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One hard-to-believe fact about Warren Buffett is that there are lots of people out there who have never heard of him. Of course, lots more have heard of him -- though they may only know that he's a business guy, and a rather rich one.Whether you've heard of him or not, you'll pro

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Jason Moser about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They've got news on some retail stock gains, home improvement stocks falling despite posting profits, and

The S&P 500 is poised to climb 9% between now and the end of 2021 as the anticipated widespread release of a COVID-19 vaccine drives an economic and corporate earnings recovery from the pandemic, according to a Reuters poll of strategists.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) topped 30,000 for the first time Tuesday as investors piled into stocks. The Dow was up about 1.5% at 1:55 p.m. EDT. Some combination of COVID-19 vaccine optimism, hopes for new stimulus spending, and the move by the General Serv

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The Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 141,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 43,000. Shares of SPGP were up about 1.6% on the day.

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Elon Musk is now the second-richest person in the world, at least on paper, but he has a long way to go in catching up to the newly-displaced Bill Gates in impact. The Tesla and SpaceX mogul’s

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Boeing topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 3.4%. Year to date, Boeing has lost about 32.9% of its value.

There's seemingly no end to the discussion about which stocks will benefit from stay-at-home measures, and which stocks will benefit from a coronavirus vaccine. However, what about businesses that are likely to see their long-term growth prospects enhanced by the pandemic, as wel

When Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported its financial results late last month, expectations were already high. Cloud computing, which underpins much of the company's business, continued its impressive growth streak. This helped Microsoft easily surpass investor expectations.In thi

It's been an exceptionally volatile year for the stock market, and that's been music to the ears of millennial and novice investors who envision getting rich quick on these wild vacillations. Online investing app Robinhood, which is known for its commission-free trades, fractiona

Microsoft, Google and Facebook have asked Malaysia's Prime Minister to reinstate an exemption allowing non-Malaysian ships to carry out repairs to submarine cables in the country's waters, online news service Malaysiakini reported.

In this episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Nick Sciple chats with Motley Fool contributor Lou Whiteman about airline stocks and vaccine news. They also talk about airplane manufacturers, lessors, parts manufacturers, and much more.To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's f

Once the preserve of gamers, virtual reality (VR) has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lonely traders or isolated executives and replicating real-world sales, networking or training events.

The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is up 7.57 to 11,913.51. The total After hours volume is currently 117,753,373 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session: Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) is unchanged at $16.50, with 6,278,561

In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Dylan Lewis chats with Motley Fool contributor Asit Sharma about some of the biggest consumer goods companies' earnings and how they've been performing lately. Discover how these retailers are experimenting with different footprint sty

What happenedShares of Micron (NASDAQ: MU) gained as much as 5% today after two Wall Street analysts increased their price targets. Deutsche Bank and Mizuho Securities both reiterated buy ratings on Micron stock. As of 2:11 pm, EST Monday, shares were up 3.8%.

Leadership may be the most underrated quality in investing.It's not quantifiable or easily measured, and it can't be found in a 10-K filing or quarterly earnings report. But the difference between stocks that deliver life-changing returns and those that fizzle out often comes dow

With continued global uncertainty due to the pandemic, the U.S. equity market has become increasingly focused in recent times, due principally to a handful of large‑cap growth companies’ stellar growth. This has dramatically changed the investment landscape, with success now largely dependent on making the right decisions on a small group of companies that dominate [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (Symbol: IGV) where we have detected an approximate $425.0 million dollar inflow -- that's a 8.0% increase