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Microsoft Is Shutting Down Its Twitch Competitor and Partnering With Facebook Gaming
Microsoft Is Shutting Down Its Twitch Competitor and Partnering With Facebook Gaming

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Monday that it will shut down its Mixer platform for gaming content streaming on July 22. The company paired the announcement with news of an expanded

Essays From Yesterday, Vol. 1
Essays From Yesterday, Vol. 1

Back in the olden days of flip phones and paper newsletters, every issue of Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers started with a short essay conveying timeless investing lessons. Well, as long as they're

Why Square Stock Rose Today
Why Square Stock Rose Today

Shares of Square (NYSE: SQ) climbed more than 6% on Monday, following the release of a bullish analyst note from investment bank Barclays. 

Barclays analyst Ramsey El-Assal reiterated his

These 2 SaaS-y Stocks Lifted the Stock Market Today
These 2 SaaS-y Stocks Lifted the Stock Market Today

The stock market has done extremely well in recovering from the coronavirus bear market, posting an amazing advance since mid-March. Even with signs that COVID-19 might be spreading more quickly

Why Virgin Galactic Stock Rocketed Higher Today
Why Virgin Galactic Stock Rocketed Higher Today

Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) jumped more than 15% on Monday after the aerospace company said it would train people to become astronauts and travel to the International Space

Why Amyris Stock Popped 12.5% on Monday
Why Amyris Stock Popped 12.5% on Monday

Shares of "clean health" biotech Amyris (NASDAQ: AMRS) made a clean sweep of the stock market Monday as its shares raced 12.5% higher after announcing a "transformative" deal with bakery ingredients

Nasdaq Leads Wall Street Higher as PayPal, Sonos Climb
Nasdaq Leads Wall Street Higher as PayPal, Sonos Climb

The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has been outperforming the overall stock market for quite a while now, and Monday was no different. The index of Nasdaq stocks climbed more than 1%, going

Guardant Health's Blood Cancer Test Detects Early-Stage Colon Cancer
Guardant Health's Blood Cancer Test Detects Early-Stage Colon Cancer

Results from a study by Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Virtual Annual Meeting II, showed the company's Lunar-2 blood test can detect

Why DocuSign, MongoDB, and Upwork Stocks Surged Today
Why DocuSign, MongoDB, and Upwork Stocks Surged Today

The stock market started out the week on a positive note Monday, with the S&P 500 inching up a modest 0.65%, and tech stocks doing quite a bit better.

By the time trading closed for the day, shares

Why This Fintech Stock Went Down 75%
Why This Fintech Stock Went Down 75%

In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool Asset Management's Bill Barker about the latest earning reports and headlines from the around the market. A retail giant

Apple Kicks off WWDC With a Ton of Upgrades Including New Mac Chip
Apple Kicks off WWDC With a Ton of Upgrades Including New Mac Chip

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicked off the online version of its Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) on Monday with the widely anticipated shift away from the Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) chips used by the Mac

Novartis Shuts Down Hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 Clinical Trial
Novartis Shuts Down Hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 Clinical Trial

The rapid descent continues for hydroxychloroquine as hope for a cure for COVID-19. On Monday, pharmaceutical giant Novartis (NYSE: NVS) announced that it is stopping the sponsored clinical trial it

Here's Why Agenus Stock Jumped Higher Today
Here's Why Agenus Stock Jumped Higher Today

Shares of Agenus (NASDAQ: AGEN) rose as much as 10.8% today after the company reported a licensing deal in China and highlighted results from an early-stage study. The development-stage biopharma

Why Electric-Truck Maker Workhorse's Stock Is Surging Today
Why Electric-Truck Maker Workhorse's Stock Is Surging Today

Shares of Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS), a maker of electric commercial vans and other vehicles, was trading sharply higher on Monday on growing investor interest after two analysts released

Why Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line Stocks Are Sinking Today
Why Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line Stocks Are Sinking Today

Cruise ship stocks fell on Monday following a slate of bad news for the travel industry.

As of 2:45 p.m. EDT, shares of Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH), and

Why Peloton Stock Is Higher Today
Why Peloton Stock Is Higher Today

Shares of Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) were up on Monday afternoon after a Wall Street analyst raised his price target for the company's shares and reiterated his bullish take on the business.

Why Gap Stock Is Up Sharply Today
Why Gap Stock Is Up Sharply Today

Shares of retailer Gap (NYSE: GPS) were up on Monday afternoon, after a Wall Street analyst gave the stock a double upgrade, moving his rating to the equivalent of buy from sell.

As of 2:45 p.m

Silver Stocks Jump as Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise
Silver Stocks Jump as Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise

The stock market's ascent might have stalled as investors determine what to make of rising numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19, but the uncertainty has provided support for precious metals. The

Sonos Stock Spikes Today on Apple Acquisition Rumor
Sonos Stock Spikes Today on Apple Acquisition Rumor

Shares of Sonos (NASDAQ: SONO) stock spiked on Monday, after a prominent short-seller issued a report on the home audio company. But rather than discuss shorting the stock, the report stated that

Google Ad Revenue to See First Dip in More Than a Decade in 2020
Google Ad Revenue to See First Dip in More Than a Decade in 2020

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is forecast to see a decline in U.S. advertising this year due to a halt in travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

According to a new report by research

Disneyland Paris Opening July 15
Disneyland Paris Opening July 15

Slowly but surely, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is preparing to reopen its vast empire of theme parks, one its biggest money makers. 

Disney's Shanghai theme park opened May 11, followed by announcements

New Ford Survey Shows American Pickup Owners Really, Really Love Their Trucks
New Ford Survey Shows American Pickup Owners Really, Really Love Their Trucks

Ahead of the debut of its all-new F-150 on Thursday, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)  commissioned a survey to find out just what pickup owners would be willing to give up before they gave up their

Why 21Vianet Group Stock Is Spiking Today
Why 21Vianet Group Stock Is Spiking Today

Shares of 21Vianet Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNET), a China-based internet data center service provider, were rising today after the company received a $150 million investment from Blackstone (NYSE: BX)

Here's Why NantKwest Rocketed Higher Today
Here's Why NantKwest Rocketed Higher Today

Shares of NantKwest (NASDAQ: NK) are up 40% at 12:40 p.m. EDT after the company's CEO Patrick Soon-Shiong made an appearance on Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street to talk about NantKwest's

Genius Brands International Stock Is Falling Again Today: What You Need to Know
Genius Brands International Stock Is Falling Again Today: What You Need to Know

Shares of Genius Brands International (NASDAQ: GNUS) are down 9.2% at 12:59 p.m. EDT on June 22.

This marks the continuation of a sell-off that started in early June that's erased more than 66% of