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Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is having remarkable success with its entry into the streaming business. Disney+ launched in November 2019 and has quickly amassed a subscriber base of over 100 million. And

Anyone who's invested in stocks over the past year knows that dramatic fluctuations are all too common. Just last year, the S&P 500 crashed as the world started shutting down in response to the

Growth is highly prized by investors for its potential to generate big returns over time. A quickly expanding business can be a sign of valuable competitive assets like economies of scale

Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ: ATVI) stellar performance in 2020 was mostly lopsided, driven by record engagement levels in Call of Duty. Out of the $2 billion incremental increase in bookings last

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), a global forum of central banks and regulators that essentially sets the pace for banking regulation around the world, just released a proposal for

Virtually all legacy automakers have started to invest in electric vehicles (EVs) over the past decade. In recent years, General Motors (NYSE: GM) has been one of the most aggressive with respect to

Many high-growth tech stocks that generated massive gains in 2020 fizzled out this year as the market rotated toward value stocks. That sell-off burned many investors, but also created buying

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) was a clear winner of 2020's stay-at-home economy. But will the company be able to maintain its sales growth in 2021 and beyond? In this Fool Live video clip

Dateline: June 7, 2021

Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $44,000,000 fixed-price [contract] for the detail design, procurement, production implementation, and demonstration of autonomous

Energy stocks have been red-hot this year, but if you think you missed the bus, you might want to check out some energy stocks that are flying under the marker's radar. Here are three solid energy

The dominant ride-hailing service in China, Didi Chuxing, recently filed paperwork to go public on U.S. exchanges. It filed an F-1 to list American Depository Shares either on the NYSE (a subsidiary

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) has powered its way to impressive returns, especially in the past couple of years. The willingness for fabless chip companies to outsource their chip

On June 14, Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) announced that its recombinant nanoparticle coronavirus vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, had demonstrated 93% overall efficacy against coronavirus variants in phase 3 trials

Famously successful investor Warren Buffett has said that most investors will be best served over the long term by putting their dollars into a fund that tracks the S&P 500 index. With a 302% total

Diversifying a portfolio is a great way for investors to achieve their long-term financial goals. Benefits arise because an outcome that hurts stocks in one industry could benefit stocks in another

"If by taking NASA's $19 billion we could solve all of poverty, then I would say, 'Go ahead. Do it.' But it's not. And if that $19 billion were half the budget, then I would agree that half is too

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was once viewed as a leader in the COVID-19 vaccine arena. However, various issues have changed that perception in the minds of some. In this Motley Fool Live video

It's time to address an important issue in investing: "Crashes." They happen. Quite frequently, in fact. When it comes to stocks, a crash (for our purposes here, when the stock market drops at least

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently unveiled what it's pitching as its "biggest exclusive games lineup ever" for Xbox. The lineup features 30 exclusive titles as Microsoft tries to bolster its

Another day, another all-time high. The U.S. stock market is on fire and showing no signs of slowing down. When times are this good, it can be easy to get complacent and forget about fundamentals

Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) recently won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Alzheimer's disease drug Aduhelm. There was an important catch with this approval, though. In this

Property technology company Latch (NASDAQ: LTCH) recently went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, and quite frankly, some people are apprehensive about investing in a

These days, a lot of investors are jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. And if you're thinking of adding digital coins to your portfolio, you may have your eye on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) specifica

Since the end of the Great Recession, growth stocks have pretty much left everything else eating their dust. But pan out over the very long-term and you'll see that dividend stocks are the real

Investing using options is very different from constructing a classic long-term buy-and-hold portfolio. 

In this segment from Motley Fool Live that first aired June 7, Motley Fool Canada analyst Jim