In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst John Rotonti about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They discuss a recent cyberattack on FireEye and suggest ways for investors to approach the cybersecurity space in general. T
Big tech firms such as Google and Facebook will face fines of up to 6% of turnover if they do not do more to tackle illegal content and reveal more about advertising on their platforms under draft European Union rules.
It's been an impressive run, to say the least. Not only is the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) up 37% year to date, as of Wednesday it's up 79% from its March low. And that's factoring in this week's weakness.Stalwarts like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) hav
Wall Street was set to tumble on Friday as delays over a new fiscal stimulus package and surging coronavirus infections dented sentiment even as regulators moved toward emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine.
As we get ready to close the book on 2020, allow me to call out two sectors that will create enormous wealth for investors over the next decade.The first is virtual currencies and digital wallets. Fintech is changing banking and payments forever and Square (NYSE: SQ) is at the ce
After a nice share run-up post-IPO, America's No. 1 drug app company by popularity, GoodRx Holdings (NASDAQ: GDRX), is down over 30% from its high and remains below its debut price of $46 per share. Now, many investors are wondering if they should buy the dip on some shares. Afte
It's a fun thought exercise to imagine what stock you'd buy if you could only buy one. Several candidates come to my mind, such as Amazon.com and Apple. But I think my best answer has to be this one stock: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B).If it doesn't ring a bell,
With a newly announced slate of green energy investments, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is now the world's top corporate investor in such technology, the company said in a press release distributed on Thursday.The giant retailer's new projects comprise 26 new energy-generation facilities
Oracle Corp beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday, as remote work trends boosted cloud product and software licensing sales.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total volume of 227,241 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat
Tech companies with millions of European users or active in at least two sectors will be classified as online gatekeepers subject to tough new EU rules aimed at curbing their power, three people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The S&P 500 was nearly flat on Thursday as investors weighed signs of progress in fiscal stimulus talks against data showing a surge in jobless claims, while energy stocks soared on a sharp jump in oil prices.
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Ron Gross about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They also discuss the falling unemployment rate and market recovery. They've got one of the biggest deals ev
2020 was a great year for U.S. tech companies, many of which were well-insulated from the pandemic. But it was also a solid year for many overseas tech companies, which benefited from the same stay-at-home and cloud tailwinds as their domestic counterparts. Let's take a closer lo
Etsy's (NASDAQ: ETSY) stock more than tripled this year as the pandemic caused more people to shop online. Orders for Etsy's handmade goods surged, while online sales of musical instruments at Reverb -- which it acquired last August -- jumped as brick-and-mortar stores closed dow