It's been an exciting year for millennial investors. With stock market volatility running well above historical norms since late February, millennial and novice investors have piled into equities.If you're wondering how we know this, just look at online investing app Robinhood. T
What happenedOf all the surprising twists and turns of 2020, here's one I bet no one saw coming: BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), best known for the smartphone that was ubiquitous until Apple unveiled the iPhone, is cool again.
Do You Have These Top Tech Stocks On Your Watchlist?Most investors will agree that tech stocks have dominated the stock market this year. The term ‘tech’ has expanded massively over the years. Rightfully so, as innovation and strides in technology continue to benefit
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Two of these companies have strengths in e-commerce; a Deloitte survey shows 65% of shoppers will favor online shopping this season.
Visits to physical stores dropped 52% on Black Friday, Sensormatic Solutions data shows.
The third company on this list may benefit fr
Robinhood investors are always on the lookout for stock market movers and shakers. The only problem is that, often, these are short-term bets on companies that won't deliver in the long term. But sometimes Robinhood favorites can be the latest attention-getters -- and also be com
It has been a difficult environment for mall operators in recent years. Even before the pandemic, mall-based retailers were struggling to compete with e-commerce. One solution to the problems facing malls is to repurpose vacant spaces for other uses.One potential use is microfulf
Climate activists piled up giant cardboard delivery boxes outside the finance ministry in Paris on Friday, protesting against Amazon's expansion in France as the online retailer launched a delayed "Black Friday" sales drive.
Another Black Friday is in the books, and this one, in the midst of a global pandemic, was probably the oddest in history. As expected, shoppers generally avoided brick-and-mortar stores because of the coronavirus pandemic on what's traditionally the busiest day of the year for r
I don't use Robinhood. However, I have something in common with many investors who do use the free trading platform: My investment portfolio currently includes 13 of the 100 most popular stocks on Robinhood.The major market meltdown earlier this year gave me a prime opportunity t
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the pricier stocks in the retail space today, but one prognosticator believes it has plenty of room to go higher. On Thursday, UBS analyst Eric Sheridan released a report on the stock reiterating his buy recommendation and his $4,000 price targ
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines from Wall Street. They look at Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales figures and a company that really stood out during this period. They've got two merger and acquisi
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Wall Street has a complicated relationship with companies like Stripe. The upstart digital payments firm is a threat to the once-cozy world of consumer banking. But it’s also a potential source
PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) recently joined Square (NYSE: SQ) in allowing its users to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies. But this could just be the starting point, as PayPal plans to allow users to pay with digital currencies at its 26 million merchant partners. In today's
What happenedShares of Micro Focus International (NYSE: MFGP) popped on Thursday after Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) gave the company its full vote of confidence for helping businesses migrate to the cloud. As of 3 p.m. EST, Micro Focus stock was up 17%, but had traded as much as 25% hig
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) jumped on Thursday despite a worsening coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty over a new stimulus bill. The U.S. reported just over 200,000 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There are now over 1