An H&M store in New York City on Nov. 19, 2024.Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty ImagesWhen Gilberto Loureiro spent summers working in a textile factory as a teenager growing up in Portugal, he discovered that he felt "hate and love" for how clothes were produced.The work was tough: Loureiro's job was to spend long days standing and watching for flaws in woven fabric as it ran through machines at a rate of about 15 to 20 meters per minute."I really love the textile industry and problem solving, but I hate thi ...

The U.S. equity market has been challenging for investors in 2025, weighed down by inflation, geopolitical tensions, and rising interest rates. Investors have also been concerned about the escalation of trade wars in an already uncertain macroeconomic environment.However, such periods of high turbulence also offer astute investors a rare opportunity to pick up shares in attractive stocks that are trading at reasonable valuation levels. You do not need boatloads of capital to take advantage of this situation ...

Investors can often simplify their investment choices by buying stock in established, wealth-building companies. Such stocks tend to offer investors more safety, and this approach is especially beneficial when a stock has not approached the end of its high-growth years.Fortunately, the market offers numerous stocks that fit this description, and many of them have achieved their growth through success in artificial intelligence (AI).With that, three analysts from The Motley Fool have recommended stocks that ...

Amazon (AMZN 0.18%) was one of the biggest winners of the e-commerce revolution, and its platform is by far the most used option in this realm. On the investment side, it's what most users might think about Amazon. However, there are far better reasons to own the stock than that, as there isn't much growth in its e-commerce business anymore.Furthermore, my primary reason to invest in Amazon isn't affected by tariffs, which just adds to an ever-growing list of reasons why Amazon should be viewed as a cloud c ...

Market downturns represent an excellent opportunity to buy quality stocks at discounted prices.When President Trump announced the imposition of worldwide tariffs last month, the reaction from investors was swift and severe. Each of the major market indexes fell into correction territory -- marked by a decline of more than 10%. The sell-off was led by the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.52%), which briefly entered a bear market, marked by a decline of 20% from its recent high.Seasoned investors know that market do ...

Investing in the right growth stocks can help you build wealth for retirement. Companies that are seeing above-average growth in their businesses are usually in a competitively strong position that leads to years of compounding returns for shareholders.If you have $5,000, or even less, that you can afford to commit to a long-term investment strategy, there are attractive opportunities to put that money to work. To give you some ideas, read why three Fool.com contributors believe Amazon (AMZN 0.18%), Mercado ...

My family jokes about it all the time. I order something innocuous on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ), and as soon as click the send button on my phone, someone says, "has it arrived yet?" ThisI'm Rob Isbitts, founder of Sungarden Investment Publishing. I run the new investing group Sungarden YARP Portfolio, a community dedicated to navigating the modern investment climate with humility, discipline, and a non-traditional approach to income investing. I've been charting investments since the 1980s, and I sp ...

CloudKeeper's Cloud Fitness Challenge dares AWS users for a 30-day cloud optimization exercise, unlocking hidden savings of up to 10% savings even in 'fully optimized' setups. This gamified experience delivers automated scans, expert insights, a personalized Cloud Fitness Score, and milestone-based rewards. Photo Courtesy of CloudKeeper NEW YORK, May 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CloudKeeper, a leading provider of cloud cost optimization solutions, has announced the launch of its 30-Day Cloud Fitness Challe ...

Amazon’s cutting-edge delivery drones fell from the sky during a December test flight after a software update made them vulnerable to rain — an avoidable disaster made worse by the company’s decision to remove a critical safety sensor, according to a report citing federal documents.The twin crashes of Amazon’s MK30 drones in Oregon occurred just minutes apart on Dec. 16, when both aircraft abruptly shut off mid-air at an altitude of more than 200 feet and slammed into the ground, Bloomberg News reported.The ...

Over the past couple of months, one particular element has guided stock market movement, and that's President Trump's import tariff plan. Trump set out a broad framework early last month, including double-digit tariffs on countries worldwide and a tariff on China that reached 145%, and that sent stocks spiraling lower. The concern was high tariff levels would weigh on the economy and even lead to a recession. That wouldn't be good news for corporate earnings or share prices.But, when Trump halted the plan f ...