Rick Aristotle Munarriz

1 week ago | fool.com | Rick Aristotle Munarriz

After back-to-back years of strong returns for cruise line stocks, this year has been enough to make investors seasick. The three largest cruise line operators are trading 29%, 17%, and 35% lower in 2025. You don't have to go all the way up to the pool deck to see the light about what's going on here. The trade war rhetoric has rocked the market, and the cruise industry finds itself in choppy waters. It's hard to fathom -- see what I did there?

2 weeks ago | fool.com | Nick Sciple |Rick Aristotle Munarriz |Ricky Mulvey

In this podcast recorded on April 3, Motley Fool analyst Nick Sciple and host Ricky Mulvey discuss:Why markets are reacting so strongly to the "reciprocal tariff" announcements. How investors can look for opportunities, but "not be a hero" right now. Match Group's new artificial intelligence flirting game. Then, Motley Fool contributor Rick Munarriz joins Ricky for a conversation about Nintendo's new Switch 2, and how the device could boost earnings for the video game maker.

2 weeks ago | fool.com | Rick Aristotle Munarriz

There is opportunity in the volatility. Cathie Wood is a widely watched growth investor who has steered her Ark Invest family of exchange-traded funds to success when equity prices are rising. She's also not afraid to put money to work when stocks are sliding. Wood added to her stakes in Nvidia (NVDA 4.29%), Baidu (BIDU -0.20%), and Iridium Communications (IRDM 1.85%) on Monday, a day that featured the market's widest swing in the last five years.

2 weeks ago | fool.com | Rick Aristotle Munarriz

It's shaping up to be another rocky week of trading, and the volatility will probably keep Cathie Wood busy. The co-founder, CEO, and ace stock picker for Ark Invest tends to be active when the market's moving one way or another. She bought shares in four different companies across her family of growth-focused exchange-traded funds during Friday's sell-off. I want to talk about three of them.

2 weeks ago | fool.com | Rick Aristotle Munarriz

Stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday, following the official rollout of higher-than-expected U.S. tariffs on imports. There's no shortage of companies and consumers that will suffer from the inflationary pressures or rising input costs. However, there are some stocks likely to tumble in the aftermath of the new normal that should hold up better than the downticks suggest. Alibaba (BABA -0.68%) joined the majority of stocks opening lower on Thursday morning. On the surface, it makes sense.