Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have benefited enormously from the shift to online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Etsy stock has more than doubled year to date on top of two consecutive quarters of sales growth that are at holiday-season levels. Amazon has
It's a terrible mistake to ignore dividends when you're investing, as they can be powerful aids in growing your portfolio while you're still working, and they can serve you particularly well in retirement, too. But don't think of dividend-paying stocks as only appropriate for ol
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are a lot alike than you would think despite being key players in completely different industries. Tesla designs and makes the body as well as the software that runs its Model 3, Model S, and other vehicles. Similarly, Apple likes
A U.S. judge in Washington has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download that was set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
There's no sign of the stock market volatility letting up as we head into the final quarter of 2020. Recent volatility has been particularly pronounced in the tech sector, but seasoned investors know turbulent times can also produce great buying opportunities.
The rhetoric changes almost daily. Will there be more stimulus or won't there? Per the typical progression, the issue has become politicized between the two parties. While it seems to be agreed upon that further economic stimulus will be needed, the conflict is over the scale an
With its stores closed for long stretches as part of the pandemic shutdown, GameStop (NYSE: GME) was always going to see its second-quarter earnings skewed. But its financial results should be a secondary consideration.
While many investors tend to concentrate on growth, it's really a company's balance sheet that will guard against the dangers that might arise from a recession or a market crash. As we saw in March, companies in the travel and leisure industries with high amounts of debt got int
Technology stocks again rode to Wall Street's rescue on Friday, lifting the main indexes more than 1%, but the Dow and the S&P 500 still posted their longest weekly losing streaks in a year as fears of a slowing economy sparked an almost month-long rout.
After an extremely volatile week fraught with ups-and-downs, stocks finished today's session with a win. Nevertheless, two of the benchmarks still logged their fourth-consecutive week of losses. The Dow has Big Tech to thank for today's win, as the blue chip managed to tack o
Technology stocks again rode to Wall Street's rescue on Friday, lifting the main indexes more than 1%, but the Dow and the S&P 500 still posted their longest weekly losing streaks in a year as fears of a slowing economy sparked an almost month-long rout.
The S&P 500 and the Dow inched lower on Friday, extending their longest losing spree in a year as fears about the outlook for the economy in a future still dominated by the coronavirus weighed on investor sentiment.
GameStop (NYSE: GME) stock has surged recently thanks to excitement about a fresh console hardware cycle and news that Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen and his firm RC Ventures have taken a roughly 10% stake in the company. Cohen will reportedly push to restructure the business so th
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently launched Azure Communication Services, an extension of Azure's cloud platform which enables developers to add video, voice calls, chat, and text messages to websites, applications, and mobile platforms.
Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game "Fortnite", said on Friday it acquired UK-based SuperAwesome, a platform for developers to include kid-safety tools in their products.
Passive investors, the backbone of the Nasdaq's rally this year, seem to have lost their nerve, pulling massive amounts of cash in recent days from index-tracking technology funds in what many see as an ominous sign for the sector.
MicroStrategy Stock (NASDAQ: MSTR) stock has moved -11.8% in a week (5 trading days). Using this trend and 20 years of historical stock data, the Trefis AI engine finds that the stock will likely move 0.2% over the next one month (21 trading days). So how resilient is the sto
After a 76% rally since March 23, PTC Inc. stock (NASDAQ: PTC) looks fully valued based on its historic Price to Sales (P/S) multiples. PTC Inc., a U.S based software and services company, has seen its stock rally from $49 to $86 off the recent bottom compared to the S&P w