Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it has acquired slightly more than 5% of the shares in five large Japanese companies, marking a departure for Chairman Warren Buffett as he looks outside the United States to bolster his conglomerate.
That major market meltdown in March now seems like ancient history. The stock market roared back and reached record highs last week. That's the good news.
Stock splits have become all the rage lately. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) jump started the trend with its unexpected decision to split its stock. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) followed shortly thereafter with a split of its own.
Investors are flocking to dividend-paying stocks, and it's not as if you can blame them. Conservative investors that have lived off a steady diet of money market funds, CDs, and T-bills are looking for more than the sub-1% yields they're getting from their fixed income vehicles.
Few predicted how sharply Apple and Tesla stocks were about to surge when the two companies recently announced plans to split their stocks. Since Apple's stock split announcement on Jul. 30, shares have jumped 30%. Tesla stock has soared an incredible 61% since its stock split a
In the latest development of what's shaping up to be an epic fight between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Epic Games, the tech giant has terminated the developer's account on the App Store. All Epic Games titles, including its incredibly popular Fortnite, have been removed from the so
In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill chats with analyst Emily Flippen about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They discuss three companies: a customer relationship management specialist, a sporting goods retailer, and a multinational lifest
Apple Inc said on Friday it had terminated "Fortnite" creator Epic Games' account on its app store, following a legal battle between the two over the iPhone maker's in-app payment guidelines.
The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has been a force to be reckoned with lately. The index has finished at all-time record levels in six out of the past seven trading sessions, including Friday's bounce from a rare setback on Thursday. With the roughly 0.5% move higher on
All major indexes finished another record-breaking week on a high note. The Dow finally claimed its year-to-date break even level, jumping over 200 points in intraday trading and erasing its 2020 losses as Intel (INTC) and Walmart (WMT) led the way higher. Meanwhile, the S&am
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is accusing Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of effectively censoring a notice it tried to impart to its users. On Friday, the social media giant claimed that Apple rejected the inclusion of a warning that the latter company would take 30% of sales in a paid-online eve
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, where 10,050,000 units were destroyed, or a 1.1% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying compon
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) soared to a new all-time high on Friday in the wake of a missive by Deutsche Bank analyst Jeffrey Rand. At one point, the stock traded above $177 per share before giving back some of its gains.
The S&P 500 rallied for the seventh straight session on Friday, powered by tech stocks, prospects of super-low interest rates for a prolonged period and hopes of a medical solution to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The S&P 500 was set to open at a record high on Friday for the fifth straight session as the prospect of super-low interest rates for a prolonged period and bets on a medical solution to the COVID-19 pandemic spurred risk appetite.
The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up 42.54 to 11,968.7. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 9,211,320 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session: NIO Inc. (NIO) is -0.7499 at $19.13, with 5,353,512 shares traded. NIO's current las
U.S. technology giants are increasingly dominating the stock market in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, even as they draw accusations of unfair business practices, and some investors fear the pump is primed for a tech-fueled sell-off.