U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign ran Facebook ads this weekend claiming that the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok is spying on users.
It's July -- the height of summer. In ordinary times, July is the month for swimming pools, summer camps, and fireworks displays. But this July is anything but ordinary, and your summertime plans have probably changed a lot because of the current situation.
The S&P 500 rose on Monday as promising early data on a host of COVID-19 vaccine candidates countered fears over a surge in infections, while gains in technology stocks put the Nasdaq on track for a record closing high.
There's little question that Wall Street and investors are going to remember 2020 for a long time to come. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was responsible for creating the most volatile environment in stock market history.
In the 56 years since Warren Buffett took over a struggling textile manufacturer called Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), the company has been one of the biggest investment success stories of all time, averaging returns of more than 20% per year for investors.
Taiwan's export orders grew at their fastest pace in nearly two years in June, boosted by strong demand for telecommuting products such as laptops, as the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of people around the world to work from home.
Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday vowed to resolve major differences over taxing big tech companies and reach a broad, consensus-based solution on international taxation this year.
Jamf has filed an amended S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, detailing more of its plans to go public, and the initial public offering (IPO) could happen as early as Thursday, July 23. Jamf was founded in 2002 and develops software to help organiz
If you thought that the record 12% drop in the global smartphone market in the first quarter was bad, the plunge in India's smartphone market in the second quarter makes that double-digit decline look manageable in comparison. India, the second-largest smartphone market in the w
The prevailing wisdom in investing seems to be "buy low, sell high." This is easy to say but very tough to do. The problem is that investors tend to gravitate toward cheap stocks to "buy low," not realizing that buying cheap stocks is not the solution for their investment portfo
Well recognized for its streaming music platform, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) has proven a great success story so far this year, as its stock price has nearly doubled on the back of strong subscription data. Yet Spotify offers more than just music; its focus on expanding content catego
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Alphabet Inc (Symbol: GOOGL), where a total volume of 28,776 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximate
Robinhood, an online brokerage launched in 2015, has become a sensation with individual investors. It pioneered zero-commission trading and fractional ownership of stocks, making it simple for anyone to invest, even with just a few dollars.
The S&P 500 edged higher in choppy trading on Friday as investors juggled between prospects of more fiscal stimulus and fears of further business disruptions due to another record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
The S&P 500 edged higher in choppy trading on Friday, as investors juggled between prospects of more fiscal stimulus and fears of further business disruptions due to another record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
It's said that compounding is the eighth wonder of the world. Compounding means growing your capital through long-term investing, aided by timely additions of money, to grow your overall pool of funds. For compounding to be effective, though, it's necessary to adopt a sufficient
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo (GMO), is an expert on bubbles, and not the kind you make from dish soap. He predicted two big bubbles in recent history: the dot-com crash in 2000 and the housin
Wall Street's main indexes gave up early gains to trade lower on Friday, as fears over business disruptions due to another record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases at home overtook optimism over a further stimulus for a post-pandemic economic revival.
Robinhood, an online brokerage launched in 2015, has become a sensation with individual investors. It pioneered zero-commission trading and fractional ownership of stocks, making it simple for anyone to invest, even with just a few dollars.