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In the business world, there's Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) LinkedIn, and in the medical world, there's Doximity (NYSE: DOCS). The company's platform has not only allowed doctors across America to

Nike (NYSE: NKE) shares took a dive on Friday, falling 6.2% after the company reported first-quarter earnings.

The drop was predictable. Factory shutdowns in Vietnam and Indonesia due to COVID

UPS (NYSE: UPS) finally filled a gaping hole in its business, one that allows the courier to expand beyond just delivering packages. Big Brown announced it was acquiring Roadie, a crowd-sourced

Following failure to win a huge USPS delivery vehicle contract, electric vehicle (EV) maker Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) is seeing its share prices crash even lower. Investor confidence sank

For many Americans, saving $1 million won't be enough for retirement -- you'll need several million in the bank to maintain your standard of living. This is especially true if you aren't retiring

The pandemic was a doubled-edged sword for fake-meat manufacturer Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND). While sales at retail sales soared as consumers stocked up on groceries, sales from the foodservice

C3.ai (NYSE: AI) gained a lot of attention when it went public last December, for three main reasons. First, it was founded and led by Thomas Siebel, who previously founded the enterprise software

Let's face it. The average 35-year-old's investment portfolio should look considerably different than the average 65-year-old's. The former has plenty of time to ride out the market's inevitable ups

September has been a challenging month for stocks, bringing a pause to 2021's bull market. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite have slid about 1.6% and 2.1%, respectively. While it's never fun to

While the past two years were challenging times for most businesses around the world, it was a fantastic period for fintech. The pandemic accelerated megatrends like e-commerce, online banking, and

Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) has come to dominate the workout-at-home segment of the fitness market, but can it expand to gyms as well? The company acquired fitness equipment maker Precor to help it do

Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are two very different types of tech companies. Palantir's market value has tripled since its direct listing last September, thanks to the robust growth of

Whether you're a new investor or a seasoned professional, there is only one reason to buy individual growth stocks: You want to beat the market. And that's no small task. Over the last 20 years, the

Financial performance of renewable energy companies has often been erratic. Be it rooftop solar or fuel cells, renewable energy space is still evolving. However, that does not mean that there are no

The coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on world economies. Some, including the U.S., took the remarkable action of forcing non-essential businesses to close their doors temporarily. The move was

The U.S. equity market entered a turbulent zone in September, with volatility driven by worries about inflation and the impact that sharply rising COVID-19 cases could have on the economy. Investors

Your Social Security income will be with you for the rest of your life. That means any effort you make to increase your benefit should be well worth your time. If you are successful, you kick off

Legendary investor Peter Lynch once said: "Far more money has been lost by investors trying to anticipate corrections, than lost in the corrections themselves." In other words, even if a market

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) fell a few percentage points on Monday morning, following an analyst's move to cut his price target for the stock. Interestingly, however, the analyst's lowered price

In the coming decade, artificial intelligence (AI) will transform many industries, boosting productivity and efficiency. And this technology will create a tremendous amount of wealth in the process

In this episode of the Industry Focus: Energy podcast, host Nick Sciple is joined by Fool.com senior auto specialist John Rosevear to discuss Lucid's (NASDAQ: LCID) 520-mile range vehicle, Rivian's

Tune in for Motley Fool advisor Karl Thiel's debut on Industry Focus as our resident biotech expert discusses the advances and challenges of CRISPR gene-editing technology, as well as how investors

Over the long term, companies with unique cultures, top-notch capital allocation, and innovative leaders often put up some of the greatest market-beating returns. While not easy to find, companies

Last week, biotech Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) published topline interim-analysis data for simufilam, a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. This is the company's sole late-stage

There are plenty of good reasons to buy stocks and hold them for 10 or more years. The most obvious is the history of the stock market. The longer the holding period, the more likely you are to make