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3 Value Stocks to Dive Into Now
It's not always easy to distinguish great value investments from failing businesses. Many of their features are often the same, and the attributes that will turn some such companies into long-term....
Is Skechers Getting Unfairly Punished Along With Other Sports Retailers?
Shares of Skechers (NYSE: SKX) have been in decline since its last quarterly report, despite the company's reporting rising sales. The stock of sports apparel companies Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Under....
Honda Is Finally Getting Serious About Electric Cars
Investors have been wondering when Honda (NYSE: HMC) would get with the electric-car program, and now there's an answer. At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Honda's CEO unveiled a show....
3 Top E-Commerce Companies to Buy in 2017
No discussion of e-commerce can take place without mentioning the mighty Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). The company dominates online retail -- and, increasingly -- retail as a whole.Yet there are....
A Biosimilar Cure for Sky-High Cancer Drug Prices
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Allergan PLC's (NYSE: AGN) Mvasi, the first biosimilar to a cancer drug to win the regulatory green light.....
Should You Buy Apple Shares After the iPhone X Launch?
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone X has been so hyped up that CEO Tim Cook said in May that iPhone sales were lower because customers were holding out for this 10th-anniversary edition of the....
Why Apple Finally Embraced Dolby Vision
Thanks to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), it's been a great week for Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) investors. Dolby shares are up more than 15% over the past four days, including a nearly 10% pop on....
Hate Risk? You'll Love These 3 Stocks
Risk is unavoidable -- however, several stocks have positioned themselves in a way that still offers growth potential while mitigating risk, unlike high-growth stocks that are years away from....
3 Reasons to Bet on Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks' (NYSE: PANW) latest fourth-quarter results clearly indicate that its sales strategy reorganization and product updates are working well, helping it add a record 3,000 customers....
Dead Stock Walking: Snap Has Nowhere to Go but Down
The old saying "just because you can doesn't mean you should" would seemingly apply to vanishing-message platform Snap (NYSE: SNAP), a once highly anticipated tech IPO that has since crumbled.It's....
3 Dividend Stocks Ideal for Retirees
If you're near or in retirement, owning dividend stocks can be a great way to create a consistent stream of cash flows to fund your living expenses or even travel the world. But not all dividends....
Nordstrom Local Becomes the Latest Brick-and-Mortar Experiment to Win Back Shoppers
Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) recently revealed plans for a new store concept -- Nordstrom Local will be much smaller than the typical department store while offering services, including manicures,....
3 Value Stocks for Conservative Investors
Value can be measured in a lot of ways, depending on the nature of the company you're analyzing. A low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio may be a good measure, book value may be used, or sometimes,....
Apple, Inc.'s Epic Face ID Fail: Not a Fail After All?
If you were watching the live stream, you probably cringed. The very first action performed on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone X totally -- and embarrassingly -- failed during Apple's Sept. 12....
Will the Equifax Data Breach Impact Your Social Security Benefits?
By now, you've probably heard the news that Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, experienced a major data breach that could potentially impact a whopping 143 million Americans. As a....
Apple, Inc.'s iPhone X Event: What Analysts Are Saying
While the media seems to have mixed feelings about Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new $999 iPhone X, there's less disparity among analysts. Overall, analysts seem optimistic after Apple's Sept. 12....
When Will ExxonMobil Corporation Split Its Stock Again?
Oil giant ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is no stranger to stock splits, having completed seven of them over the course of its history. Many of those occurred after its stock price had risen into the....
3 Stocks That Look Just Like PepsiCo in 1978
Few companies can rival PepsiCo's (NYSE: PEP) long track record of value creation for shareholders. Including dividends, a mere $10,000 invested in Pepsi at the beginning of 1978 would be worth....
3 Stocks Retirees Should Buy on a Market Pullback
The best stocks for your retirement portfolio aren't always trading at reasonable prices. Sometimes, it's worth waiting for a better price before buying into a great income stock.We asked a panel....
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks were mixed Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) closing at a record high and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) losing ground.Data source: Yahoo!....
5 Questions the Small Business Owner Should Ask the Finance Manager or CFO
Small business owner, I congratulate you. Your business has grown to a point where you need more accounting firepower in the form of a finance manager. Maybe your enterprise is now a middle-market....
Why Halozyme Therapeutics, Tenet Healthcare, and AMC Entertainment Holdings Jumped Today
The stock market was once again mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrials gaining ground to set a record high for the third session in a row even as other major benchmarks lagged behind.....
Why Opko Health, Avis Budget Group, and Adomani Slumped Today
Thursday was another relatively quiet day for the stock market, and major benchmarks finished on either side of the unchanged mark by the end of the trading session. The Dow Jones Industrials hit....
Why Cornerstone OnDemand Shares Soared Today
Shares of Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD) soared on Thursday, closing out the day with gains of 15%, after news broke that the company has reportedly hired financial advisors for a "strategic....
Why Shares of Tiffany & Co. Dropped Today
Shares of jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) slumped on Thursday after news broke that Qatar's sovereign wealth fund sold a large block of shares. The shares were reportedly priced....