The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Thursday, propelled by optimism about more pandemic relief under the Biden administration to support the economy after data showed a tepid labor market recovery.
Stocks had a largely quiet day on Thursday, with major market benchmarks trading on either side of the unchanged mark as investors paused after a huge rally to begin the year. By the end of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) had fallen back below its reco
Short bets on Tesla Inc were the most unprofitable trade in 2020, as the electric automaker saw its shares surge over 740% en route to becoming the world's most valuable automaker.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Thursday, propelled by optimism about more pandemic relief under the Biden administration to support the economy after data showed a tepid labor market recovery.
Wall Street's main indexes edged up to record highs on Thursday, propelled by optimism about more pandemic relief under the Biden administration to support the economy after data showed a tepid labor market recovery.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Financials, Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, and host Jason Moser look at fourth-quarter earnings from Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), and Citigroup (NYSE: C). They also dive into Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) announcement th
Wall Street's main indexes hovered near record highs on Thursday as investors counted on more pandemic relief and speedy vaccine rollouts under the Biden administration to support the economy after data showed a weakening labor market recovery.
Wall Street's main indexes hovered near record highs on Thursday as investors counted on more pandemic relief and speedy vaccine rollouts under the Biden administration to support the economy after data showed a weakening labor market recovery.
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) both provide essential components for smartphones. Lumentum produces 3D-sensing chips for advanced cameras, and Qualcomm is the world's largest producer of mobile chipsets, which bundle together CPUs, GPUs, and baseband modems f
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Travelers Companies topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 3.5%. Year to date, Travelers Companies registers a 6.9% gain.
Penny stocks can be an exciting place for investors because shares can be extremely volatile and gains can be made very quickly if you pick the right stock. But most penny stocks are speculative investments and fail to even beat the market. If you're looking for better odds than
The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up 76.17 to 13,372.62. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 26,906,105 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session: AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) is +0.08 at $3.05, with 3,210,146 shares tr
World stocks racked up record highs on Thursday and the dollar fell as investors bet major stimulus from new U.S. President Joe Biden and unswerving global central bank support would cushion the coronavirus's economic damage.
In a tech industry where the U.S. remains prominent, investors can easily forget about success stories from other countries. However, foreign companies have driven tech innovation in either their home region or, in some cases, the entire world. Moreover, stocks such as Ericsson (
Call it a correction, a fall, a bubble popped. Whatever your preferred terminology, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are trading at incredibly lofty valuation ratios, and the stock is long overdue for a haircut.Four pictures say 4,000 wordsI agree that Apple is an impressive company.
Shares of Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) have taken off big time in the past 10 months thanks to a string of terrific quarterly results and a bright outlook for the semiconductor industry.But investors who have missed the impressive rallies
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett is easily one of the greatest investing minds of our generation. He took $10,000 in seed capital in the 1950s and has transformed it into a net worth of $88 billion.He's also created more than $400 billion in value
It's always hard to buy a stock that's trading at an all-time high. Nobody wants to pay top-dollar for shares only to find out that they couldn't have picked a worse time to invest.Yet with so many of the top-performing stocks in the market, you simply can't wait for a big bargai
Netflix’s Mixed Q4 Results Stirred AttentionNetflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported its fourth-quarter results on Tuesday after the stock market closed on January 19. The company surprised many with its exceptional growth rates in subscriber count but fell short of profitability e
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit all-time highs on Wednesday as Joe Biden became the 46th U.S. president, while solid results from Netflix sparked a rally in shares of stay-at-home winners.