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Today's video looks at recent news affecting the semiconductor market. A report on graphics processing units (GPUs) by Jon Peddie Research has stated that Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has grabbed discrete

Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 easily beat Wall Street analyst estimates for both revenue and earnings. What stood out, however, was that Disney+

U.S. retail spending has surged this year, with brick-and-mortar chains driving the bulk of the industry's growth. Off-price retailers have been some of the biggest winners.

On Thursday, Burlington

In 2020, we saw the birth of "meme stocks": businesses in dire straits that nevertheless garnered significant retail investor interest. Some of these names have produced dramatic returns. Movie

The second-quarter earnings season was packed with mostly good news for investors. Many of the market's biggest companies, from retailers to tech giants, raised their 2021 outlooks following a

Shares of Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) have climbed 40% since it went public through a direct listing in March. The company has a growing platform of 46 million daily active users that connect with each

You probably haven't heard of real estate business eXp World Holdings (NASDAQ: EXPI), but its recent growth suggests it could soon become a household name. eXp is making waves in the industry by

This year has been a great one for investors so far. With the S&P 500 up by 19% through late August, gains have again outpaced the long-term average on rising optimism about a post-pandemic growth

Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) investors might be in for a volatile trading week ahead. The digital identity management giant's second-quarter earnings report is due out on Wednesday, Sept. 1, and it will

If you want to find tomorrow's great companies that could significantly change your financial situation, look for companies that consistently post high rates of revenue growth. All the blue chip

Small businesses are very sensitive to the state of the economy. They're closely tied to local communities, and therefore don't have the level of reach, scale, or access to capital that large

NewLake Capital Partners (OTC: NLCP), Village Farms International (NASDAQ: VFF) and Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ: HYFM) are not as well known as many other cannabis companies, but all three

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) stock has been up and down this year. After soaring 148% in 2020, shares are currently up just 6% year to date, lagging the performance of the S&P 500. Valuation concerns seem to

If you have a major life goal in mind through 2030 that'll require substantial sums of money, investing in stocks is perhaps the best way to build that wealth. Just buy shares in compelling

Geron (NASDAQ: GERN) is a small biotech that's experienced plenty of ups and downs. Unfortunately, there have been more downs than ups over the last year. In this Motley Fool Live video recorded on

Do you need a little more income from your portfolio? Maybe you just need to replace some dividend stocks you've recently shed. Regardless of the reason, the low-interest-rate environment is

Genius Brands International (NASDAQ: GNUS) investors haven't had much to smile about in 2021. Shares in the small-cap children's entertainment company have fallen 50% from their 52-week high, and

It can pay to be different. In my view, the smartest investments are often companies that have something special -- for example, a clever business model, or a history of rebutting assumptions about

If the government could just get out of the way of marijuana, it could realize its full potential as a massive growth opportunity. Unfortunately, a tax and regulatory morass on the state level

Whether you're nearing the end of your career or just joining the workforce, you can count on the fact that when you do retire, Social Security will be there for you.

That said, its monthly checks

EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) is an experiential real estate investment trust (REIT) whose properties (theaters, attractions, ski resorts, and other leisure and recreation sites) were mostly closed

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest firm has become famous for its hyper growth-focused approach to the stock market. Wood's teams look for innovative companies that have the potential to shape and benefit

Not every stock that you invest in will go on to be a big winner, but owning just a handful of stocks that deliver decades-long winning streaks can produce life-changing returns -- if you hold on

When it comes to investing rules, Motley Fool analysts Brian Feroldi and Brian Stoffel don't have any hard-and-fast ones that can never be broken. That being said, both are highly skeptical of

A $1,000 investment in Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) five years ago is worth more than $5,600 now thanks to the consistent growth in the company's top and bottom lines. What's impressive is