Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) just had a great quarter, and its stock is rising as a result. Although shares are still down 16% year to date, Wall Street expects the e-commerce giant to keep growing because its business model seems to show resilience even during recessionary times.
MercadoLibre's (NASDAQ: MELI) stock price surged 16% on Aug. 4 after the Latin American e-commerce and digital payments giant posted its second-quarter earnings report. Its revenue rose 52% year over year (56.5% on a constant currency basis) to $2.6 billion, which beat analysts'
When the Nasdaq Composite took a nosedive to start the year, it took many tech stocks down with it. Some of the worst-hit names were cloud computing stocks.
E-commerce stocks aren't getting much love these days. The ProShares Online Retail ETF is down 59% from highs set in February 2021. E-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has done better a bit better but still has seen its stock price drop into correction territory. Shares of the
Anyone can choose good stocks when the market is booming, but you have to be more careful when the economy seems to be cooling. Some stocks, even ones associated with strong companies, fall precipitously along with the rest of the market when recessions hit because people have le
When it comes to high-growth real estate stocks, few can compare or compete with CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP). This digital real estate data provider has its hand in virtually every aspect of real estate. It owns popular real estate listing websites including Loopnet, Ten-X, Apart
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is everywhere nowadays. I don't mean just the newspaper headlines -- though there are plenty of those. No, Amazon has become a part of everyday life for millions of people. It's almost impossible to get through a typical day in America without encountering A
As the streaming industry expands with new companies entering the market, platforms are striving to stand out. Multiple streaming giants have tried to acquire the rights to different live sports broadcasts as they try to draw fans to their platforms.
It's a good idea to include exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in your investment portfolio, but with close to 3,000 to choose from in the U.S. alone, how can you decide which ones are best for you? The answer will generally depend on your circumstances, strategy, and investing philoso
Rich Lyons is the first chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer for the University of California, Berkeley. Before that, he spent a decade as the dean of Berkley's Haas School of Business. He joined Motley Fool contributor Rachel Warren to discuss:
Many are calling this recent implosion of technology stocks the second coming of the dot-com crash of the early 2000s. And to be honest, there are legitimate reasons for the comparison.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has inspired a generation of investors to follow in his footsteps. His investment record delivered a 20% annualized return to Berkshire shareholders over the last 57 years. Buffett did it through patiently holding
While a company's stock performance around the time of its quarterly earnings is eye-catching -- and usually gets the headlines -- the underlying fundamentals of the business should be far more critical to investors.
Target's (NYSE: TGT) stock declined about 30% this year as investors fretted over the retailer's slowing growth, declining operating margins, and rising inventory levels. The broader market sell-off -- driven by inflation, rising rates, and other macro headwinds -- exacerbated th
Like many investors, I haven't been optimistic about the near-term prospects for the stock market in quite a while. It's hard to be cheerful when the Nasdaq Composite Index has been in a bear market for months and the S&P 500 briefly entered bear market territory.
For more than a century, Wall Street has been a wealth-building machine for those who are patient. Over long periods, high-quality companies and the indexes they're a part of tend to increase in value.