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What Investors Need to Know About Our Solar Powered Future
Solar energy is playing an increasingly important role in how the world is powered. And even with the drop in the costs to produce oil and natural gas, the reality is, fossil fuel's days are....
Cryptocurrencies: A New Kind of Money That's Breaking All the Rules
On this week's Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner takes on a topic that he's never hit before, but that plenty of his listeners want to hear about from him:....
3 High-Yield Stocks at Rock-Bottom Prices
High yields and low stock prices often go hand in hand. That's just the mathematical nature of dividend yield calculations -- cheap shares and generous payouts add up to juicy yields. But some of....
Hasbro Posts Solid Third-Quarter Revenue Growth, but Its Holiday Quarter Outlook Sends Shares Tumbling
Toymaker Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) reported third-quarter 2017 results before the market opened on Monday. Revenue grew 6.5% and adjusted earnings per share edged up 1% from the year-ago period. The....
What's New With Amazon.com, Inc.?
Online retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is about to release its third-quarter results. After the closing bell on Thursday, Oct. 26, investors will get a fresh look at Amazon's business status.....
Strong Earnings at Hawaiian Airlines: Can the Good Times Continue?
Last Thursday, Hawaii-based leisure airline Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ: HA) reported its third-quarter earnings. The results were stellar once again, with Hawaiian's adjusted pretax margin....
Better Buy: Apple Inc. vs. Microsoft
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) versus Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). These archrivals have battled against each other for decades, all the while rewarding their shareholders with the spoils of war.But which is....
AMD Needs a Big Quarter to Keep Its Stock Afloat
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) beat analyst estimates when it last reported quarterly results in July, with that performance driven by its Ryzen CPUs (central processing units), and GPU....
With the Help of Google, Wal-Mart Takes the Fight to Amazon
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is focused like a laser on challenging Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). From pricing to delivery, the retail king wants to counter the e-commerce leader at every turn.The latest....
The Latest Sign That Google Will Challenge Amazon's Echo Show
Last month, TechCrunch reported that Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google was working on a smart-home device with a display, one that could compete directly with Amazon.com's....
Kroger Selling Its Convenience Stores? What It Means for Investors
At a recent investor day, Kroger (NYSE: KR) announced it was exploring a potential sale of its convenience store business. You might not have known Kroger was in this business, but in its long....
3 Growth Stocks for the Long Term
Investing in growth stocks can be exciting and rewarding, especially for shareholders willing to focus on businesses that can sustain that growth over the long term. But finding those stocks is....
Better Buy: Yum Brands or Yum China?
Last November, Yum China (NYSE: YUMC) started trading on the New York Stock Exchange after being spun off of Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM). Yum China shares surged nearly 70% since that split, but Yum....
Why Tractor Supply Company Should Be a Stock on Your Radar
Recently on Industry Focus, we welcomed a team of Fool.com contributors to the studio to talk about some of their favorite companies as part of our Pitch a Stock theme week.In this consumer and....
Some Great News for Apple Inc. iPhone X Production
In a new research note from respected KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, summarized by MacRumors, Kuo says that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone X production difficulties appear on track to be....
Xilinx’s Upcoming Results Are Only Part of the Picture
Investors might have expected Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) to set the stock market on fire this year as it is pursuing growth in the fast-growing fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud....
Why Exactech Skyrocketed 31% Today
After agreeing to be taken private by global alternative asset manager TPG Capital, Exactech (NASDAQ: EXAC) jumped 31% today.Exactech makes orthopedic implant devices and related surgical....
Of Black Mondays and Pink Slips
On this MarketFoolery podcast, host Mac Greer, Total Income's Ron Gross, and Million Dollar Portfolio's Matt Argersinger discuss the past, the present, and the future. Black Monday hit Wall Street....
3 Top Stocks for Risk-Averse Investors
Whether you are a retiree or simply an investor who doesn't want to toss and turn all night worrying about your portfolio, you have plenty of investment options that offer growth, and possibly....
Will Chipotle's Q3 Earnings Point to an Ongoing Recovery?
It's been a rough few months for Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG). Shares of the fast casual chain are down over 20% since its third quarter started on July 1, and the stock's hopeful comeback....
Will ConocoPhillips Report Another Upside Surprise This Quarter?
Heading into the second quarter, analysts expected that ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) would report another adjusted loss, with the consensus that it would repeat its first-quarter showing and lose....
Why DryShips, PetMed Express, and VF Corp. Jumped Today
Monday was a poor day for the stock market, as major benchmarks gave back early gains to finish lower. Investors had to deal with the shock of a negative prediction from Goldman Sachs analysts,....
Why Arconic, General Electric, and Eldorado Gold Slumped Today
Wall Street suffered a downbeat day on Monday, and investors sent major benchmarks lower in response to nervousness about the future for the stock market. Industry giant Goldman Sachs, whose....
What Popped the Dot-Com Bubble?
Wall Street has infamously had its share of ugly Octobers, so Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp chose this month to offer their listeners a special treat: a four-part series on the history of....
Why Artificial Intelligence Could Be NVIDIA’s Golden Goose
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is using its GPUs (graphics processing units) to make a big splash in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The graphics specialist is leveraging the immense....