Thursday morning was volatile for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) as investors grappled with surges in COVID-19 cases in many states across the country. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he was pausing further phases of re-opening Texas due to rapidly
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total volume of 115,592 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat
Shares of Walt Disney Co dropped 2.4% on Thursday after the media company delayed the reopening of theme parks and resort hotels in California, following a surge in fresh COVID-19 cases in the state.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently announced it will gradually replace Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) chips with its own custom ARM-based chips in its future Macs over the next two years. The new Macs will run on Apple's custom system on chips (SoCs), which bundle together a first-party CPU,
Last week, the European Commission announced that it was formally opening antitrust investigations into Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding its App Store rules, as well as Apple Pay practices. This week, news broke that U.S. regulators and state attorneys general might be preparing t
(RTTNews) - S&P Dow Jones Indices or "S&P DJI" said that preliminary first-quarter 2020 S&P 500 stock buybacks, or share repurchases, were $198.7 billion, down 3.4% from the first-quarter 2019's $205.81 billion.
Shares of Walt Disney Co dropped 2.4% on Thursday after the media company delayed the reopening of theme parks and resort hotels in California, following a surge in fresh COVID-19 cases in the state.
Stock trading platform Robinhood has been in the news quite a bit recently, and not for the best reasons. In short, the no-fee, easy-to-use platform has become widely used by inexperienced investors to day trade stocks in the hopes of making quick profits.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen and Motley Fool contributor Dan Kline look at some retail and consumer goods companies staring at bankruptcy and discuss their prospects and what they can do to turn their businesses around. They give a breakdown o
Technology stocks fell during Wednesday trading, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF declining 2.1% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index also slipped 1.7%.
The stock market appeared to be taking the surge in COVID-19 cases seriously on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was down about 2.8% at 1:45 p.m. EDT. Confirmed cases and hospitalizations are rising in many states, raising fears that new stay-at-home
After rebounding sharply higher in April, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone sales tumbled 7.7% in May in China compared to the previous month, according to data gathered by CNBC.
Technology stocks were falling in Wednesday trading, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF declining 2.3% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index also was slipping 2.3%.