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Every market surge has its leaders and laggards. Sometimes, the coming winners are relatively easy to spot, but in other cases, their strengths only become clear to everyone with the benefit of hindsight.

Amazon, Google and other tech companies providing cloud computing to banks in Britain may have to comply with minimum resilience standards and testing, a senior Bank of England official said on Monday.

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a new twist on installment-based consumer lending, and its popularity has exploded. Its growth is so strong that last month, payments giant Square announced it was acquiring BNPL industry leader Afterpay in a $29 billion all-stock deal.The deal expose

2020 was a great year for e-commerce companies. With much of the world in lockdown, shoppers bought more goods online -- supercharging the growth of e-commerce platforms everywhere. In the process, companies like Amazon, MercadoLibre, and Etsy were big winners in 2020 as you can

Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock is up by a considerable 5.3% over the past month. Given the company's impressive performance, we decided to study its financial indicators more closely as a company's financial health over the long-term usually dictates market outcomes. Sp

Over the last five years, the S&P 500 is up an impressive 110%. But the S&P 500 Information Technology sector has more than doubled that performance, surging 257%. In fact, tech stocks have beat the market over the last one, three, five, and 10 years. So if your portfolio

Investing in the stock market can help you generate wealth that lasts a lifetime, but it can be expensive to get started. Some stocks cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars per share, and you can easily spend several thousand dollars building a diversified portfolio.

Media reports this week that two of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional bank presidents were active traders has some of the central bank's most vocal critics questioning the rules that allowed them to engage in the transactions in the first place.

If you're truly long-term-minded, then the potential for a September swoon doesn't deter you. And that may well be for the best. Although this is supposed to be a tough time of year -- this year in particular, in light of the big rally from last year's lows -- stocks still log ga

Whether you're saving for retirement or simply trying to generate long-term wealth, investing in the stock market is a smart move. Investing can help you save significantly more than stashing your money in a savings account, and it's easier than you may think to get started.

When searching for new investments, it's often lucrative to look at stocks that have a strong history of growth. Oftentimes, the winners keep on winning and their success is a great indicator that the future is bright. We asked three Motley Fool contributors to present one stock

Fund manager Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARK Invest, has earned a reputation as one of Wall Street's best stock pickers. And that reputation is well deserved. Over the past one, three, and five years, ARK's flagship Innovation ETF has crushed the broader market.

Buying Dividend stocks can be a lucrative investment strategy. Accumulate enough of them and the passive income streams that flood your portfolio can buy you more shares of stock or even pay some of your living expenses. The list of companies that will pay you to hold them is vas

Today's video focuses on Affirm's (NASDAQ:AFRM) recent earnings, which were announced on Sept. 9 after the market closed. Investors were very bullish after the report as the stock price jumped over 20%. I review the earnings data in the video, but more importantly, I mention a fe

Historically, individual retail investors have rarely been powerful enough to have a major impact on stock market prices. But technology has changed that dynamic by delivering empowering new tools, including social media and user-friendly trading app Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD). Now

When Warren Buffett took over Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965, the company was valued at $19 per share. Today, the investment conglomerate's class A shares trade at roughly $424,200 -- good for growth of approximately 2,226,200% across the stretch. With that

During its brief history as a publicly-traded company, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) has surpassed expectations by an incredible margin. For example, analysts believed the company would report earnings of $2.33 per share in the second quarter of 2021. Co

Recent headlines might make you worried that a recession is coming, but you shouldn't freak out. If the coronavirus stays under control, the economy should continue moving toward recovery.

2021 has been good to investors, with the stock market steadily climbing higher. But September is historically a tough month. The "September Effect," while basically just a superstition, struck in full force last year when the market dropped nearly 10% in the first three weeks of

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) stock has made long-term investors a boatload of money. If you would have been able to buy shares of the e-commerce subscription platform at its 2015 IPO price, you'd be sitting on gains of nearly 9,000%!In this short period, the company has risen to become t