In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross to discuss the latest earnings news. Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) fourth-quarter revenue of $125 billion takes a back seat to the news that founder Jeff Bezos will step down
GameStop's (NYSE: GME) historic short squeeze, which caused the video game retailer's stock to skyrocket over 1,900% between Jan. 1 and Jan. 27, captivated -- and burned -- many investors. The bubble eventually popped, but the stock remains up more than 200% for the year. Those g
Buying great stocks is only the first step to building wealth, and it's probably the easiest part. Once you have solid companies in your portfolio, holding them for the long term can be challenging for investors. It's tempting to sell out of stocks after some early gains, but "lo
U.S. stock index futures dipped on Tuesday as investors moved to the sidelines a day after Wall Street closed at all-time highs with focus squarely on earnings reports and progress in the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan.
Tesla Inc expects to allow customers to pay for its electric vehicles with bitcoin soon, the automaker said on Monday [nL4N2KE3BF], a move that could expand how the most popular cryptocurrency is used for real-world transactions.
Whether you're a leader in your community or some lucky kid's rich uncle, in this month's Rule Breaker Investing: Mailbag, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner demonstrates how you can bring someone along on your investing journey. Plus, improvements to the Market Cap Game Show,
Tesla Inc expects to allow customers to pay for its electric vehicles with bitcoin soon, the automaker said on Monday [nL4N2KE3BF], a move that could expand how the most popular cryptocurrency is used for real-world transactions.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (Symbol: IGV) where we have detected an approximate $132.0 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.2% increase
Microsoft’s stock (NASDAQ: MSFT) has risen 3.1% over the last 5 trading days, as major technology and software companies reported earnings in the past week. For Q2 FY 2021 (ended December 2020) Microsoft beat consensus for revenues at $43.08 billion and earnings at $2.05.
Despite the pandemic, e-commerce behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) managed to come out on top in 2020. Fourth-quarter revenue was up 44% year over year, driving a 77% improvement in operating income. The full-year results are just as impressive as consumers flocked to the online sho
No one becomes a successful investor without making some embarrassing errors along the way. While everything can be a "learning experience," if you're the one doing the learning, you're also the one doing the losing.Below, three Motley Fool contributors who have been around the t
Now, as the mania surrounding GameStop (NYSE: GME), AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), and other volatile stocks subsides, can we finally agree that despite everything, the short-sellers really weren't wrong?While the hedge funds were greedy in their mad rush to capitalize on the exp
In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser to discuss the latest news regarding the CEOs of Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) talking about a potential merger. Also, McCormick (NYSE: MKC) serves up higher sales in t
In early 2019, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) became only the third publicly traded U.S. company ever to reach a trillion-dollar valuation. Just two years later, its market cap has grown to $1.7 trillion. From productivity software to cloud computing and gaming, Microsoft's engines are
Microsoft Corp said on Friday it will suspend all donations by its political action committee (PAC) through 2022 to all U.S. lawmakers who voted to object to the certification of Joe Biden's election as president.
A gauge of global equity markets scaled a new record on Friday on investor expectations of further stimulus from Washington and economic revival hopes that also lifted crude oil prices to nearly $60 a barrel.
A gauge of global equity markets scaled a new record on Friday on investor expectations of further stimulus from Washington and economic revival hopes that also lifted crude oil prices to nearly $60 a barrel.
U.S. retailers and pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS Health are preparing for a fresh round of "bot" attacks by scalpers hoping to snap up COVID-19 vaccine appointments as they did hoarding Sony PlayStation 5s and Nike sneakers.
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Jeff Ubben’s soft touch would be useful at hardened Exxon Mobil. The activist investor, who co-founded ValueAct Capital and now runs Inclusive Capital Partners, may join the board of the $