Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was forced to delay its annual Prime Day shopping event due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon's now scheduled it for Oct. 13-14, and it's going to set a new record for the retail giant. The company could bring in nearly $10 billion in gross
Given last month's surprise shellacking, it would be easy for investors to justify calling it quits for a while. The S&P 500 fell 4% in September, but that figure obscures the fact that the index fell more than 10% from peak to trough. The month just happened to start and en
Cooler temperatures are settling in across many parts of the country right now, but there are two tech stocks that didn't get the autumn memo. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) are hotter than ever, with their share prices up 81% and 228%, respectively, over the pas
Wall Street was set to jump at the open on Monday as doctors said President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, while hopes of a new fiscal stimulus bill also lifted sentiment.
If you're worried about the election, you're not alone. According to one poll, nearly half of Americans said they aren't confident that the election will be carried out fairly.
U.S. stock index futures bounced on Monday as doctors said President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, while signs of progress with a new fiscal stimulus bill also lifted sentiment.
The ability to pick winning stocks cheap is key to investment success, of course. But the ability to avoid expensive stocks that can decimate your capital is just as important. By quickly eliminating companies that may underperform, investors automatically increase the potential
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been one of the market's best performing stocks. The company's share price has skyrocketed roughly 2,000% over the last 10 years thanks to a dominant position in both e-commerce and cloud computing services.
With interest rates expected to be near their present 0% range for the next few years as the nation moves through the pandemic and recession, the performance of the stock market may be volatile and uncertain for the near term.
Investors are gauging how a potential deterioration in President Donald Trump's health could impact asset prices in coming weeks, as the U.S. leader remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), saw his net worth briefly cross the $200 billion threshold earlier this year. He's the richest man in history, and he added billions to his wealth during the COVID-19 pandemic -- a time when millions, perhaps even including y
It would be easy to chalk up technological developments from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) as par for the course. The company is perpetually throwing spaghetti on the wall to see what sticks.
Hardly a day goes by without a couple of loud Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) headlines. The maker of vegetable-based meat substitutes is tapping into the zeitgeist of 2020 in a way that few other companies have matched.
It often seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to handle everything we need or want to do. So many items languish on our to-do lists, and that includes taking care of our finances and investments.
2020 has brought a seemingly unending string of twists and turns, and the associated uncertainty has resulted in an unparalleled period of volatility for the stock market. There's a good chance that more volatility is on the way as we move into the year's final quarter, but ther
In the 1930s, 40% of patient encounters with a doctor occurred in the home. By the late 1980s, house calls were down to less than 1% of all physician encounters. It would seem that telehealth could fill some of the gaps in physician access, but for years, adoption has been less
In this week's episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Andy Cross about the latest headlines and quarterly reports from Wall Street. They've got the latest earnings breakdown from one of the big retailers, an aftermarket automotiv
Indian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd said on Saturday Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and global private equity firm TPG Capital invested a combined 73.50 billion rupees (about $1 billion) in its retail unit.
Friday was a good day for music aficionados, as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that its Amazon Music service is part of an effort to remaster "thousands" of songs for the Ultra High-Definition audio format.