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Entering 2019, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) executives warned investors that the company would likely report unusually high unit cost growth this year. Back in January, Southwest projected that

You'd think it'd be obvious that one of the key tasks of an oil company is drilling for oil. However, oil major ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) hasn't exactly been doing a good job of that recently, with

By Amy Elisa Jackson

What do recruiters and hiring managers really want to hear from you during an interview? If you're mid-job search and are honest, you can admit that you've pondered this

The FDA recently approved the first tablet form of an extremely popular type of diabetes treatment and it could shake things up for some of the world's largest drugmakers. Unless you follow the

Nearly 60% of Americans say they're living paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey from Charles Schwab. When money is tight, you might be mostly focused on paying your bills and keeping your

If you'd like to buy stocks with the intention of holding them forever -- just as legendary investor Warren Buffett does -- you need to choose them mighty carefully. Even today's most successful

Few industrial companies have been the subject of worse headlines in 2019 than General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Boeing (NYSE: BA).

General Electric, which is in the early stages of what figures to be

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) should be reporting its third-quarter results in just four weeks from this week. While no firm date has been announced, various sites peg the e-commerce behemoth's report

Healthcare can be a daunting prospect for seniors, namely because health issues can creep up as folks age, and because Medicare comes with a lot of hidden costs that seniors aren't well-prepared

When Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) introduced the Powerwall in 2015, it was the start of a race toward energy storage becoming a standard offering with residential solar. At the time, the Powerwall was meant

One of this month's biggest IPO winners is Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG). The provider of cloud monitoring and analytics tools went public at $27 on Thursday morning, and two days into its brief trading

Six months ago, cannabis kingpin Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) could not be stopped. The company's share price more than doubled from its December lows to hit a closing high that was just pennies from

Although renewable power has been making big headlines for years, the truth is that the industry is still quite new. And, equally important, there are years of growth ahead as renewable power

Saving enough for retirement is a challenge for almost all Americans. Even if you know how much you need to hit your goal, finding that extra cash in your monthly budget isn't always easy. But

Chances are, email is an integral part of doing your job. In fact, you probably check your email not only at the office, but on your way to work and after hours as well. But while spending some time

Over the next five to 10 years, marijuana is expected to become the greatest thing since sliced bread. Following a more than tripling in legal worldwide sales between 2014 and 2018 to $10.9 billion

Millions of seniors rely on Social Security to provide a substantial portion of their retirement income. But should you do the same? The reality is that those benefits won't come close to taking the

It's not unusual to make a financial decision and bemoan it after the fact. Maybe you took on too much house. Maybe you racked up debt that cost you lots of money in interest. Or maybe you simply

The service industry will always exist for one reason: There's a group of people out there with a mastery of a skill or craft for which the general public has little clue.

For example, if my

Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), the nation's seventh-largest bank, and retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced an agreement last week to leverage both of their strong arms to capture greater

You might be reluctant to consider investing in healthcare stocks in the current climate. Politicians in Washington are talking about drug pricing reform. Presidential candidates are proposing

In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill talks with Motley Fool analyst and video game industry whiz Aaron Bush about some market news. Data analytics company Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) went

Each week on Industry Focus: Financials, host Jason Moser and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP each share a stock that's on the top of their watchlist. This week, both of their picks were

The Motley Fool's new real estate investing website, Millionacres, recently launched with a ton of valuable content on topics ranging from buying and financing investment properties to real estate

Square (NYSE: SQ) has been conducting small-scale tests of a stock-trading platform within its Cash App. If it ends up introducing this on the entire platform, it could be a way to get some serious