Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Nordic American Tankers Ltd (Symbol: NAT), where a total volume of 43,869 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative o
Videogame sales in March hit their highest in over a decade, as Americans turned to games like "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" and "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" because of lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavrius.
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GameStop (NYSE: GME) gave up almost all the gains it made yesterday from news of insiders buying shares as its stock tumbled over 13% in early-morning trading on no apparent news.
The past several years for the technology market have overwhelmingly been about cloud computing, with a generous helping of artificial intelligence on the side. Both industries will remain big tech focal points for the foreseeable future, too.
In this episode of Market Foolery, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analyst Ron Gross look at the most recent business headlines. Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT) posts strong results across segments. Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) shares ventilator specs. There is dividend news, there is an update on
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) introduced an app on Monday that will allow gamers to create and watch video games being played live, a move that will take on industry leader Twitch, owned by Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). It will also place the company into direct competition with Google's Y
Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, which added 32,150,056 units, or a 6.8% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of VOO, in mo
Since January, Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch has seen average concurrent viewers nearly double from about 1.3 million in January to 2.5 million in April, according to TwitchTracker.
Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) says it will return the $10 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan it received before the program ran out of money last Wednesday.
The long wait for a comeback at Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) continues. The stock briefly crossed the $50 per share threshold before falling back amid the coronavirus-fueled market sell-off. Though it has bounced back from lows in the mid-$30 per share range, Cisco still trades
Facebook Inc is planning to launch a gaming mobile app on Monday focused mainly on live game streaming in a bid to take on Amazon.com Inc's Twitch, Google's YouTube and Microsoft Corp's Mixer services, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
With the stock market still down significantly off its highs from earlier this year, there are still a lot of attractive stocks that you could buy. But with a limited amount of money available to invest, you have to be very picky. Many investors don't have enough cash to scoop u
Dividend stocks are appealing in any market. After all, research has shown that dividend-paying stocks outperform the non-dividend-paying variety. But during volatile times like these, dividend stocks really shine as they are generally less risky than non-dividend payers as thos
Investors are no doubt looking for the best places to put their money right now, as the coronavirus crisis wreaks havoc on the health of people across the world and its economic impact becomes more apparent.