Earnings season is here and technology giant Amazon will be announcing its quarterly results on April 30. So, what can you expect from the e-commerce heavyweight in the March quarter?

At a time when most industries are grappling under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic, shares of Amazon have easily outperformed the broader markets. Amazon stock has gained 24% in 2020 compared to the S&P 500 decline of 10%.

The stock market sell-off amidst the coronavirus scare has created an opportunity for long-term investors to buy high-growth stocks at a cheap price. Last year, five semiconductor stocks made it to the top ten performers of the S&P 500. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was the best S&P 500 performer in 2018 and 2019 and Nvidia (NVDA) in 2020, growing ~10% YTD (year-to-date)

The US and China are the two major semiconductor markets. They are also the epicenters of coronavirus. Investors feared that the resulting lockdown from the pandemic would disrupt semiconductor supply and delay demand, sending AMD’s and Nvidia’s stocks down over 34% between February 19 and March 16. However, this sell-off opened a buy window.

On March 26, stock markets showed early sign of recovery after over a month of decline. Most cities across the globe have been quarantined because of the coronavirus pandemic making working from home the new normal. This work from home boost has proved to be a boon to SaaS (software-as-a-service) and telecommunication companies.

During these critical times, investments in stocks of internet related service providers and tech companies could make a difference to your portfolio. Tucows Limited (TCX) is one small cap stock you can consider for your portfolio.

Tucows stock has a market cap just above $522 million. On March 19, its stock price closed 3.6% higher. In comparison the S&P 500 index rose by 0.5% and Dow Jones by 0.95% yesterday. Even in the last one-month period, Tucows stock fared better than these two indices, as it declined by just 12%.

As a website founded in Canada (shout out to Waterloo + Guelph Region) I thought it would be fitting to shed light on the best Canadian stock investing forums. In the noise of financial news and investing related resources, Canadians sometimes get overlooked or forgotten about. Well, not today!

Social networks have seen tremendous growth during the age of the internet. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and now even TikTok have billions of users sharing content. At the same time, social networks appear to be seeing an evolution of sorts. Users are slowly spending less screen time on large social networks in exchange for focused, more niche style social networks.

We are officially launching our group chatting capability on Hashtag Investing. A robust messaging tool that actually empowers stock traders to discuss in a high quality, real-time group chat that mimics the design of WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, discord or Facebook messenger. These chatting apps are extremely user friendly and many mobile users are comfortable chatting on their since they already do it with friends and family.

On June 19, 2018, the Canadian Senate passed a bill to legalize recreational use of marijuana and the effective legalization date was announced by the Prime Minister as October 17, 2018.

Canada became the second country after Uruguay to legalize the drug.

From that date, under the Cannabis Act, persons of age 18 or older are allowed to possess up to 30 g of dried cannabis in public. Adults may also make cannabis-infused food and drinks so long as organic solvents are not used to create concentrated products. Individual Canadian provinces are able to set their own procedures for retail sales, and there is considerable variation from province to province.

Today’s online space is loaded with thousands of tools for investors to better view, understand, learn, share, and trade in the stock market. There are naturally many services that don’t offer any value at all, but then there are some that rapidly grow into household tools that every investor is talking about, and this is exactly the type that Koyfin falls under. As a website that strives for genuine recommendations and knowledge sharing I was compelled to bring this interview with the Founder and CEO of Koyfin for you to understand exactly why you should be using this tool! Here’s Rob!

Recently, Hashtag Investing re-launched a entirely new community platform for stock investors. One of our biggest focuses is ensuring that the community grows properly and has the right culture that allows investors to freely share valuable content from diverse perspectives Below is our first draft of our internal community culture and member principles.

Investors looking for high-quality dividend growth stocks should consider the Dividend Aristocrats, a group of 57 stocks in the S&P 500 Index that have increased their dividends for at least 25 years. The Dividend Aristocrats make for great long-term stock investments.

In order to become a Dividend Aristocrat, a company must have several desirable qualities. Dividend Aristocrats widely have strong brands, leadership positions in their industries, and durable competitive advantages that provide for long-term growth.

The following 3 Dividend Aristocrats could produce excellent returns for dividend growth investors.