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What Could the Next Era of Manufacturing Look Like?
As supply constraints and labor shortages continue, it's becoming increasingly apparent that some companies are fundamentally changing the ways in which they do business to combat this challenging
Top Stocks Investors Are Watching This Earnings Season
With earnings season in full swing, there's an abundance of companies for investors to keep track of. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 19, Fool contributors Rachel Warren, Danny
5 Explosive Vacation Rental Markets To Tap Into Before Summer
Mountain, lake, and coastal destinations offer broad views for vacationers -- and now, even broader shoulders for the people who rent vacation homes there.
The work-from-anywhere flexibility
Why Has Bitcoin Been Hit So Hard Lately?
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) has been incredibly volatile lately. Year-to-date as of this writing, the popular crypto is down by nearly 10%. In this segment of Backstage Pass recorded on Jan. 21, Fool
Down 55% From Record Highs, Is Twilio Stock a Buy Now?
Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) has been hit especially hard during this tech company sell-off over the past few months. The stock peaked at over $400 in early 2021, but with a sky-high valuation of 36 times
This Potential Metaverse Winner Is a Screaming Buy After Its Latest Earnings Report
Take-Two Interactive's (NASDAQ: TTWO) latest quarterly report may have left a bad taste in investors' mouths as its guidance wasn't as strong as Wall Street was looking for, but it would be a good
2 Top Stocks to Buy in a Highly Volatile Market
Stock market volatility isn't fun, but it if you have the cash on hand, you can use it to your advantage. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 26, Fool contributors Rachel Warren
My Top 2 FAANG Stocks to Buy and Hold in 2022 (and Beyond)
Jim Cramer coined the term "FANG stocks" back in 2013, but the acronym was changed to FAANG in 2017 when Apple was added to the list. Of course, Alphabet (formerly Google) and Meta Platforms
Philip Morris Shrugs Off U.S. IQOS Import Ban as Sales Soar Elsewhere
Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) suffered no ill effect from the import ban on its heated tobacco device IQOS into the U.S., as the cigarette giant's fourth-quarter results showed revenue and
This Dividend Aristocrat Deserves More Attention
When companies continually raise their dividends each year, it eventually becomes part of their identity as an investment. Shareholders will often hold a stock simply for the annual payout and
Got $3,000? 4 Tech Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Long Term
Investors might end up with a severe case of whiplash trying to keep time with the stock market's gyrations. In 2020, it took the S&P 500 just six months to make up all the ground lost during its
5 Green Flags for Datadog's Future
Datadog's (NASDAQ: DDOG) stock jumped 12% on Feb. 10 after the cloud-based software company posted its fourth-quarter earnings.
Its revenue rose 84% year-over-year to $326.2 million, beating
Should You Diversify Your Portfolio With Real Estate or Crypto?
You'll often hear that having a diverse investment portfolio is essential for growing wealth. Also, the more diverse your holdings, the more protection you get during periods of market turbulence.
Down 30% From Its High, Is Nvidia a Buy?
Shares of high-performance chip specialist Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are currently down by around 30% from the all-time high of $346.47 they hit in November.
Much of that drop-off can be attributed to
1 Semiconductor Giant to Consider Buying Today
After struggling in the early days of 2022, shares of semiconductor giant Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has recovered much of its losses in the past few days. Investor sentiment for the
Splunk Is on the Rise, but This Once-Hot Stock Is Weighing Down the Nasdaq
The stock market's turbulence has continued in February, with successive waves of optimism and pessimism vying for supremacy and leaving major market benchmarks seeing considerable volatility
Got $5,000? These Are 2 of the Best Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now
Growth stocks have been crushed in 2021 and early 2022, and investors picking individual stocks within the space have likely been hit much harder than the indices. While the broad market is only
Could 5G Derail Airline Stocks?
The 5G rollout in the United States hasn't been quite as smooth as some had hoped for. One development that continues to delay the full rollout of 5G in the U.S. -- and caused a flurry of worrying
Why This Splunk Shareholder Hopes It Doesn't Sell to Cisco
IT systems management, cybersecurity, and observability company Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) surged more than 11% late Friday, after The Wall Street Journal reported tech giant Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)
Bakkt Is Surging. Is the Stock Ready to Explode After Earnings?
Shares of the digital asset marketplace and platform Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) have taken off and are now up roughly 64% over the last week. The company, which went public last year through a special
3 Stocks to Avoid This Week
Happy Valentine's Day. Now let's break some hearts. My three stocks to avoid last week were on the move -- as ExxonMobil, Blue Apron, and Simon Property Group were down 0%, 15%, and 2%, respectively
My 2 Best Buffett Stocks to Buy and Hold in 2022 (and Beyond)
Warren Buffett is without a doubt one of the greatest stock pickers and business minds of our time. During his tenure as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, he has used the holding company to fund a variety
Will Courting Young Daters Abroad Bear Fruit for Bumble?
In Feb. 2021, while retail investors were in the midst of a love affair with meme stocks and short squeezes, Bumble (NASDAQ: BMBL) soared 64% on its first day of trading. Evidently, early investors
Zillow Says Its Home-Price Increase Prediction Was Too Conservative -- Here's What It's Saying Now
As last year wound down, the conventional wisdom was that home-price acceleration would cool considerably this year. About six weeks into the new year, there's a new conventional wisdom.
The same
Tech Sell-Off: This Beaten-Down Growth Stock Could Soar 312%, Says Wall Street
It's only February, but investors are already having a tough year. The technology sector is suffering the most with the Nasdaq 100 index down over 12% year to date. But history suggests ignoring