2021 has been a wild period for growth stocks. Some names are now (as of December) in the midst of a third pullback this past year and down double-digit percentages from their all-time highs. Among the hardest-hit stocks are recent IPOs, which tend to be especially volatile in th
Let's face it: Many of the most popular tech companies in the stock market wouldn't hold up too well during a deep recession. However, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be another story. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on Dec. 6, Fool.com contributor Toby Bordelon explains why.
In this week's edition of Industry Focus: Financials, we take a look back at the stock market predictions Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel made in December of last year and see how he did. And then, Matt and host Jason Moser discuss his 2022 predictions and why he thinks they ha
Investors are scrutinizing the stock market’s narrowing breadth and other signs of ebbing risk appetite, as markets digest a hawkish pivot from the Federal Reserve, soaring inflation and concern over a fresh wave of COVID-19 cases.
Wall Street finished lower on Friday, weighed down by Big Tech as investors worried about the Omicron coronavirus variant and digested the Federal Reserve's decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.
Wall Street finished mostly lower on Friday, weighed down by Big Tech as investors digested the Federal Reserve's decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.
The stock market continued to exhibit turbulence on Friday as investors grappled with a variety of macroeconomic, geopolitical, and pandemic-related issues. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) bounced back from an early drop of about 1.4% and was trading up by around 0.3% a
Wall Street was mixed on Friday, with the S&P 500 down and Tesla helping keep the Nasdaq in positive territory as investors digested the Federal Reserve's decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.
Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday, weighed down by cyclical stocks linked closely to the economy, as investors digested the Federal Reserve's decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Oracle has spent the past few years buying back an extraordinary amount of its own stock. The $270 billion enterprise-software firm founded by Larry Ellison, now chairman and chief technology officer, has bough
Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday as big technology-related shares tumbled, reeling from the Federal Reserve's decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.
Investors are abuzz about the metaverse. This term catapulted into the mainstream in late October when the social media giant formerly known as Facebook announced it was changing its corporate name to Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) to reflect its focus on the metaverse.The metaverse
Low-code software has caught a significant tailwind during the pandemic as enterprises need to deploy new apps to adapt quickly to a sudden change. That's good news for Appian (NASDAQ: APPN), a cloud-based, low-code software provider.
The next stock market correction might just be the best thing that ever happens for your stock portfolio. Corrections and crashes are inevitable in the stock market -- it's a matter of when they will happen, not if.