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Wall Street surged on Monday, fueled by expectations of a coronavirus relief package and by a rally in Amazon, Apple and other technology stocks ahead quarterly earnings season.

Apple's stock price is up nearly 60% this year, and it has doubled in the last 12 months. At $2.16 trillion, the company's market capitalization is the largest on the U.S. exchanges; and until a recent pullback, shares were repeatedly hitting all-time highs.

The stock market kept up its positive momentum from last week with another big gain on Monday. Investors continue to be optimistic about the prospects for some more government spending to help ailing businesses and people across the nation. As of 11:30 a.m. EDT, the Dow Jones In

Many cloud computing stocks rallied over the past year even as the broader market was weighed down by the trade war, the COVID-19 crisis, and other macro headwinds. Let's examine three leading cloud companies to see how they weathered the recent challenges -- and why their stock

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Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock has generated a total return of more than 400% over the past five years, thanks to CEO Satya Nadella's "mobile first, cloud first" strategy. Under Nadella, who took the helm in 2014, Microsoft expanded its cloud services, integrated them into Win

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street's main indexes higher on Monday as optimism about an agreement in Washington over more fiscal support lifted sentiment ahead of the start of quarterly corporate earnings.

(RTTNews) - Microsoft Corp. announced its flexible working plans for the future, allowing more employees to work from home permanently.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq was set to lead Wall Street's main indexes higher on Monday as optimism about a deal in Washington over more fiscal stimulus lifted sentiment ahead of the start of quarterly corporate earnings.

GameStop (NYSE: GME) has come back strong after its dismal fourth-quarter earnings report in late March led the stock all the way to a low of $2.57 per share. The pandemic, it turns out, was a saving grace for the video game retailer.

It's been two years since I took the original FANG stocks -- Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) -- under the knife. I figured that Netflix and Amazon were undeniably rock stars, but

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, predicting that DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ: NNOX), and GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) were cruising for a bruising. I generally fared pretty well.

Last month, investors went absolutely bananas for software initial public offerings, or IPOs. No company highlighted the craze more than Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) -- shares of which have more than doubled from their initial price.

There's little question that the best path to wealth generation is investing in quality stocks and holding them for years and even decades. Along the way, there is the potential to find a company that can become a "multi-bagger," or an investment that gains several times its ori

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is more than just looking at a company's balance sheet. It forces investors to think about how a company and its products are impacting the world and whether that impact is positive.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has more than doubled in 2020 as the graphics specialist has delivered terrific growth in its data center and video gaming businesses. Smartphone giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has also made investors substantially rich this year despite the challenges po

It seems fair to say at this point that the upcoming election is a bit divisive. When looking at stocks, it's helpful to put political persuasions aside and seek out companies that won't get drawn up in the volatility and debate.

What happened Shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME) declined by 11% on Friday, as the video game retailer gave back a good chunk of its recent gains.

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it would allow most of its employees to clock in up to half their weekly working hours remotely, providing greater flexibility even after offices start reopening.