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With nothing more than a passing glance, the stock brokerage industry of today looks more or less like it did 20 years ago. And, with the exception of computerized trade execution, the brokerage

A crypto crash that began Friday afternoon continued over the weekend and picked up the pace on Monday morning. It didn't help that the stock market was down big with growth stocks taking another

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) were all sliding today as investors continue to dump technology stocks in anticipation that the Federal Reserve

The market isn't taking any prisoners right now, but there are especially interesting things happening in the more speculative electric vehicle (EV) sector. It's not just start-up companies with

Shares of many companies in the electric-vehicle (EV) space opened sharply lower amid a broad-based market sell-off on Monday. There were several catalysts for the sell-off, including rising

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) posted record profits in the fourth quarter, but that's not why Motley Fool analyst John Rotonti believes the company is so important. In this podcast

Several cryptocurrencies are emerging to take on the king of the hill, Bitcoin. Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) trading price rose 408% in 2021. Investors like Ethereum as a viable competitor to Bitcoin

Shares of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Digital World Acquisition (NASDAQ: DWAC) were down more than 15% at 11:40 a.m. EST today for no obvious reason other than a general decline

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to release its fiscal 2022 first-quarter results after the market closes on Thursday, Jan. 27, and investors would be hoping for a solid performance from the company to

Shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM) were trading down on Monday morning, amid a broad-based market sell-off seemingly triggered by concerns about higher interest rates. 

As of 11 a.m. ET, GM's

The stock market is having a rough start to 2022. The technology-centric Nasdaq 100 index is down 14% year to date at Monday's prices, and we're not even four weeks into January. But some individual

Today marked a big day in the stock market, with the S&P 500 officially entering correction territory. For certain cryptocurrencies such as Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) that have been selling off for

The stock market was having yet another bad day on Monday, with all three major market indexes well in the red, and the S&P 500 down by nearly 2% at 11 a.m. ET.

However, several fast-growing

The stock market was having a volatile day on Monday, with all three major market indices posting major declines. As of 10:45 a.m. ET, the S&P 500 benchmark index was down by more than 2% on the day

Well, it's looking like another miserable day for stock markets on Monday, with the Dow down 1.7% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq off 2.6%. Once again, semiconductor stock Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is leading

The share of solar energy in the U.S. power generation is expected to rise to 20% by 2050 from just 3% in 2020. That huge increase in solar power generation should benefit manufacturers of solar

Are you ready to set yourself on the road to a stronger financial future in 2022? In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 7, Fool contributors Toby Bordelon and Will Healy discuss some

In volatile market times such as those investors have been seeing lately, it's all too easy to fall into the trap of focusing on the day-to-day movements of your favorite stocks rather than what's

The stock market was having its worst day since October 2020 on Monday morning, with all three major averages down by more than 2%. However, insurance technology companies Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) and

Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) opened lower on Monday amid a broad market sell-off driven largely by concerns about rising interest rates. As of 10:30 a.m. ET, Ford's shares were down about

Shares of Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio (NYSE: NIO) opened sharply lower in U.S. trading on Monday amid a broad market sell-off triggered by rising global tensions and interest rate fears ahead

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) has been one of the most talked-about names in the EV sector since its initial public offering (IPO) in Nov. 2021. The company raised a staggering $12 billion from

New Year's Day 2022 has come and gone, but you might still have a chance of lowering your 2021 tax bill. Although most tax-related items for 2021 locked in place when the calendar year turned, you

The ease with which consumers can log on and get all their shopping done without ever leaving home has worried retail real estate investors for years. Would consumers eventually decide shopping in

With the economy still working to recover from its pandemic-driven slump, the thought of a market crash may not seem as likely. For instance, the Atlanta Fed GDP Now model estimates that the economy