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4 Reasons to Buy Netflix Stock, and 1 Reason to Sell: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734243/couple-tv-couch.jpg
4 Reasons to Buy Netflix Stock, and 1 Reason to Sell

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has taken investors on a wild ride over the past two years. The streaming media giant's shares surged during the buying frenzy in growth stocks and closed at an all-time high

Shopify: Buy, Sell, or Hold?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733903/online-shopping-add-to-cart-e-commerce.jpg
Shopify: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Like other e-commerce businesses, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) benefited from a huge surge in online shopping that occurred during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Sales were skyrocketing, and the

2 Ways Alibaba Stock Could Create Enormous Value for Investors: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733714/credit-score-shopping-getty.jpg
2 Ways Alibaba Stock Could Create Enormous Value for Investors

Alibaba's (NYSE: BABA) stock has had a tough time in the last two years as the company faced declining growth and increasing competition. Still, the tech conglomerate has not given up. Alibaba

Better Buy: Adobe vs. Salesforce: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734220/cloud-smartphone-user.jpg
Better Buy: Adobe vs. Salesforce

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) are both bellwethers of the cloud software market. Adobe's Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro -- all housed in its Creative Cloud -- are

Does This New Ethereum Rival Really Have 400x Upside Potential?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733933/investor-trader-celebrate-success-at-the-stock-market.jpg
Does This New Ethereum Rival Really Have 400x Upside Potential?

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) remains one of the great all-time crypto investments. If you had invested in Ethereum way back in 2015 when things were just getting started, you'd be up a head-spinning

What Is PayPal Looking for in Its Next CEO?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734233/paypal-ceo-search.png
What Is PayPal Looking for in Its Next CEO?

The search for PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) CEO has started, and the conclusion is of significant interest to investors. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian highlights what

If AI Thrives, Microsoft Will, Too: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/731840/two-people-gazing-at-a-laptop-screen-while-in-a-kitchen.jpg
If AI Thrives, Microsoft Will, Too

What a difference a calendar year makes. Across 2022, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares lost nearly 30% of their value based on concerns that supply shortages would hamstring tech companies of all

What's Going on With Alibaba Stock?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734237/alibaba-stock-update.png
What's Going on With Alibaba Stock?

Alibaba's (NYSE: BABA) inexpensive valuation has many investors kicking the tires. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian discusses what's going on with Alibaba stock.

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1 Semiconductor Stock Set to Join Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet in the $1 Trillion Club: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733928/a-digital-rendering-of-a-circuit-board-with-a-chip-in-the-center-with-ai-inscribed-on-it.jpg
1 Semiconductor Stock Set to Join Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet in the $1 Trillion Club

The U.S. has been the birthplace of the world's largest companies for more than a century. The economy has experienced a consistent changing of the guard, with different industries taking turns at

The Future of Microsoft: Why Investing Now Could Pay Off Big-Time: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733562/gettyimages-578809466.jpg
The Future of Microsoft: Why Investing Now Could Pay Off Big-Time

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock has performed well this year, rising 34.55% compared to the S&P 500's 9.2% increase. However, some believe the stock is overvalued and has little room for further

2 Winning Stocks to Buy No Matter What the Market Is Doing: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733947/happy-excited-investor.png
2 Winning Stocks to Buy No Matter What the Market Is Doing

Stocks can swing wildly from year to year, as investors were reminded in 2022. While investors can't control the markets, some stocks allow them to sleep well at night better than others.

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Best Growth Stock to Buy: Pinterest vs. Snap: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734140/p-vs-s.png
Best Growth Stock to Buy: Pinterest vs. Snap

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) and Snap (NYSE: SNAP) have each encountered a difficult operating environment as advertisers have cut back on spending. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev

PayPal Is Working Behind the Scenes to Seize Market Share: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734139/paypal-wants-more.png
PayPal Is Working Behind the Scenes to Seize Market Share

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is making strategic adjustments to make itself more vital to merchants, whether they be online or brick-and-mortar.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 24

Alibaba Stock: Bear vs. Bull: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734042/trader-pondering-at-screens.jpg
Alibaba Stock: Bear vs. Bull

It has been a wild few years for Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). The pandemic, regulatory crackdowns, and the whereabouts of its co-founder Jack Ma have been the key story lines for the business. More

Netflix Is Officially Charging for Account Sharing, and the Risky Move Could Affect the Stock: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733882/happy-people-watching-streaming-tv.jpg
Netflix Is Officially Charging for Account Sharing, and the Risky Move Could Affect the Stock

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has finally done it -- it's begun cracking down on password-sharing in the U.S. and the U.K. And while Wall Street has been anticipating the move for a while, the company has

These 3 Growth Stocks Could Skyrocket, According to Wall Street: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733177/copper.jpg
These 3 Growth Stocks Could Skyrocket, According to Wall Street

According to a consensus of Wall Street analysts, buying these three stocks below could result in a 22% gain. However, it doesn't make sense to slavishly follow Wall Street thinking as it can be

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3 Reasons to Buy Netflix, and 1 Reason to Sell

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been facing a hypercompetitive industry in recent years as numerous streaming companies vie for viewers' attention. Shares are down 48% from their peak (as of May 25),

3 Things About Meta Platforms That Smart Investors Know: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733728/mark-zuckerberg-f8-2017.jpg
3 Things About Meta Platforms That Smart Investors Know

Most investors likely recognize Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) as the social media titan that reaches more than 3.8 billion people monthly through Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. They

Why Streaming TV Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733875/person-turning-on-tv.jpg
Why Streaming TV Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive

The days of ad-free streaming TV are coming to an end. Comments from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) executives indicate that the industry is going to see more ads and, given the

How Meta Platforms and Big Tech Are Redefining Nvidia's AI Dominance: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734214/jose-najarro-2023-05-26t201845449.png
How Meta Platforms and Big Tech Are Redefining Nvidia's AI Dominance

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is the latest big tech company to announce new in-house-made semiconductor solutions. Is this bad news for semiconductor stocks? Check out the short video to learn

Is Japan Building Its Own TSMC to Manufacture AI Chips?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734174/copy-of-jose-najarro-2023-05-26t113030728.png
Is Japan Building Its Own TSMC to Manufacture AI Chips?

Rapidus is emerging as Japan's bold response to advanced global semiconductor manufacturing. Harnessing IBM's 2nm technology, Rapidus is set to revolutionize the industry, focusing on AI and

3 Ways Alibaba Is Capitalizing on the Reopening of China: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/734142/alibaba-stock-updates.png
3 Ways Alibaba Is Capitalizing on the Reopening of China

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) captures a meaningful part of its revenue and operating income from consumer activity in China. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian discusses how

Microsoft: Buy, Sell, or Hold?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733877/playing-console-video-game.jpg
Microsoft: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

As the second-most valuable company in the world, with its market cap of $2.3 trillion not far behind Apple, many investors have considered buying Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock at one time or

3 Stocks I'm Excited to Buy in May: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/730598/amzn-amazon-shop-shopify-stock-investing-money.jpg
3 Stocks I'm Excited to Buy in May

I'm no fan of the saying, "Sell in May and go away." Unsurprisingly, and in keeping with The Motley Fool's guidance, I tend to hold stocks for the long term. In fact, rather than selling in May, I'm

Is It Too Late to Buy Meta Platforms Stock?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/733860/gettyimages-1129342100.jpg
Is It Too Late to Buy Meta Platforms Stock?

With gains of 110% so far, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has been one of the tech sector's best-performing stocks this year. In addition to investors generally warming back up to companies with