l stores, online retail stores will only  gain more  momentum this year and beyond. With economic recovery being the main focus of 2021, incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has announced ambitious plans to rejuvenate consumer spending through direct fiscal stimulus. He has already outlined a $1.9 trillion economic rescue package. This should bode well for online […]

Most technology companies have been benefiting from an  accelerated pace of digital transformation thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While a vaccine-driven economic recovery is expected to lead to a degree of trend reversal this year, many analysts predict the continuation of certain trends that will sustain the demand for tech offerings. Companies that stayed afloat […]

The fintech (financial technology) industry is fast transforming the U.S. financial sector. Over recent years,  the growth of fintech stocks has exploded  with the evolution of digital payment-processing solutions. The coronavirus pandemic has further accelerated digital payments because  consumers have been forced by lockdown requirements to rely  on online transactions for payment networks, online lending, […]

Society’s  increased dependence on technology since the coronavirus pandemic took hold helped the technology sector significantly outperform the broader market in 2020. This can be seen in the Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund’s (VGT) 43.4% gain in 2020 versus the S&P 500’s 18.2%. Led by household name companies like Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and Apple Inc. […]