At first blush it seems like yet another streaming service the market doesn't really need. Between Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Comcast's Peacock, Walt Disney's Disney+, and others, consumers seem to have plenty of higher-profile digital video venues to choose from. The upcoming launc
Up-and-coming Chinese entertainment platform Bilibili (NASDAQ: BILI) has a catchy name and an even catchier business model. The company has a diversified revenue stream, riding the growing demand for online games, live streaming, e-commerce, and other paid subscription services.
It paid off to own Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) this year. The streaming video giant's stock trounced the market during a volatile year in 2020, delivering impressive gains to shareholders along the way.If you invested $8,000 in the stock in January, in fact, today you'd have over $12,
Many tech stocks easily weathered the COVID-19 crisis this year, as stay-at-home trends boosted the usage of cloud services, streaming media, social networks, e-commerce services, and tools for remote work. The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index rallied 40% this year as the S&P 50
Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have done remarkably well this year, having climbed 53% so far in 2020. Roku's (NASDAQ: ROKU) stock has done even better, more than doubling Netflix's performance and gaining 129%. Going forward, however, their paths will diverge even further, wit
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will begin imposing data caps on customers in all of the states it operates in come 2021, after announcing that a dozen states in the Northeast that were previously excluded from the limitations would now be included.
Five years ago, I developed a framework of parameters to score companies and used it to help populate my portfolio. Over the years, only nine stocks have scored high enough to make buying them automatic for me.During 2020 (a year that has thrown enough curveballs at us to qualify
CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077, the highly anticipated video game featuring Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, attracted huge interest on debut on Thursday, though some players flagged technical issues with the Polish developer's latest offering.
When Teledoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) announced an upcoming merger with Livongo Health in August, the healthcare industry went a little crazy. People called the deal everything from a waste of shareholder money (because of the stratospheric valuation) to the future of healthcare, beca
What will Disney do? Hollywood is asking that question a week after AT&T Inc's Warner Bros upended the film business by saying it would debut all of its 2021 movies on its HBO Max streaming service on the same day they hit theaters.
Cyberpunk 2077, the highly anticipated game by Polish video games maker CD Projekt, topped Steam's chart at its premiere on Thursday after eight years in development and multiple launch delays.
Shares of Disney (NYSE: DIS) were mercilessly punished immediately following the outbreak of COVID-19, losing more than 40% of their value. The stock has climbed out of that hole and is now up about 7% for the year. While the shares are near all-time highs, they will surge to new
Are These The Best Stocks To Buy In The Stock Market Today?This year, the stock market has surprised many investors by being able to rebound so quickly. It’s easy to forget that the market has recovered all its losses during the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 and Nas
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) continues to achieve one earnings success after another. The most recent quarter brought a massive revenue surge and a surprise profit. As its user base and advertising ecosystem continue to grow, Roku has placed itself at the center of the streaming universe.
India's Air Force asked Netflix to withdraw scenes from a film on Wednesday in which a veteran Bollywood actor wearing a military uniform uses offensive language, in the latest controversy for the streaming platform in the country.
Over two market days last month, online marketplace operator Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR) lost more than 27% of its value. There was no company-specific news to explain the decline. This left some investors wondering what to make of it all.On this episode of Fool Live that aired on Nov. 1
Many seasoned investors like to take stock of their holdings at the end of each year. December is your last chance to make tax management moves, and it generally makes sense to organize your financial planning around the calendar year. It's the holiday season, after all. What bet
In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Jason Moser chats with Rory Carron, head analyst of MyWallSt, about the subscription-based business model and some interesting companies operating in that economy. They discuss the pros and cons of the subscription economy, some compan
With a coronavirus vaccine right around the corner, we might wonder about the future performance of stocks that thrived in a stay-at-home environment. A vaccine won't end the pandemic overnight. But its existence may remove some fear and prompt consumers to return to outside-of-h
Despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupting economic activity like never before, it's been a banner year for equities. Through this past weekend, the benchmark S&P 500 was up nearly 15% on a year-to-date basis. That's pretty amazing, considering it was