What happenedShares of electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) jumped on Monday, rising as much as 6.3%. As of 10:15 a.m. EST, however, the stock was up only about 2%.
Wall Street is abuzz about stock market bubbles as surges in the share prices of some loss-making firms, red-hot public markets and amateur investors chasing stocks at frothy valuations spark fears of a pullback.
The Nasdaq index hit a record high on Monday as investors remained optimistic at the start of a busy week of earnings from mega-cap technology companies, while economy-sensitive cyclical stocks gave back recent gains.
What happenedShares of Churchill Capital IV (NYSE: CCIV) have more than doubled since the first week in January when speculation began circling that the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) might bring luxury electric-vehicle maker Lucid Motors public.
I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK), DoorDash (NYSE: DASH), and GameStop (NYSE: GME) were going to have a challenging week. It went horribly for me this time.
Blink Charging declined 6% last week. The electric vehicle ch
U.S. Stock Futures Flat On Stimulus BetsU.S. stocks are set to open marginally higher this week amid the prospect of additional fiscal stimulus and supportive Fed policy. While there is a fair share of skeptics over President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion rescue plan,
Nasdaq futures jumped on Monday as markets geared up for a busy week of earnings from mega-cap technology firms, while Dow and S&P 500 futures came under pressure from a decline in Merck's shares after the drugmaker ended its COVID-19 vaccine program.
Wall Street is off to a great start in 2021, including some stocks that were under heavy scrutiny coming into this year. Investors have noticed, and are looking to climb aboard stocks they think are poised to defy critics and rocket higher.Fueling a lot of the excitement is GameS
Embattled startup Faraday Future will push ahead with plans to produce some of its fully electric vehicles in China by opening a plant in the country and enlisting China's Geely to provide contract manufacturing services, sources said.
A veteran rocket from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company launched 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record for the most spaceships deployed on a single mission, according to the company.
Stocks rose last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained some ground during the start of fourth-quarter earnings season. Both indexes are still sitting in modestly positive territory so far in 2021.Earnings sea
Social Capital co-founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya has a long track record of working with and finding excellent high-growth companies. But there's one company that he views as the greatest growth opportunity he's ever seen. That company is Clover Health (NASDAQ: CLOV). In th
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has rallied wildly over the past year, gaining more than 700%. Solid growth in vehicle deliveries and margin expansion have both contributed to the stock's surge. Tesla's inclusion in the S&P 500 index also helped.Still, these factors can't fully ex
A bevy of major U.S. earnings reports next week led by Apple, Microsoft and Facebook could help technology and growth stocks reassert their dominance after a recent run by banks, energy and other potential beneficiaries of an economic reopening.
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya is a big fan of Amazon and Tesla. But the goal for the special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that he launches is to find the companies with the potential to be the next Amazon or Tesla. In this Motley Fool Live video recorded on Nov
Surely it's not possible to beat the market with a random roll of the dice! But what if we're dicing in a universe of great companies? What if we're randomizing Rule Breakers? In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is eager to find this ou
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, host Alison Southwick is joined by Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp and The Motley Fool's chief investment officer, Andy Cross, to look back at 2020, offer suggestions for newer investors, and provide thoughts on compariso
Germany's motor vehicle authority (KBA) is looking into safety risks related to touchscreen displays in Tesla cars and has asked the U.S. auto maker to provide information following a similar request by U.S. authorities, a KBA spokesman was quoted as saying.
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, personal finance expert Robert Brokamp pulled some strings and got both Megan Brinsfield and Sean Gates of Motley Fool Wealth Management to talk about what they're doing, what they're not doing, and what you should consider doing to improve