E-commerce is gaining popularity around the world. Digital sales represented nearly 18% of total retail last year, up from 14% in 2019, according to eMarketer. That trend has translated into strong growth for Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), which is now a $185 billion business.Even so, I t
The stock market keeps pushing upward, as evidenced by the fresh all-time highs that the S&P 500 benchmark reached last week. Even so, many high-quality stocks are trading lower these days as market makers continue to shy away from the high fliers of the coronavirus lockdown
It's official. Investors and analysts widely expected tepid subscriber growth numbers from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) during its recently ended second quarter, and they got exactly that. While the company technically topped its own guidance of 1.0 million, the actual net addition of
Nasdaq futures hit a record high on Friday, helped by megacap technology stocks and strong earnings from social media companies Twitter and Snap, with investors eyeing business activity data later in the day.
Honeywell International reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year forecasts on Friday, helped by a rebound in demand in its main businesses that serve the aerospace and the energy industries.
Investing is the best way to quickly grow your wealth, so why don't more people do it? I imagine one reason is that many of them have some misconceptions about what investing entails.
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has been a phenomenal growth stock since its IPO in Sept. 2017. The streaming device company went public at $14 per share, started trading at $15.78, and is now worth about $420 per share. Let's look back at how Roku grew from a start-up into a $55 billion com
The U.S. Fed meets on Tuesday and Wednesday and looks set to debate when and how to kick off a bond taper, even as a surging Delta variant caseload revives economic risks from a pandemic many policymakers had hoped was drawing to a close.
An Indian court on Friday dismissed an appeal by Amazon.com Inc and Walmart's Flipkart that sought to stall an an antitrust investigation into their business practices - a major setback for the companies.
An Indian court on Friday dismissed a petition by Amazon.com Inc and Walmart's Flipkart seeking revocation of a single judge's decision to allow an antitrust probe against them to continue.
A U.S. agency said on Thursday it is permitting three airports to enter into security agreements with Amazon.com Inc's Amazon Air unit that will allow the company to assume some security functions and facilitate Amazon's rapid planned hiring at the airports.
Hemisphere Media Group Inc, a U.S. streaming and broadcasting company focused on attracting Hispanic viewers, is exploring options that include a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
A U.S. agency said on Thursday it is permitting three airports to enter into security agreements with Amazon.com's Amazon Air unit that will allow the company to assume some security functions.
Big tech helped Wall Street inch up to a higher close on Thursday, modestly building on a two-day rally as lackluster economic data and mixed corporate earnings prompted a pivot back to growth stocks.
Big tech pushed Wall Street to a higher close on Thursday, modestly building on a two-day rally as lackluster economic data and mixed corporate earnings sent investors back to growth stocks.
Hemisphere Media Group Inc, a U.S. streaming and broadcasting company focused on attracting Hispanic viewers, is exploring options that include a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
Next week will be packed with earnings reports and economic activity. Several big names will headline the busy earnings week, including 3M (MMM), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), AstraZenica (AZN), Boeing (BA), Caterpillar (CAT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Facebook (FB)
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Ron Lieber with The New York Times is back to talk about some of the most common scams and why younger people are more susceptible to falling for them. Plus, Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp takes us through a few things t
Wall Street's main indexes edged lower on Thursday after an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims cooled a rally in economy-linked cyclical stocks, while gains in megacap growth firms kept declines at bay.