Invest in the right stocks, and $5,000 could be the beginning of something big. Stocks are great wealth-building tools, but it's important to ignore the short-term price movements and focus on the performance of the business itself, as that is the most reliable way to make money
Media-streaming technology specialist Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) had been on my radar since it produced the first set-top box that could stream Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) content in 2008. The company entered the public stock market nearly 10 years after that. It still looked like a great id
When I'm talking about the year's best stocks, I'm not just thinking about their straight-up market returns. I prefer to sift through the strongest performers while also considering their prospects for continued success. Nobody wants to buy into a skyrocketing stock just before i
Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) stock got nearly a 14% boost last week. The catalyst – optimism surrounding expansion of the streaming service Disney+. Scheduled increase of prices across the U.S. and Europe, and the expectation that the service will become profitable on a stan
So sweeping has been consumer acceptance of Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) streaming service in its first year of operation that Disney+ is now expected to generate over $4 billion in revenue in the next two years.The industry watchers at eMarketer say the service's revenue will hit $
Streaming is the new battleground in the entertainment industry, and Disney (NYSE: DIS) has emerged as one of the top global players in the space. Just one year after it launched Disney+, the new service has already attracted nearly half as many subscribers as Netflix (NASDAQ: NF
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) has long been the better toymaker when compared to rival Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT), but the coronavirus pandemic took a bigger toll on the former compared to the latter.Both toymakers have doubled in value from their low points in mid-March, but the bigger of the
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) kicked off 2020 by completing its acquisition of British TV and film producer Entertainment One -- part of its plan to create a unified "play and entertainment company," as Hasbro puts it. The pandemic put many of those ambitions on hold, but Hasbro's vision
Netflix Inc said on Wednesday its video-streaming services were restored after a brief outage for some users across the United States, Canada and South America.
The U.K.'s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, known formally as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are about to become podcasters. Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) announced Tuesday that it has signed an exclusive deal with the royal couple's Archewell Audio production company
The market overall is expensive by most traditional valuation metrics as stock indexes bounce near all-time highs while the wider economy struggles to recover from the pandemic.Amid all the uncertainty, however, there are some unloved and absurdly cheap stocks on the market. Righ
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will produce and host podcasts for Spotify's streaming service, the Swedish company said on Tuesday, starting with a holiday special that will be released this month.
There was a great deal of talk on travel stocks this year. Many new, young investors targeted hard-hit cruise ship and airline stocks, jumping at the chance to buy cheap shares after the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Going into January, we are going to have a clearer picture on the progr
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will soon have an open seat on its Board of Directors. Former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice will exit the video-streaming veteran's governing group in order to direct President-elect Joe Biden's Domestic Policy Council. The change will take place on
The S&P 500 ended lower on Monday, weighed down by Walt Disney, while Alexion Pharmaceuticals jumped on a $39 billion buyout offer from AstraZeneca in one of the year's biggest deals.
Starting in January, most seasons of popular workplace comedy "The Office" will be accessible only with a monthly subscription to Comcast Corp's Peacock Premium streaming service, the company announced on Monday.