MUMBAI (Reuters Breakingviews) - India is set to be the first to tear down the walls around global technology giants. Entrepreneurs that helped build a new standard in affordable digital payments used locally by Alphabet, Facebook, Wa
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Grant Sabatier, founder of Millennial Money, a site dedicated to helping people on their financial independence journey. (Millennial Money was acquired by The Motley Fool in October.) Grant talks about how he went from losin
Are These Top Tech Stocks On Your Watchlist For 2021?Tech stocks have put on a stellar performance in the stock market this year. As we come to an end in 2020, investors have come to embrace these tech stocks. The reason is simply that these top tech stocks have brought very high
What happenedThe stock of video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) popped on Tuesday after filings revealed that major shareholder Ryan Cohen has increased his stake in the company. Over the past several months, GameStop has gained as Cohen has built his position. The stock was u
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) may be a leading social media platform, and this year, its stock has well outperformed the market. But despite both its notoriety and its recent share-price gains, the company hasn't done a great job managing its business.Peers including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB)
Some stocks deserve cheap valuations. Issues like shrinking demand, compressing margins, or new, formidable competitive entrants and industry disruption can all rightfully weigh on a company's price tag.Still, there are value stocks with prospects much brighter than their price-t
GameStop's (NYSE: GME) activist investor, Ryan Cohen, founder of online pet supplies leader Chewy, upped his stake in the video game retailer to almost 13%, according to an SEC filing last week. But Cohen says he's not going to be making any waves -- at least not yet.Cohen's RC V
(RTTNews) - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) said it plans to open two new fulfillment centers and a new delivery station in San Antonio, Texas. The new operations facilities will together create more than 1,500 new full-time jobs.Amazon said its associates will work to pick, pack, and shi
It can be challenging enough to find great gifts for special people in your life, let alone gifts that will actually increase in value as the years go on. That's the beauty of giving (and receiving) stocks as a present.Left with time to flourish and grow, even a relatively small
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itsel
U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a vaccine remain confused about conflicting guidelines on how shots will be administered and to which workers, even as millions of doses make their way across the country.
Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT) is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on office properties. It owns the iconic Empire State Building in Manhattan, as well as 13 other office properties in the New York City area. It has about 9.4 million rentable square feet o
The price you pay for a stock can make the difference between whether you make a good return on your investment or incur a loss. Bargains can be hard to find, especially amid a strong bull market such as ours -- but taking the time to hunt down stocks that are trading at cheap pr
One of the strangest years on record for the stock market is ending. When we eventually cross the finish line in nine calendar days, it'll potentially be with the major U.S. indexes at or very close to all-time highs. It's pretty incredible to think about considering where equiti
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Big Tech will go shopping for computer games in 2021. Alphabet-owned Google and Amazon.com are trying to muscle into the $175 billion industry by letting people play games on any screen for a monthly fee,
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They discuss a recent outage suffered by multiple Google services and the market's reaction to the event. They've got all the
Investment in renewable energy isn't limited to solar and wind developers. Some of the biggest companies in the world are investing heavily in renewable energy. For example, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, Apple, Amazon, and Walmart are the biggest solar ene
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker about the latest headlines and earning reports from Wall Street. They've got a merger announcement that will create the world's largest cannabis producer. They discuss BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK)
SAN FRANCISCO/MILAN/LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Corona Capital is a column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen and Motley Fool contributor Asit Sharma take a closer look at Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX). They examine the company's income statement, operations, consumer growth numbers, and some recent changes in the company to un