If you're just getting started in the stock market, I'm jealous. I remember how exciting it was at the beginning of my investing journey more than three decades now. You will win. You will lose. And if you do things right, you will learn from every revelation. Picking your first
Fintech, or financial technology, is a growing field and has been one of the biggest gainers of the pandemic. Loosely, fintech companies provide technology solutions for payments and other financial transactions. The leader in the field is PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), which pioneered d
For a business that looked like it was on the verge of collapse not that long ago, Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) has come through the coronavirus pandemic looking better than it has in years.Although sales are still down sharply year over year for the first six months of t
A new year means new opportunities to put your money to work in the greatest wealth creator on the planet: the stock market.Even with the broad-based S&P 500 ending 2020 at an all-time high, history has shown time and again that if you buy high-quality companies and hang onto
In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen chats with Motley Fool contributor Brian Feroldi about the best and worst consumer goods stocks of 2020. They discuss some fast-growing stocks which soared last year, and the trends which are driving their growth. T
(RTTNews) - Haven, a joint venture of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase formed in 2018 to provide better health care services and insurance at a lower cost to employees and families at the three U.S. companies, said Monday that it will end its independent operations a
The pandemic lit a fire under many e-commerce stocks last year as more people shopped online. Companies like Amazon, Shopify, and Etsy all profited from that shift, and their stocks could rise even higher this year as that secular shift continues.Those stocks are still solid long
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total of 292,301 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 29.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 8
Smart people from three very successful companies -- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) -- apparently couldn't figure out how to make the U.S. healthcare system more efficient. The companies' joint venture, Haven,
Do You Have These Tech Stocks On Your January 2021 Watchlist? How will tech stocks fare in the stock market this year? As we usher in the new year, the reality is that the coronavirus pandemic has created big tailwinds for many tech companies. By looking at the S&P 500 Inform
The healthcare joint venture of Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co, will cease to exist at the end of February, it said on Monday.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) continues to forge ahead with its digital strategy. But rather than avoiding Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), it is directly taking on the online retail giant.It recently announced a deal that will undoubtedly help draw online buyers by making returns easier, making the
Solar energy stocks have had a great year in 2020, despite a global pandemic that slowed sales and installations mid-year. Shares of SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR), Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN), Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH), SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG), and Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CS
Discovery+, the new streaming service from Discovery Inc., will launch Monday in the United States on services and platforms that include Amazon Fire TV and Roku, according to a source familiar with the company - two deals that eluded streaming rivals Peacock and HBO Max at their respective launches.
This year has certainly been one for the record books. The coronavirus pandemic created a heightened level of uncertainty in nearly all aspects of our lives. The U.S. economy was essentially shut down for nearly two months during March and April. And with many businesses closed w
Should Investors Be Watching These Top Tech Stocks? 3 Names To KnowIt has been a fantastic year for tech stocks. Regular readers of StockMarket.com will have seen this line time and time again this year. Yet, each time there is always something new going on in the tech industry t
What happenedShares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) surged 76% higher last year, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Demand for the e-commerce juggernaut's services rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's set to grow further in the years ahead.