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In 2015, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) entered into an agreement to acquire King Digital, the parent company of the popular mobile game Candy Crush. King operates hundreds of social

Over the past decade, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has attempted to reinvent itself as a cloud services company through big investments and acquisitions. Unfortunately, all that spending couldn't offset the

Only two months in, and 2021 is shaping up to be quite a different year from 2020. The market's best-performing sectors have so far been energy, financials, communications, and industrials --

Tech investors have enjoyed some big gains over the past year, but some are starting to get anxious. Concerns that rising bond yields and more government stimulus could eventually lead to inflation

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a fast-growing technology. The researcher IDC expects global spending on AI hardware and software to exceed $300 billion in 2024, doubling from what was spent in

Shares of Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) have taken a beating in recent months. The stock erased what was a 50% advance through last summer and is now down about 10% from where it was a year ago at the onset

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing's ticker symbol "MMM" was so iconic that people simply started calling the company 3M (NYSE: MMM) not long after the company started operating in 1902. The moniker

Shockwave Medical (NASDAQ: SWAV) posted substantial increases in revenue in the fourth quarter. But it's still far from reaching its $6 billion annual addressable market. In this video from Motley

As Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hovers around $50,000 and news stories circulate about the millionaires it has created, it's hard not to experience the fear of missing out. As investors try to catch up, it

In this video, I will be talking about the newly announced SPAC merger between Gores Holdings VI (NASDAQ: GHVI) and Matterport.

We will go over what Matterport does, how big the total addressable

Oil prices have been scorching hot this year. Crude prices are up roughly 30% on the year, thanks in large part to OPEC's support. The oil producing group recently agreed to continue lending a

Whether you're a novice investor or have been investing for years, it can sometimes be difficult to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the stock market.

While some myths and misconceptions

All businesses have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. That much is certain. But the ways in which the pandemic has impacted different companies has more to do with the vulnerabilities of their

Short-sellers have placed bets on the decline of various coronavirus vaccine developers throughout the vaccine race. Short positions were particularly high from July through November of last year

If you want to make 10, 50, or even 100 times your money in the stock market, most of those opportunities will come from smaller stocks. It's very hard for a huge company to go up by many multiples

Widespread vaccine availability should help end the pandemic over the next year. That global success will supercharge a few depressed industries, like cruise lines, while others, like home

The energy market is in transition. It's moving from a focus on producing fossil fuels to a strategy of tapping cleaner and renewable energy sources. While this shift will take time, many companies

If you've ever taken your pet to the vet for something other than a routine checkup, you've witnessed the amazing perceptiveness of veterinarians. Even though their patients can't communicate their

Companies that are disrupting the status quo are often great investments over the long term. But in the short term, they can be volatile. The stock price might race up as investors get excited about

As the largest bank in the U.S., with more than $3.3 trillion in assets, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) may be hard to fathom as a candidate for continuing growth. But the bank has lots of opportunities

If you have $5,000 to spare right now, it makes a lot of sense to invest this money in stocks that can provide you with regular and growing dividend income over the next several years. Three stocks

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) has quickly turned into a battleground stock since it went public last year. This is a fast-growing company picking up lots of young customers and raving fans. But having just

It's not often you find the combination of a hot new investing trend and a boring old government program, but that's exactly what Clover Health (NASDAQ: CLOV) offers. The company sells Medicare

GameStop's (NYSE: GME) stock has been on an incredible ride this year.  Reddit group WallStreetBets' traders helped drive the price from about $17 at the start of the year to $483. It's currently

Few people have done more for the financial independence, retire early (FIRE) movement than Pete Adeney. But most people don't know Pete by that name. They know him as Mr. Money Mustache -- a