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On the same day that the Nasdaq marked a new bull market, the U.S. economy was officially declared to be in a recession. The two milestones on Monday illustrate how an 11-week surge in stocks has occurred despite widespread economic devastation fueled by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Surging technology and communications stocks have put the Nasdaq on the cusp of confirming that it is in a new bull market just 16 weeks after coronavirus fears smashed stocks and threw the U.S. economy into recession.

Fool real estate expert Matt Argersinger of Millionacres.com, a Motley Fool company, joins us to explain how the typical, non-tycoon person can begin to build their property empire...or at least earn attractive returns with tax benefits. Also, Alison discusses the future of wher

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) kicked off the new week with another strong gain. The Dow was up 0.9% at noon EDT Monday as investors continued to be optimistic about the post-lockdown economic recovery. New York City, hard hit by the novel coronavirus, began

In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Dylan Lewis chats with Motley Fool contributor Brian Feroldi about valuable lessons from a company working on a COVID-19 vaccine, the various clinical trial phases a drug has to undergo, how biotech companies generate revenues, how th

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In early trading on Monday, shares of Boeing topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 10.3%. Year to date, Boeing has lost about 30.4% of its value.

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Dividend stocks can make you rich. Companies that are poised to grow their cash payouts can be particularly attractive investments, as investors tend to favor businesses that can provide them with rising income streams.

It wasn't terribly long ago that investors were watching four of the most highly valued companies on U.S. markets to see which would first top a market cap of $1 trillion. 

Many technology stocks have a reputation for resisting dividend payments.  In fact, some new tech companies in this high-growth sector do not earn profits at all. Even when they achieve positive earnings, tech companies often feel that they should invest in themselves rather t

Slack Technologies (NYSE: WORK) and New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) both offer services that simplify tasks for businesses. Slack's messaging and collaboration tools streamline communications between employees, and New Relic's cloud-based software tracks the performance of websites and a

Americans are living longer and healthier lives. If you're a 62-year-old male, there's a 50% chance you'll live to see the year 2040. For women, add three years to that number, and for couples, there a one-in-four chance of one person living to be 95. These, of course, are aver

Technology stocks put up large gains on Friday, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF advancing 2.8% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index also was rising 2.8%.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT), where a total of 322,053 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 32.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to

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In conjunction with its first-quarter financial results, business communication platform Slack (NYSE: WORK) this week announced a partnership with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). As part of the multiyear deal, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will adopt Slack's channel-based messaging solut