Stock Market

I read an article recently that suggested the growth in Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock from 2005 to 2015 — its first 10 years as a public company — was off-the-charts good. Source: StreetVJ / Shutterstock.com However, in the six years since, BIDU stock has seriously underperformed.  As The Motley Fool’s Leo Sun pointed out, a $5,000 investment in

Investors in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) — at least, those who came on board after 2002 — have been a pretty happy lot. When the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, ORCL stock was hammered. In just two years, investors saw their holdings drop in value by more than 80%. However, since 2002, Oracle shares have been

The company that catapulted the e-commerce revolution, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) hardly needs any help doing what it does best: dominating whatever market it decides to disrupt next. Yet the novel coronavirus pandemic proved that at least from a shareholder’s perspective, AMZN stock is not above receiving assistance from fortuitously aligned events. Source: Julie Clopper / Shutterstock.com

Once considered a laggard company in the world of technology, Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock has made a comeback as one of the best-performing tech names of 2021. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com It was the original champion of database technology. Now Oracle is becoming an emerging force in both backend infrastructure technologies and software-as-a-service (SaaS). In other

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) just reported stellar second-quarter results, in terms of both revenue and earnings. But even more importantly, its free cash flow (FCF) grew substantially, both in absolute numbers and FCF margins. As a result, I believe that GOOG stock is now worth at least 30% more or $3,554 per share. This article will

As SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock falls back to around $15 per share, is now the time to buy? Not really. Over a long enough timeframe, entering a position in the fintech company’s shares right now could end up being a highly profitable move. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Assuming of course, that it becomes the next

Short squeezes have been all the rage on Wall Street in 2021. But even with its massive short interest, traders shouldn’t expect a short squeeze from Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock anytime soon. Source: Grisha Bruev / Shutterstock.com GameStop (NYSE:GME) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are just two examples of stocks that skyrocketed this year thanks to short

Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) stock has been attempting to recover since May. Some investors dove in because it was a short-squeeze stock. Others bought it for its still-strong growth prospects. But in the past few weeks, SKLZ stock has pulled back once again. Source: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com The latest round of “meme stock madness” has dissipated, and Reddit traders

The benefits of merging BB&T and SunTrust to create Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) are still trickling in more 18 months on, but TFC stock has had a pretty good year. Source: PopTika/ShutterStock.com Branches are being closed where the two banking systems overlap. Computer systems are still being combined (as I know, being a SunTrust customer). A “robo-advisor”

With the worrying volatility of cryptocurrencies since their April and May highs of this year, it’s not just digital asset speculators that are concerned. In addition, companies that benefit from blockchain bullishness, particularly graphics processor manufacturers like Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) may encounter some choppiness down the line. Indeed, NVDA stock has already printed some hefty red-ink

So far, it’s been the biggest IPO this year. Yet, that hasn’t meant much for investors who bought Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) stock after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange back in March. On its first day of trading, it hit prices topping $69 per share. After that? It’s been a long slide for

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) had been turning heads ever since it was announced as a merger target for Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com The newly public fintech platform plans to evolve into a full-stack ecosystem that effectively caters to the financial needs of the younger generation. The company’s digital

Guardian Fund, a Dutch-based investment fund, had good things to say about Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) in its first-quarter 2021 report. The fund believes Palantir is “one of the more important global software companies.” Additionally, it noted the company has invested more than $200 million in eight companies that could pay big dividends in the future.

It’s an old joke: Call me a taxi. OK, you’re a taxi. (rimshot) But what’s not a taxi? Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER). Today’s Uber is a different beast from the ride-hailing firm that first offered stock on the New York Stock Exchange at $42 a share in May 2019. Source: TY Lim / Shutterstock.com More than

Is it a meme stock, or is it the real deal? That’s a legitimate question which prospective investors in Chinese brand developer SGOCO Group (NASDAQ:SGOC) might ask. After all, informed traders should want to look beyond the surface with SGOC stock. Source: Sorbis / Shutterstock.com Granted, it’s exciting to watch the stock make powerful moves. For

On July 12, Jefferies analysts downgraded Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) from buy to hold while cutting their price target for RKT stock by 31% to $18. Source: Lori Butcher / Shutterstock.com   As I write this, the mortgage originator’s stock is trading at or near the analysts’ target, suggesting it could be dead money over the

FuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) is likely on track to produce positive free cash flow (FCF) or come very close to it next year, given the streaming company’s huge subscriber growth. This should become clear to investors and analysts alike when the company produces its Q2 2021 results on Aug. 10. I project that FUBO stock will spike

Bill Ackman’s special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE:PSTH) just dumped its complicated deal to acquire 10% of Universal Music Group (UMG) for the SPAC. As a result, PSTH stock faces more uncertainty and doubt about its ability to close on a large reverse merger. Source: Dmitry Demidovich/ShutterStock.com In an interview with CNBC on

Editor’s Note: This article is part of Joanna’s Top Trades — a weekly feature dedicated toward making you money within a specific space. Joanna’s picks for this week are Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) and Romeo Power (NYSE:RMO) as the top electric vehicle (EV) supplier stocks to trade this week. I’m a green investor — from cars, to

With the disappointing performances of certain popular meme stocks lately, it might be time to reevaluate exposure to other internet community-driven trades. Notably, ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) stock. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com ContextLogic runs one of the world’s largest e-commerce marketplaces under the Wish.com brand and has experienced significant speculative interest. Because WISH stock had the bears