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The stock market has been unstoppable this year, with bullishness continuing from 2020 and the S&P 500 index now up over 15% since the start of January. Given that context, it's natural to be a

Kudos to Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for looking at opportunities beyond search engines and search-based advertising. YouTube and its cloud computing service arm have been smashing

Movie theater operator AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) seems to be losing its luster with the retail trader crowd that now makes up 80% of the company's shareholder base. AMC stock is down

Dividend investors rarely argue with a healthy payout increase -- as long as the company can afford that increase. Nobody wants to face the potential of a painful cut further down the line.

In what was a mixed month for fuel cell stocks, FuelCell Energy dipped more than 9% while Ballard Power Systems inched nearly 5% higher.

But Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) outshone them both. Continuing

If you had invested $1,000 each in the stock of trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL), food equipment company Middleby (NASDAQ: MIDD), and paint and coatings company

Stocks keep heading higher, but anyone who's been in the market for more than just the past few weeks knows that the market doesn't move upward forever. Sooner or later the downticks will come, and

If you've been concentrating on U.S. stocks, you may not have noticed the walloping Chinese tech stocks have taken lately. Just look at the China internet-focused exchange-traded fund KraneShares

Savvy investors are always looking for an edge to improve their returns. Buying stocks at a discount to where they will trade in the future is one way to do that. Another is to buy stocks that pay

Each year, more businesses move to establish an online presence, especially amid the global pandemic where economic lockdowns have created unparalleled uncertainty. There's a thriving group of

Shares of North America-focused precious metals miner Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) fell a touch over 17% in June according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The interesting thing here is that

On Sunday, July 11, Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) plans to send its founder, Sir Richard Branson, into space on a test flight onboard the VSS Unity. If successful, Branson would become the

Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) has landed another top podcast, spending $60 million on the Call Her Daddy podcast that was formerly on the Penn National Gaming's Barstool network. This popular show joins The

We get it. AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) constantly trying to dilute investors isn't what Reddit traders signed up for; they wanted short squeezes that stick it to hedge funds and short-sellers. 

All across the U.S., companies are struggling to find workers. Opinions are divided about the root cause of this trend, but it's happening nonetheless. In this video from Motley Fool Live, recorded

Cloud computing has been cemented in place as a high-priority investment by the pandemic. The ability to access software and services from anywhere an internet connection can be found is

Shares of tech giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have risen sharply in recent weeks. The stock has climbed about 15% in the last 30 days alone, recovering from a slump that has persisted since late

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) recently received unconditional antitrust approval in the European Union for its $35 billion acquisition of Xilinx. AMD shares finished the week of June 28 up

It might be a bumpy ride in 2021, but Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) should post another year of rising market share and increasing earnings. The alcoholic beverage giant behind some of the

India is the second-most-populous country in the world, counting nearly 1.34 billion people as citizens, trailing China's population of almost 1.4 billion by a small margin. Not surprisingly, global

As the economy opens back up in many places and things start going back to normal for some people, businesses that have been struggling amid the pandemic should be in much better shape. For

Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) benefited from the increase in people eating at home during the pandemic, as services that delivered food to your door became almost a necessity and less of a luxury. The

ContextLogic (NASDAQ: WISH) has become somewhat of a meme stock lately, but it's important for investors to understand that the underlying business, the Wish e-commerce marketplace, is a very real

Nine years ago, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and its pilots reached an historic agreement that significantly changed the U.S. airline industry's competitive dynamics. Delta agreed to add 88 small

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across America and lockdowns began hammering the economy, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) managed the situation better than many of its restaurant sector peers. By