By most measures, The new project is firing on all cylinders. Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) streaming service Disney+ added another 16.2 million subscribers during the quarter ending on Oct. 3, bringing its total to 73.7 million. That's incredible, given that it only launched in Nove
Video-streaming giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been crushing the market in 2020. The stock gained 50% year to date and 59% over the last 52 weeks, fueled by global interest in entertainment options during the coronavirus lockdowns.Don't let Netflix's gains keep you away from bu
In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is joined by Motley Fool analyst Karl Thiel to check in on 5 Stocks That Got Trouble, to see if they are out of trouble and how they have performed against the wider market in the last two years. Next
Stocks finished the day and week mostly lower, amid rising COVID-19 infections and the murky waters surrounding central-bank funding for emergency credit funding programs. The two concerns hindered investors' optimism about a smooth economic recovery. More specifically, the blu
U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday as investors wrestled with fiscal stimulus developments, concerns over a lengthy rollout of vaccines, and a growing number of state-level shutdowns to combat the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday as investors wrestled with fiscal stimulus developments, concerns over a lengthy rollout of vaccines, and a growing number of state-level shutdowns to combat the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) just completed a volatile fiscal year in 2020. Several of its profitable businesses were forced by local governments to shut their doors to customers and are only slowly reopening. Through it all, its streaming services thrived. Overall, Disney
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) raised the price for U.S. and Canadian subscribers last month, adding an extra $1 or $2 to most subscribers' monthly bills. When Netflix last raised prices, early last year, it saw its first quarter of subscriber losses since the Qwikster fiasco in 2011. In
The S&P 500 and the Dow were set to open slightly lower on Friday as fears grew over fading stimulus and the blow to the economy from increasing coronavirus infections.
Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Dow dipped on Friday as fears over rising coronavirus infections and fading stimulus threatened to further hamper a slowing economic revival from a pandemic-induced downturn.
Last week, Pfizer and BioNTech announced their COVID-19 vaccine candidate had a greater than 90% efficacy rate in trials, which climbed to 95% after the companies concluded the Phase 3 study. And this week, Moderna announced its vaccine candidate had a 94.5% efficacy rate in tria
"Buy and hold" -- it's a classic investing adage, and it makes a lot of sense, too. Many great fortunes were made by buying into great stocks and just hanging on -- for decades. Those who have reaped gains exceeding 1,000% or even 10,000% on dynamic stocks such as Netflix (NASDAQ
"Buy and hold" -- it's a classic investing adage, and it makes a lot of sense, too. Many great fortunes were made by buying into great stocks and just hanging on -- for decades. Those who have reaped gains exceeding 1,000% or even 10,000% on dynamic stocks such as Netflix (NASDAQ
Mediaset denied a media report on Thursday saying the Italian broadcaster had received a letter from the board of France's Vivendi proposing a deal to settle a long-standing dispute between the two, its spokesman said.
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Baidu is getting some useful M&A advice from an unlikely source. Days after the Chinese search-engine operator agreed to buy a short-video-streaming app for $3.6 billion, short-seller Muddy Waters h
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX), where a total volume of 74,645 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Quibi, we hardly knew ye: After just a few months of existence, viewers are saying goodbye to one of the most unique streaming services ever to challenge Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) for streaming supremacy.Quibi's business plan was certainly bold. The service's "quick bites" of conten