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Weibo is Beating Tencent in this Key Market
Tencent's (NASDAQOTH: TCEHY) WeChat is the most popular messaging app in China. Its monthly active users (MAUs) rose 20% annually to 963 million last quarter, and its growing ecosystem allows....
3 Things Management Wants You to Know About Walt Disney Co's Streaming-Video Plans
It's been a month since Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) said it wouldn't renew its premium streaming agreement with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) when that deal expires at the end of 2019. Instead, the House of....
Why in the World Did Netflix Get Into the Marijuana Business?
Marijuana might still be technically illegal at the Federal level, but Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) isn't letting that stop it from participating in weed culture. Last month the company released a....
3 Top Index Funds to Keep You in the Investing Game
Index funds and exchange-traded funds can be some of the easiest ways to invest in the market without doing the research or taking the risk investors should put into owning individual stocks. And....
5 Key Principles From the Brand New Edition of The Motley Fool Investing Guide
On this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are joined for a very special podcast crossover event by Motley Fool co-founder -- and host of Rule Breaker Investing --....
Square Inc. Is Expanding Into Banking -- Here's Why
Square (NYSE: SQ) has expanded far beyond its roots, when its business primarily consisted of transaction fees from payments on its small, white mobile card reader. It has launched numerous....
Roku IPO: What You Need to Know
Streaming media player maker Roku filed its S-1 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month, outlining its plans to go public in an $100 million initial....
3 Stocks Your Children Will Brag About Someday
We Fools believe that holding great companies over long periods is the best way to grow wealthy. So which stocks do we think are great buy-and-hold candidates today? We asked that question to a....
4 Finance Terms Investors Should Know
Sometimes on Industry Focus, we dive right into a subject and forget to explain what some of the more in-the-weeds financial terms really mean.This week's Tech show is a start at remedying that.....
3 High-Yield Stocks You Haven't Thought Of
Some of the best dividend stocks tend to fly under the radar for many investors. That's a shame, really. So we asked a handful of your fellow investors here at The Motley Fool to share some....
Analyst Picks: 2 Software Stocks to Buy, 1 to Hold
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one....
T-Mobile Giving Customers Netflix for Free
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) CEO John Legere has a flair for the dramatic. When it comes to company announcements he tends to borrow equally from Steve Jobs and Vince McMahon.Every major move the....
Roundtable: 1 Stock Retirees Should Consider
Younger investors can chase risky growth stocks, but that strategy stops making sense as your retirement approaches. The best way to manage your nest egg after retirement is to focus on risk-free....
1 Stock Retirees Should Consider
Younger investors can chase risky growth stocks, but that strategy stops making sense as your retirement approaches. The best way to manage your nest egg after retirement is to focus on risk-free....
3 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks in Healthcare
A compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%: That's how fast Accenture (NYSE: ACN) projects the market for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare will expand through 2021. You've probably....
2 Top Dividend Stocks for Your Roth IRA
It's never easy finding great stocks trading at reasonable prices and sporting high yields. You have to wait for a market downturn or find companies that are out of favor for some reason.....
Why Snap, Tech Data, and Ambarella Slumped Today
Friday was a positive day for the stock market, as the major benchmarks built on gains achieved over the last several trading sessions. Investors seemed to shrug off news that job growth slowed in....
Is eBay Stock a Buy?
It's hard to believe, but eBay's (NASDAQ: EBAY) stock has actually outperformed the S&P 500 Index over the last 3, 5, and 10 year periods. Keep in mind, a lot of this performance was driven by....
In Your 60s? 3 Stocks You Should Consider Buying
In your 60s, wealth accumulation becomes less important than safety. As you approach retirement, you're probably focusing on the next financial stage: living off of your nest egg. It means you....
3 Things to Expect From Intel Gemini Lake
Since 2013, microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been aggressive in building processors based on its Atom architecture that are targeted specifically for the low end of the personal....
3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy in Cloud Computing
The global cloud services market is expected to grow from 18% annually to $246.8 billion this year, according to Gartner's latest estimates. Wikibon expects enterprise cloud spending to grow at a....
3 Reasons eBay Inc. Stock Could Rise
In a previous article, I laid out the bear case against eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). Today, let's take a look at some ways the e-commerce leader's stock could trend higher in the coming years.eBay is....
Here's Why the Lack of Disney Films Won't Hurt Netflix
There's no reason to worry that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is losing its content deal with Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), says Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger. The company's most important growth markets....
Better Buy: International Business Machines Corporation vs. Google
The past month hasn't been kind to either Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) or IBM (NYSE: IBM) following their respective earnings reports. Alphabet once again showed remarkable growth,....
Better Buy: PayPal Holdings, Inc. vs. Square
Square (NYSE: SQ) is often compared to PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) because it's doing for small businesses what PayPal did for online sellers 15 years ago. And based on the success of PayPal, one might....