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Nio (NYSE: NIO) was once a favorite among growth stock investors, but the company's recent earnings miss, and a deceleration in Q1 deliveries, has annihilated its stock to under $9 a share. In 2021

For those investors thinking of putting money to work in the financial sector, it might be a good idea to consider taking a closer look at either Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) or SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), which is up more than 60% this year, just experienced its best week since December 2020. While stretches like this often lead investors to anticipate some sort of correction

Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) is a one-of-a-kind REIT with a dominant share in the physical records storage market, an up-and-coming data center business, and a thriving services business. In this

Customer engagement expert Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) just made a small but telling change to its business plan. The development platform provider is shedding its Internet of Things (IoT) business, also

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) burst onto the public markets with a splash in July 2020, seeing its stock price skyrocket 164% in the first six months or so of trading. Besides the general love affair that

Between its initial public offering in late 2018 to its peak in early 2021, Farfetch (NYSE: FTCH) saw its shares soar 158%, as investor enthusiasm reached ever-increasing levels. The surging stock

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) is at it again. The large-scale energy midstream company is making yet another sizable acquisition. This time it's acquiring privately held Lotus Midstream in a $1.45

Even in a bear market, there are opportunities. Consider the major indexes themselves. The Nasdaq Composite is up 12% year to date, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2%.

The difference

The stock market has been on a wild ride of ups and downs over the past year, and all three major market indexes -- the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- have dipped into

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) is a leader in commercial real estate finance, so given the state of the real estate market, it isn't much of a surprise that the stock has been beaten down lately. In

The majority of the banking assets of SVB Financial (NASDAQ: SIVB) have been acquired by First Citizens BancShares (NYSE:FCNCA), a North Carolina-based regional bank. In this video, Motley Fool

The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) has been thrust into the public eye of late, thanks to advances such as using AI to create art and the impressive, human-like responses from OpenAI's

Many seniors end up having to spend a lot of money on healthcare. And in that regard, Medicare Advantage can seem like a more optimal choice than original Medicare.

Medicare Advantage plans work

After the high-profile failure of SVB Financial (NASDAQ: SIVB), the entire banking sector has been beaten down and volatile over the past couple of weeks. But in this clip, I discuss with my

Investors are nervous about banking stocks, and rightfully so. With the rapid failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in recent weeks, businesses that seemed to be sound and running

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche (OTC: RHHBY) took a hit from a decline in sales of COVID-19 diagnostic and treatment products in 2022, with group sales inching up 2% at constant exchange rates

Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally sent Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) a Wells notice, informing the company that it was considering possible enforcement action

After coming off a miserable 2022 for the stock market, where the Nasdaq-100 technology index plunged by 33%, Wall Street analysts understandably entered this year with a cautious stance. 

There are

Investors often watch the Nasdaq 100 stock market index as a measure of the technology sector's performance. After it plunged by 33% last year, it's off to a more positive start to 2023, up 17% so

When the stock market makes a relatively large move, it's a sign that trading activity might be elevated. Last year was definitely one of those times, with the benchmark S&P 500 falling 19% and the

The last 12 months have not been kind to stock market investors, with the Nasdaq Composite down 17% over the period. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) hasn't escaped the carnage, with its shares collapsing by a

The S&P 500 index dropped into a bear market early last year as high inflation and rising interest rates gnawed away at investor confidence, and very little has changed since then. The S&P 500 is

SVB Financial Group. Signature Bank. First Republic Bank. Credit Suisse. The number of banks that have experienced problems so far in 2023 has wreaked havoc in the banking industry.

It's not just

Nearly every software stock has gotten crushed over the past year, as slowing enterprise demand and recessionary fears eroded valuations in the high-priced sector.

Earlier this month, it was