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Last week, The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) announced strong earnings. Sales growth accelerated to 37%, and adjusted profit came in at $1.41 per diluted share, up 57% from first-quarter 2020. Even so

It's easy to be a long-term investor when things are going well, but it's much harder to live by those principles when stock prices are falling. That's exactly what you need to do, though.

Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) and Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) are two very different types of gaming companies. Roblox's platform enables its users to create and share their games with others, while

How much money do you need if you want to become a millionaire? That number is probably lower than you think -- especially if you have time on your side. 

Investing in the stock market helps your

Video games were already a growth industry, but the pandemic cemented gaming as a top entertainment choice among many consumers. And even as the effects of COVID-19 start to subside in some areas of

In general, a cryptocurrency is a decentralized digital currency protected by cryptography. Most cryptocurrencies rely on blockchain technology and a community of miners to validate transactions

Warren Buffett's mentor Benjamin Graham described the market as a voting machine in the short run and a weighing machine in the long run. To this end, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM)

Telecommunications stocks have some of the highest dividend yields on the market, but they can't seem to get much traction in growing their stock price. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has been

Like beauty, cryptocurrency seems to be in the eye of beholder. Plenty of investors insist that digital coins are a bubble, but there are also millions of true believers in the new asset class who

Mall landlord Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) is still down 18% from where it started out in 2020, and 36% from its recent highs in 2018. This at a time when the broader stock market, despite the

The second-most-popular cryptocurrency, Ether (CRYPTO: ETH), the native cryptocurrency on the Ethereum network, has been crushing Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) so far in 2021 after Bitcoin's huge run-up at

You can build a fortune over the years by adding steadily to your investment portfolio. If you have $1,000 to spare right now, investing that amount in the right stocks can go a long way in helping

Amid Wall Street's recent sell-off of growth stocks, Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN) has continued to impress, and its shares have been more resilient than many of its fast-growing technology peers. Indeed

For the record, neither Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) nor MGM Studios have confirmed rumors of the former buying the latter. On the other hand, they're not denying the rumors either.

And the idea certainly

2021 started out on a positive note on Wall Street but the year has already turned sour for many investors. Even though the major market indexes are setting fresh all-time highs on a regular basis

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) doesn't get as much attention as other top e-commerce stocks, and it's understandable. Before and during the pandemic, eBay didn't post the impressive growth rates of companies

On Thursday morning, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) became the latest department store chain to report a big first-quarter earnings beat and raise its 2021 forecast. It also became the latest department store

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) are two of the world's most well-known chipmakers. NVIDIA is the largest producer of high-end gaming and data center GPUs, while Texas

Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) recently reported encouraging results from a phase 2 study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate INO-4800. However, the company lags well behind the current leaders

Thursday was a big day for Snap (NYSE: SNAP), the parent company of photo- and video-sharing social media platform Snapchat. The company said its monthly active users crossed 500 million for the

Even the best investors get it wrong sometimes. At Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) recent annual meeting, Warren Buffett mentioned two stocks he recently sold that he probably

To be successful with investing doesn't require perfection; in fact, getting the basics right and knowing a few key details goes a tremendously long way. Perhaps the better news is that there are a

No matter how you slice it, the stock market is experiencing serious volatility. How long this turmoil will last and whether it signals an imminent market crash or correction is anyone's guess. The

The best stocks are those you can buy now and hold for the long term. Two healthcare companies that fit the bill are AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN). Neither company is a big

Shares of Amwell (NYSE: AMWL) and Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) have fallen 70% and 31%, respectively, from their highs in February. Both companies had benefited from changing consumer dynamics brought on by