-art video processing chips for personal computers but has expanded into other high-tech segments as it's grown. On a Fool Live episode, recorded on April 14, Fool contributors Brian Stoffel and Brian Withers discuss how the

Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) are two growth stocks that have lined shareholders' pockets over the past five years. The stocks have returned 1,290% and 3,660% during that period, far outperforming the S&P 500's 102% gain. The firms' rallies never seem t

Equity markets continue to race higher, with new all-time highs being hit seemingly every week. It's both a great time to be an investor, and a scary time to be deploying new cash. No one wants to invest at the top, but predicting the future is hard and it is unclear when that to

When you think of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), you probably think first of its retail business. The company's e-commerce operation, with its vast array of general merchandise or groceries likely springs to mind. But the tech giant's major profit driver is actually Amazon Web Services (

Europe's second-highest court will rule on May 12 on Amazon.com Inc's appeal of an EU order to pay about 250 million euros ($300.5 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg.

Wall Street finished the week on a down note Friday, ignoring even more sterling first-quarter earnings reports.

Wall Street ended lower on Friday, with Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and other tech-related companies weighing on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq despite recent strong quarterly earnings reports.