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There's been an awful lot of talk recently about a global shortage of semiconductors that has impacted a broad swath of sectors. In today's modern world where technology is infused into everything

Investors in eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) celebrated the company's recent fourth-quarter report that paired surging sales volumes with higher profits, earnings, and cash flow. The online marketplace just

Yum China (NYSE: YUMC) -- franchisee of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell from Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) in mainland China -- made lots of positive progress to close out 2020. Sales were back in

You don't have to subscribe to 23 investing newsletters or The Wall Street Journal to make money in the stock market. In truth, you don't really need any special subscriptions at all. If you know a

Credit card company American Express (NYSE: AXP) endured a difficult 2020, like many in the financial services space, but came through it better than most. The stock price was only down about 1%

With a business that's firing on all cylinders and a stock that has risen 53% in the past year, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is on the mind of many investors these days. The company benefited from

There's a new space race, and Elon Musk's SpaceX seems to be out in front of the pack. The company is moving at Musk's typical frantic pace, which carries with it some advantages and some risks.

In

There's no question that the road to long-term wealth generation is paved with investments in quality stocks that were held for years, if not decades. That said, there's a rare breed of companies

In this video from Motley Fool Live, recorded on Feb. 1, Fool.com Contributors Brian Orelli and Keith Speights discuss the phase 3 clinical trial results for Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ)

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) just wrapped up a record year, with full-year net bookings crossing the $8 billion level for the first time. Even better was the performance on the bottom line

In the first 10 years of Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) existence, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company didn't launch a single product onto the market. That changed last December when its

If you got into investing recently and maybe even hopped onto the GameStop bandwagon, you probably know how quickly a hot trade can move against you. Billions of dollars were made and lost in a few

Most dividend investors are searching for a reliable source of income from well-run companies. Some bigger, more established companies do a fantastic job of paying out dividends. The best of them

Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) stock briefly hit a two-year high in late January due to a market-wide short squeeze that also lifted shares of GameStop, BlackBerry, and other beaten-down companies.

But Nokia's

Sometimes the fundamental backstory for a stock is so compelling it can make a small earnings miss seem like an insignificant bump in the road. We saw this happen with Weyerhauser (NYSE: WY), which

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are top companies with a long history of providing solid returns to investors. Disney's track record is much longer, but Amazon has the edge in

When Chevron (NYSE: CVX) reported fourth-quarter 2020 earnings, CEO Mike Wirth described it as "an unprecedented year." That's an understatement, given that oil prices actually fell below zero at

There's no reason to search for potential growth stocks in marijuana -- not when some companies are already showing success. GrowGeneration (NASDAQ: GRWG), Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:

In the past month, shares of Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL) have soared more than 235%, while the S&P 500 is up by just 2%. The stock got a boost around the same time retail investors were buying up

Now that COVID-19 vaccines are available and distribution is ramping up, it's likely that we'll see the virus numbers start to steadily decline. But just because the pandemic will likely wind down

If there's one fund manager turning heads, it's Cathie Wood, CEO and chief investment officer of ARK Invest. Two things about the investment-management firm have stood out to investors: its

Last year was a brutal one for the oil industry. The COVID-19 outbreak torpedoed oil demand, forcing producers to reduce their output. That impacted the flow of oil going through pipeline systems,

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Exelixis Inc (NASDAQ: EXEL)Q4 2020 Earnings CallFeb 10, 2021, 5:00 p.m. ET

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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently announced that, as part of an iOS 14 update, it will allow users to block the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA), effectively short-circuiting targeted advertising on

Kevin Bennett is the CEO behind MotoRefi, and he wants to save you $100 or more per month. In this video, recorded on Feb. 4, Kevin joins Brendan Mathews from Motley Fool Ventures to talk about auto