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Shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME) rose 6.7% this week, handily outperforming the broad market index, which was up less than 2% for the five-day period. 

It was a performance the video game retailer

When you're looking for a cannabis stock to invest in, does it pay to go for the bigger players that are both deep and broad in their markets, or to stick with the smaller upstarts that are more

A high dividend yield can be alluring for an income-focused investor, especially in today's low-yielding environment. However, it can also be a sign that a company's dividend is in trouble.

Because

Interest in hydrogen fuel cells has risen tremendously in the last couple of years. Several countries have set ambitious targets for advancing hydrogen fuel. Korea, for example, is targeting 81,000

Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) recently announced that it's buying Prothena's (NASDAQ: PRTA) transthetyrin amyloidosis (ATTR) cardiomyopathy program for up to $1.2 billion. In this Motley Fool Live video

Investors are always searching high and low for the "next big thing". However, sometimes they search for something novel, believing they're too late to profit from ongoing, multi-year trends. One

Last week, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) confirmed that its subscriber-growth slowdown continued in the second quarter, as expected. The streaming video pioneer cast this slowdown as temporary, driven by

You may be a veteran of the stock market, but nobody knows it all. Indeed, the very best investors remain students of the market for their entire lives, always ready to learn something else that

The energy industry is undergoing a massive pivot from carbon-emitting fuel sources to cleaner alternatives. This change could put some energy companies out of business one day if they don't

Social Security benefits can have a significant effect on your retirement, so it's wise to make sure you're doing everything possible to make the most of them.

While you can't begin claiming

Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ: CRSR) are two well-run companies that have generated strong growth over the last 12 months. While both businesses exhibit unique characteristics

It seems like we just finished discussing a 2020 full-year revenue blowout for many of the top U.S. cannabis operators, such as Green Thumb Industries, Curaleaf, and Cresco Labs. Here we are already

The global pandemic that affected almost every economic sector has been somewhat advantageous for the marijuana industry, as lockdowns boosted cannabis sales in many locations. That said, sales

The technology sector has been the most impressive part of the stock market for some time now -- certainly over the past decade as it provided the propulsion for the longest bull market in U.S

In some cases, financial technology companies are attempting to revolutionize their industries, facilitating new ways of doing business. In other cases, fintechs are just competing for space in

Square (NYSE: SQ) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) have both generated massive returns for patient investors over the past few years. Square went public at $9 per share in late 2015, and it's now trading

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) reported massive revenue and earnings gains in its second-quarter earnings report released Tuesday, and the company's stock price soared by more than 11% in

NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is out with its second-quarter results. The large-scale utility generated nearly $1.4 billion, or $0.71 per share, of adjusted earnings, up about 9% from the year-ago

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors mostly saw the streaming giant's second-quarter glass as half empty rather than half full, given Wednesday's post-earnings stock price pullback of a little more than

Uber (NYSE: UBER) is pushing down the gas pedal on its new grocery delivery business. It announced its first major expansion of the service after signing a partnership with Albertsons (NYSE: ACI)

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently announced mixed financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Revenue of $7.34 billion and subscriber growth of 1.5 million exceeded Wall Street analyst and

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently reported its second-quarter results, and it missed analyst expectations on the top line. However, as per usual, the headline numbers don't tell the full story

Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CLDX) recently announced results from a phase 1b clinical study evaluating CDX-0159 in treating two of the most common forms of chronic inducible hives. In this Motley

I've gone back and forth on buying cryptocurrency for months now. At this point, I don't own any, but I'm considering investing a little money in digital coins. And if I do decide to go that route

There are several different kinds of retail REITs, and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) and Realty Income (NYSE: O) are the leaders in their respective categories, malls and net-lease retail. In