It goes without saying that two of the very best companies in the world are Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google. In fact, Google and Amazon ranked Nos. 2 and 4, respectively, on this year's Forbes "most valuable bra
The rapid ascent of Shopify's (NYSE: SHOP) stock price has been remarkable. After a monster climb through 2019, the stock is close to doubling again year to date. Investors are more bullish on the company's prospects after it reported another quarter of 47% revenue growth as mor
Investors are taking a closer look at the market's consumer discretionary companies as a reopening U.S. economy fuels hopes of a turnaround for some of the sector's hardest-hit names.
It's a good thing Warren Buffett focuses on the long term instead of the short term. Because so far this year, his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) stock isn't performing very well. Shares of the conglomerate are down 18%, significantly below the year-to-date retu
Online sales have exploded during the coronavirus pandemic, as consumers try to stay home more. Online sales at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy in the first quarter increased by 74%, 141%, and 155%, respectively. Meanwhile, the 800-pound gorilla that is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) conti
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, up 33.2% since the start of the year, has been one of the market winners in 2020. Investors flocked to buy the shares as consumers flocked to the retail giant to buy essentials during the coronavirus pandemic. When most of us think of Amazon and
HBO Max stumbled out of the gate on Wednesday, with large numbers of eligible users unable to access the service on their preferred platform and tepid new subscriber numbers compared to recent successful launches by rival services.
Twitter Inc, Reddit and a group representing major internet firms backed two documentary film groups that have challenged the Trump Administration's 2019 rules requiring nearly all U.S. visitors to disclose social media user information from the prior five years.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) hired 175,000 new workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it's offering 125,000 of those workers permanent positions if they want them, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. "We still definitely have a need for more employees," a spokesper
The S&P 500 and Dow slipped on Friday as investors were nervous ahead of a U.S. response to China's national security law on Hong Kong that threatens to take the shine off another month of strong gains for the stock market.
Shares of data analytics firm Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) have surged nearly 150% since their IPO last autumn. Organizations have loads of digital data that needs to be parsed through and made sense of, and as digital transformation accelerates because of the coronavirus lockdown,
The S&P 500 and the Dow were set to open lower on Friday as investors braced for a U.S. response to China's national security law on Hong Kong, threatening to take the shine off another month of strong gains for Wall Street.
If you're an investor or you hope to become one, you need to know about fractional shares. Fractional shares are partial shares of a company's stock: Instead of owning one or more full shares of the stock, you own a fraction of one. In the past, investors generally would end u
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