The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were set to hit all-time highs on Monday as dovish remarks from the Federal Reserve last week bolstered optimism in an economic rebound and eased fears of a sudden tapering in monetary stimulus.
When stay-at-home favorite Zoom reports quarterly results on Monday, Wall Street will look for details on how the video conferencing platform plans to attract more users as its meteoric growth brakes to its slowest rate since going public.
Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit all-time highs on Monday as dovish remarks from the Federal Reserve last week bolstered optimism in an economic rebound and eased fears of a sudden tapering in monetary stimulus.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has delivered impressive returns to investors so far this year thanks to a string of terrific quarterly results that have established the graphics specialist as a top tech play. Investors have come to expect outstanding growth from the chipmaker quarte
Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft Corp's Azure cloud platform on Saturday urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3,300 it notified this week.
Not every stock that you invest in will go on to be a big winner, but owning just a handful of stocks that deliver decades-long winning streaks can produce life-changing returns -- if you hold on patiently. Consider that Microsoft delivered a total return of roughly 26,600% over
As is often the case with its press conference events, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) made a splash in August with its AI Day event, unveiling its work on a "humanoid robot" that could one day act as an in-person assistant for physical tasks. A working prototype could be out as soon as 202
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares pop on a stellar third-quarter report. Robinhood's (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock falls after its first report as a public company and warnings from management that trading activity is slowing down. In this episode of MarketFoolery, Motley Fool analyst Tim Beye
Will Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) department stores be a hit with shoppers? Who is the next CEO to announce retirement? What's the next big trend in alcohol sales? In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Maria Gallagher and Jason Moser tackle those questions, as well as the latest e
In this Motley Fool Answers episode from the vault (2015), Morgan Housel, senior analyst for Motley Fool One, joins us to talk about how to keep your emotions from sinking your wealth. We also discuss 2015 allegations about Amazon's toxic workplace culture.
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Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) are up a modest 2.5% in 3:25 p.m. EDT trading Friday -- which may not sound like much, but on a $1 trillion dollar stock, it equates to an additional $21.2 billion in market capitalization. (For context: If Twitter moved that much in
Mark Zuckerberg has built the largest social network in the world, but that won't be the end of Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) evolution. Now, the company is trying to work its way into the enterprise market, too. It has the Workplace platform for businesses, a communication tool for te
Are These The Best Cloud Stocks To Buy Right Now?As the stock market gears up after taking a breather yesterday, investors may want to consider cloud stocks. For starters, this section of the stock market today remains an increasingly relevant one. In essence, cloud tech provides
Index funds, which are designed to mimic the ups and downs of a specific index, from the S&P 500 Index to the Barclays Capital California Municipal Bond Index, have become a runaway success. Index investing was introduced to the public with mutual funds in the 1970s. The stra
In early trading on Friday, shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.8%. Year to date, Walgreens Boots Alliance registers a 22.2% gain.
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