Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've been hearing a lot about the coronavirus, which is dominating investors' minds this week and driving down equity indices around the world.
In late 2019, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) launched its streaming service, Disney+. Driven by the company's impressive content portfolio, Disney+ is off to a blazing start. By the end of 2019, Disney+ paid subscribers stood at 26.5 million, and this figure rose to 28.6 million at th
Investors were in for a bit of a shock earlier this week. On Monday, Feb. 24, all three stock market indexes put up some of their largest point declines in history. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 355 points, the broad-based S&P 500 sank almost 112 points, and the Dow J
It wasn't so long ago that Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) stock seemed to be a sure thing. Even recently, the stock seemed to be on the way to a nice recovery following the company's missteps on data privacy and other issues. However, investors seemed frustrated with Facebook's lates
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is well known for his stock-picking prowess and his unwavering devotion to the buy-and-hold ethos. Following the publishing of the company's annual letter to shareholders this past weekend, we learned that, since 1
In this week's Rule Breaker Investing podcast, we revisit David Gardner's five-stock samplers from 2017 and 2018 and find out how they fared compared with the market. Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) were top perfo
In this week's Rule Breaker Investing podcast, we revisit David Gardner's five-stock samplers from 2017 and 2018 and find out how they fared compared with the market. Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) were top perfo
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly taking steps to get its hands on inventory as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, and worries about it becoming a pandemic rise.
Target (NYSE: TGT) has become a digital sales leader. The company moved from the number 11 e-commerce company in 2019 to eighth place in 2020, according to an annual report from eMarketer.com.
No one likes to hear the word "recession," but consider this: Since 1854, the U.S. has experienced 33 recessions, ranging in duration from six months (1980) to 65 months (1873 to 1879). But through all those ups and downs, stocks have been one of the best assets to build wealth
Video gamers eager to see what Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has lined up for its next console got fresh news on Monday. The company revealed the hardware specifications and features for its upcoming Xbox Series X console, and perhaps the most notable item in the announcement was tha
What happened
America's stock market caught a bad case of coronavirus today. Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock fell 4.1%, while Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) closed the day down 4.3%. Meanwhile, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock was down 7.8%.