A weaker-than-expected election performance by Democrats and fears of new coronavirus restrictions have prompted investors to double down on high-flying technology stocks, which have come roaring back in recent days to put the Nasdaq within striking distance of a record.
Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) CEO Strauss Zelnick made comments suggesting that the company is far from gung-ho on subscription-based gaming services. Zelnick said that he was highly skeptical that subscription services, such as Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Netflix-like Xbox
Wall Street's main indexes took a breather on Friday after sharp gains this week as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in a nail-biting election, while the monthly jobs report underlined the economic challenge facing America's next president.
Wall Street's main indexes took a breather on Friday after sharp gains this week as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in a nail-biting election, while the monthly jobs report underlined the economic challenge facing America's next president.
In early trading on Friday, shares of Walmart topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.5%. Year to date, Walmart registers a 22.5% gain.
What happenedShares of Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) slumped 11.2% in October, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The sell-off for the stock occurred in conjunction with a pullback for the broader market and followed a 22% increase for the company's share price i
Major tech names helped stocks to a win today, though investors are still eagerly awaiting the conclusion to a now very close and drawn out U.S. presidential race. Most FAANG stocks as well as Microsoft (MSFT) all made noteworthy gains, helping the Dow to its fourth-straight tr
Major tech names helped stocks to a win today, though investors are still eagerly awaiting the conclusion to a now very close and drawn out U.S. presidential race. Most FAANG stocks as well as Microsoft (MSFT) all made noteworthy gains, helping the Dow to its fourth-straight tr
The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is up 21.9 to 12,099.97. The total After hours volume is currently 72,931,794 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session: Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) is unchanged at $4.29, with 8,748,917 shares trad
Users of Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad could soon be able to play Epic Games's "Fortnite" game again via Nvidia's cloud gaming service, the BBC reported on Thursday.
In this week's episode of Motley Fool Money: Earnings-palooza! Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser, Ron Gross, and Andy Cross to bring you the latest news headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They've got some trillion-dollar companies' earnings re
When the pandemic struck earlier this year, the need for remote access and cloud computing became abundantly clear. This acceleration in adoption of cloud computing wasn't limited to Amazon and its cloud offering, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Businesses that were new to the space q
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) are both about to launch their next-gen gaming consoles. Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S will arrive on Nov. 10, while Sony's PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition will launch on Nov. 12.There's pent-up demand for both consoles, but Sony
Europe's telecoms industry on Thursday slammed proposed tweaks to planned EU rules governing Facebook's WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype that would tighten the rules faced by telecoms providers to use electronic communications metadata.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ProShares ProShares UltraPro QQQ (Symbol: TQQQ) where we have detected an approximate $280.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.0% increase week ov
Investors looking for dividend stocks in 2020 need to play a balancing act between yield and growth potential. More than in most years, high yields that we've seen in some real estate investment trusts (REITs) and restaurant stocks can be a warning sign that there's something fun
International Business Machines Corp on Thursday became the latest U.S. technology company to launch a cloud platform directed at telecom operators deploying 5G and signed up Nokia and Samsung as partners.
There's little question that the best path to generating wealth over the long term is investing in quality companies and holding them for years, or even decades.Even generating average returns can be enough to put you on easy street, but filling your portfolio with stocks that ha