Investing in 2020 has been challenging, to say the least. Even with volatility always present in the stock market, the wild vacillations we've witnessed in equities this year on the heels of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been unprecedented. In a six-month stretch,
A weaker-than-expected election performance by Democrats and fears of new coronavirus restrictions have prompted investors to double down on high-flying technology stocks, which have come roaring back in recent days to put the Nasdaq within striking distance of a record.
Pet care retailer Petco Animal Supplies is going public again, announcing Thursday it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering. Although its private equity owners CVC Capital Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board mulled a set of strategic options, inclu
Wall Street's main indexes took a breather on Friday after sharp gains this week as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in a nail-biting election, while the monthly jobs report underlined the economic challenge facing America's next president.
Wall Street's main indexes took a breather on Friday after sharp gains this week as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in a nail-biting election, while the monthly jobs report underlined the economic challenge facing America's next president.
Wall Street's main indexes gave back some of this week's sharp gains on Friday as investors awaited the outcome of a nail-biting election, while the monthly payrolls report underlined the economic challenge facing America's next president.
Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) was still feeling growing pains as it established itself in its niche pre-pandemic. COVID-19, which has devastated many companies, was a real test of Etsy's maturity and ability, and the company passed with flying colors. Now that it's in the limelight, is the
Wall Street's main indexes were set to take a breather on Friday after surging more than 7% this week as monthly payrolls data underlined the scale of the economic challenge awaiting America's next president.
(RTTNews) - Amazon.com, Inc. is planning to create more than 500 full-time jobs at its first fulfillment center in the city of Republic in the state of Missouri. The new one million square feet-facility will be opened in 2021.At the new center, Amazon associates will work to pick
As could have been expected, e-commerce behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) logged another monster quarter of earnings last week. Coronavirus-concerned consumers drove a 37% year-over-year increase in the company's top line for the three-month stretch ending in September. North Americ
2020 has been a turbulent year for the stock market, but not necessarily a bad one when you consider all that has happened. In fact, the S&P 500 is actually up by about 4% for the year as I'm writing this, indicating that the market as a whole has recovered nicely from the ef
Wall Street was set to trim this week's more than 7% jump on Friday, ahead of a jobs report expected to underline the scale of the economic challenge awaiting America's next president.
U.S. stock futures slipped on Friday as investors locked in some gains after a more than 7% rally on Wall Street this week, while Democrat Joe Biden took a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia for the first time.
In this fun and friendly Election Day special episode of Industry Focus, Emily Flippen chats with Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma about how this election may affect some companies or industries over the coming years. They discuss both Biden and Trump's policies and their implicat
In this week's episode of Motley Fool Money: Earnings-palooza! Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser, Ron Gross, and Andy Cross to bring you the latest news headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They've got some trillion-dollar companies' earnings re
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has launched its first regional hub in Europe to handle air shipments, creating 200 new jobs in Germany's Schkeuditz, where the new facility is based.
When the pandemic struck earlier this year, the need for remote access and cloud computing became abundantly clear. This acceleration in adoption of cloud computing wasn't limited to Amazon and its cloud offering, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Businesses that were new to the space q
With Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ: GO) scheduled to report third-quarter earnings next week, should investors put their money into the deep-discount supermarket chain's stock or would they be better off waiting?The grocery store has an expansion mindset and an enviable track record of
Those who banked on a big U.S. government spending splurge may be dismayed but two days on from U.S. Election Day, investors are looking on the bright side - less regulatory tightening than feared and a central bank still in full money-printing mode.