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Fastly's (NYSE: FSLY) stock was cut in half this year after the company missed analysts' expectations for two straight quarters. A service outage in June also tarnished the cloud service provider's

Unless this is your first time using the internet, you've probably come across your fair share of online ads. Occasionally, these ads are relevant or even helpful, but usually they're just annoying

It has been a summer to forget for cannabis investors. Over the past three months, the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF has fallen nearly 18% and the Advisor Shares Pure Cannabis ETF has dropped more

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI), a one-stop fintech platform that seeks to meet all of the financial needs of high-income earners, recently reported second-quarter earnings results that

U.S. consumers continue to cancel their conventional cable services. The nation's six biggest names in the business (which Leichtman Research says accounts for about 95% of the market) collectively

DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) reported second-quarter operating results last week which showed continued growth despite economic reopenings. The delivery company that caters to restaurants nearly doubled

If you like to daydream about being rich, you might envision yourself living in a mansion, driving an ultra-fancy car, and perhaps spending weekends on your yacht. You probably assume that those are

Cloud-storage and content-collaboration platform Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) reported second-quarter earnings on Aug. 5 and trounced its own expectations in nearly every category. Thanks to its

Even if you're new to the world of financial technology, you've probably heard the buzz around consumer finance innovators SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI), Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST), and

Demographics released about investors who use the Robinhood trading platform show that they tend to be younger, which suggests they have several decades before reaching retirement. That can have

Palantir's (NYSE: PLTR) stock surged on Aug. 12 after the data mining and analytics company posted its second-quarter earnings. It beat Wall Street's estimates on the top and bottom lines, then

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) recently reported its second-quarter earnings, and it looks like the company's operating businesses have rebounded quite nicely from the pandemic-hit

If you haven't heard of "platform artificial intelligence" before, that's because it's a whole new thing. It's being pioneered by C3.ai (NYSE: AI), a company that provides customizable artificial

Famed investor Benjamin Graham once made an interesting observation: "In the short term, the market is a voting machine; but in the long run, it is a weighing machine." Put another way, a stock's

When debating which stocks in your portfolio you can hold indefinitely, there are some important things to consider. Companies that have been doing the same thing for years by giving customers

The average American thinks they'll need about $1.9 million to retire comfortably, according to a recent Charles Schwab survey. But only about half of those surveyed feel confident they'll be able

Analysts play a curious role in the stock market. Most people know they publish research reports and ask questions on conference calls. What many may not realize is there is a significant positive

We recently learned that social media platform Nextdoor is planning to go public via a special purpose acquisition company merger with Khosla Ventures Acquisition II (NASDAQ: KVSB). In this Fool

Financial services stocks have been a hot commodity this year. As measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index, the sector is up about 25% so far through Wednesday's close, compared to

Last year, U.S. equities witnessed the shortest bear market ever. It was just 33 days and ended March 23, 2020. Subsequently, U.S. equities started rallying and entered the bull phase, which has now

We certainly have no idea what companies, if any, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) is considering buying with its $144 billion cash hoard, but it can be fun to speculate. In this Fool

Sierra Wireless' (NASDAQ: SWIR) stock market surge came to a grinding halt last week after the company's second-quarter earnings report threw up a major red flag. The Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G

Despite the important role Social Security plays in most people's retirement plans, the vast majority of Americans are missing key details about how the program works.

In fact, a recent study

DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) released its second-quarter earnings report on Aug. 12 and investors responded with disappointment, sending the stock down 5% in after-hours trading.

At face value the company

Investors have different time horizons. Some are focused on squeezing out small gains every day. Others simply buy and hold shares to let the businesses do the work. Although research shows that