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In this video from Motley Fool Live, recorded on Feb. 22, Fool.com contributors Brian Orelli and Keith Speights discuss the recent downturn in Editas Medicine's (NASDAQ: EDIT) stock price and the

The B1351 coronavirus variant from South Africa poses a threat to the currently authorized vaccines from Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX)/Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) because they weren't

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) stock rose 17.6% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. For context, the S&P 500 returned 2.8% last month.

March hasn't been as kind to shares of

Semiconductor equipment supplier Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) rose 22.2% in February, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The company benefited not only from a strong

The energy sector can be a challenging place for income investors. Energy-price volatility has caused many energy companies to reduce their dividends in the past.

However, the energy sector also

Shares of eXp World Holdings (NASDAQ: EXPI) climbed 13.3% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The online real estate and education stock gained ground thanks to

An underappreciated beneficiary from the COVID-19 pandemic was Wix.com (NASDAQ: WIX). The Israeli-based website creation platform has seen tremendous customer growth since March 2020, driving the

Warren Buffett is undoubtedly one of the greatest investors of our time. The Oracle of Omaha has amassed a fortune in excess of $80 billion, placing him among the 10 richest people in the world.

His

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has made smart use of acquisitions to fuel its growth for several years, and it just landed another one with Echtra Games. Zynga didn't disclose the purchase price, so it was

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) sure had a tough 2020. The company posted its first annual loss in at least two decades. Higher oil prices have lifted the stock this year, but is the worst over for the oil

You may find that unsolicited advice is quite easy to come by, especially when it concerns personal finance. There are many circulating theories that might sound amazing as part of a bank's

A new report concludes that many investors are coloring outside the lines in one area of their 401(k)s and defined-contribution retirement plans. The investment rule they're breaking has to do with

Shares of Electrameccanica Vehicles (NASDAQ: SOLO) slumped 19.8% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Electric-vehicle (EV) stocks got hit hard at the end of the

Vir Biotechnolgy (NASDAQ: VIR) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) recently expanded their partnership from a single drug to treat COVID-19 to a multi-drug partnership that covers a drug for the flu, as

Shares of MicroVision (NASDAQ: MVIS) soared 109.3% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock skyrocketed after the company announced an update on its upcoming

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

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

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

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

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