2020 was nothing short of a disaster, but there were some positives. If you were invested in technology, a pandemic-fueled run higher by many stocks that benefited from employees working from home was one consolation prize.The surge higher for some of these tech names could cont
There are few better gifts you can give to your kids, or other children you care about, than an introduction to investing. Most of us get our wake-up calls about the importance and value of investing much later than we wish we had -- let's not let that happen to the next generati
It has been a difficult year in so many ways. But taking a contrary view, it is perhaps more important than ever to take some time to express gratitude. In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner shares some of the things he is grateful for th
In this episode of Market Foolery, Chris Hill asks Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker about his favorite CEO of the year. Plus, they talk about one of the worst investments for investors this year, how a media giant bungled a great opportunity, and much more.To catch full episodes o
Disney (NYSE: DIS) hit a home run with Disney+. It's proven much more popular than anyone anticipated, leading management to raise its subscriber outlook not just for its flagship streaming service, but its entire portfolio of direct-to-consumer products. It now expects to reach
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Technology firms are due a green shake-up. Data centres and networks each use around 1% of the world’s electricity, according to the International Energy Agency – more, for now, than electri
It's not just the National Basketball Association trying to lock down viewers on Christmas this year. Three of the leading streaming services are debuting new big-budget content on their platforms, two of which were supposed to hit movie theaters exclusively earlier this year bef
The company behind the popular Roblox video game platform is planning to go public soon. Originally scheduled for the holidays, the initial public offering (IPO) should now hit the stock market in early 2021 with a market value of roughly $8 billion.When I say "roughly," I'm prob
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There's no question the decision by AT&T's (NYSE: T) Warner Bros. studio to simultaneously release its slate of 17 movies to theaters and streaming in 2021 poses an existential threat to cinema.AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC), Cinemark Holdings (NYSE: CNK), and Regal T
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Bob Chapek is coming up on his one-year anniversary in February as chief executive of Walt Disney. He has made good work of shifting the Magic Kingdom’s focus on streaming video and capturing some
It can be challenging enough to find great gifts for special people in your life, let alone gifts that will actually increase in value as the years go on. That's the beauty of giving (and receiving) stocks as a present.Left with time to flourish and grow, even a relatively small
Are These The Best Streaming Stocks To Buy Ahead Of Christmas?Among other things, 2020 has been a banner year for streaming stocks in the stock market. If you don’t agree, ask yourself, do you love paying expensive bills that have access to hundreds of channels and commerci
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Big Tech will go shopping for computer games in 2021. Alphabet-owned Google and Amazon.com are trying to muscle into the $175 billion industry by letting people play games on any screen for a monthly fee,
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They discuss a recent outage suffered by multiple Google services and the market's reaction to the event. They've got all the
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker about the latest headlines and earning reports from Wall Street. They've got a merger announcement that will create the world's largest cannabis producer. They discuss BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK)
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX), where a total volume of 71,662 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately