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At the outset, everyone should understand that cryptocurrencies fundamentally differ from stocks. Stocks have intrinsic value -- they represent a real piece of a physical business. In the short

Will the stock market continue to soar in 2021? Or will another crash be right around the corner? No one knows what will happen for sure. For some stocks, though, what the overall market does won't

After a wild 2020, we all want to start fresh in 2021. To have the most stable year possible, you'll need to be careful when it comes to Social Security. Here are a few mistakes to avoid in the next

This has certainly been a year that the investing community won't soon forget. Unprecedented volatility caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic initially cost the broad-based S&P

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has disrupted the global auto industry, and is easily the most valuable automaker on earth. However, investors are also giving the company a lot of credit for what they expect

ESG investing -- or investing with a higher emphasis on environmental, social, and governance criteria -- is simple. It just means investing in companies that do well by doing good.

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Retailers have faced plenty of headwinds this year -- mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 temporarily shut stores and pushed consumers to focus on buying essentials rather

It's easy for good opportunities in mid-cap stocks to go unnoticed by investors. Stocks with a market capitalization between $2 billion and $10 billion are sort of tweeners by definition. They often

The benchmark S&P 500 is on track to end the year notably higher, but that doesn't mean it's been a smooth ride. Since the end of February, we've seen the fastest bear market slide on record, as

Binary narratives are powerful, mostly due to their simplicity. Ultimately, there's something authoritative in believing one solution is clearly right and the other is definitively wrong

In this episode of Industry Focus: Tech, Dylan Lewis and Motley Fool contributor Brian Feroldi take a deep dive into Roblox, an immersive gaming metaverse highly popular with kids aged 13 and

Well, that was fast.

One day after cryptocurrency market operator Coinbase announced that it confidentially filed the regulatory paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an

2020 has been a landmark year for stocks trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has dramatically outpaced the gains of other major market benchmarks, showing

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Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE)Q2 2021 Earnings CallDec 18, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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The Food and Drug Administration authorized a second coronavirus vaccine on Friday. The emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) mRNA-1273 comes just a day after the agency's

Nike's (NYSE: NKE) stock was sprinting ahead in after-hours trading on Friday following the post-market release of its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2021. 

For the quarter, the famous

Once again, a recipient of Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) mRNA-1273 coronavirus vaccine candidate is exercising its option for more doses. On Friday, the company announced that the European Commission

On Friday afternoon, Novartis (NYSE: NVS) gave investors some bad news regarding an experimental treatment the pharma giant bought for around $9.7 billion last December. Instead of issuing an

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) announced that it has approved a $30 billion share repurchase program for 2021.

The news came within hours of the Federal Reserve releasing its second round of bank

Winnebago (NYSE: WGO) shareholders had good reasons to look forward to the company's fiscal 2021 first-quarter results in late December. The RV giant raced back to sales growth in the prior period

Friday was a crazy day for the stock market, as investors had to deal with a wild combination of factors affecting trading. The expiration of stock and index futures and options contracts, the

Once the head of the pack in computer processors, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is coming under serious attack in its core business. Rival big tech companies are opting to develop their own chips, with the

The Federal Reserve will lift the ban on stock buybacks by large banks in the first quarter of 2021, but it will also limit those buybacks to an amount based on profits in 2020.

The Fed also said

Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) upcoming production facility in Europe has apparently suffered another delay. Tech news site Electrek reported on Friday, citing "reports coming out of Germany," that the