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Why Shares of Tintri Inc. Crashed Today
Shares of enterprise cloud-platform provider Tintri Inc. (NASDAQ: TNTR) tumbled on Friday after the company reported mixed second-quarter financial results. Revenue came in below the average....
Ask a Fool: Which Are Better -- Index Funds or Actively-Managed Mutual Funds?
Not necessarily. In fact, there’s a better case to be made in favor of index funds.Perhaps the biggest difference between the two types of funds is their cost. Actively managed mutual funds employ....
How Roku Makes Its Money
Roku has now filed its S-1 Registration Statement with the SEC, officially signaling its intention to go public in the near future. The company's brand is synonymous with streaming set-top boxes,....
Banker Upgrades Intelsat Stock, Doubles Price Target
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one....
McDonald's Corp Revitalizes McCafe: What You Need to Know
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) said it understands how important the coffee culture is for consumers, and it's relaunching McCafe to prove it. On Wednesday, McDonald's said it is overhauling the McCafe....
5 Key Principles From the Brand New Edition of The Motley Fool Investing Guide
On this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are joined for a very special podcast crossover event by Motley Fool co-founder -- and host of Rule Breaker Investing --....
Ask a Fool: Are Stocks Too Risky for Retirees?
The short answer to this question is no. All retirees should have some exposure to stocks or stock-based funds in their portfolio. While they are indeed more volatile investments than bonds, for....
3 Reasons Apple Inc. Stock Could Rise After Its Big iPhone Launch
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares have enjoyed a tremendous run year-to-date. In that time, the stock is up nearly 40%, which is particularly impressive considering that a 40% increase in the company's....
How the Model 3 Could Help Triple Tesla's Revenue
Electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) expects its recently launched Model 3 to help the company's sales soar, simultaneously accelerating a mass-market transition to electric vehicles. But just....
2 Big Reasons Exelixis, Inc. Added $626 Million to Its Market Cap in August
Shares of Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL), a biotech company primarily focused on developing drugs to treat cancer, rallied more than $2 per share during the month of August, according to data from....
5 Questions for Colin Walsh, CEO of Varo Money
The payments company Square (NYSE: SQ) is looking to disrupt more than just the payments space. On Thursday, it submitted an application with bank regulators to obtain a charter for an industrial....
Square Inc. Is Expanding Into Banking -- Here's Why
Square (NYSE: SQ) has expanded far beyond its roots, when its business primarily consisted of transaction fees from payments on its small, white mobile card reader. It has launched numerous....
How to Keep Your Documents Safe From a Natural Disaster
As people make the decision to flee or hunker down during a natural disaster, most thought goes to making sure they have their basic needs met. Of course, food, water, and shelter come first, but....
Alibaba Just Had Its Amazon AWS Moment
AMZN data by YCharts.How much revenue AWS actually generated for Amazon had long been a source of speculation. Was the service, a cloud-based data management and storage service, even....
Why AeroVironment's Shares Popped in August
Shares of drone and electric car charger manufacturer AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) jumped 29.7% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company....
Redfin Stock Nails Its First Open House
Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) has been one of this year's hottest IPOs, and on Thursday, it had its first chance to earn those gains with its first quarterly report as a public company. It was a strong....
This Clear Catalyst Sent Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl. Inc. 18% Lower in August
Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX), a drugmaker that has predominantly grown via acquisitions over the years, plunged by 18% during August, according to data from S&P Global Market....
A Perfect Storm Cut Teva Pharmaceutical Industries's Stock in Half in August
Shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE: TEVA), an Israeli-based developer of branded and generic drugs, imploded in August and lost 51% of its market cap, according to data from S&P....
3 Stocks That Have Paid a Dividend for at Least 135 Consecutive Years
In many ways, you could think of dividend stocks as the financial foundation of your portfolio. The reason is that they bring four unique advantages to the table for investors.To begin with,....
3 Rock Solid High-Yield Financial-Sector Dividend Stocks With a P/E Under 15
Over the past year, the financial sector has been one of the best-performing areas of the stock market. In fact, while the S&P 500 has gained 13%, the financial sector has risen by more than....
3 Billionaire Stocks for Retirees
It can be a daunting task for investors to narrow down their list of potential stocks to buy. But that pressure can be even greater for retirees who want to enjoy the outsized gains offered by the....
The 5 Worst Reasons to Buy Marijuana Stocks
Chances are you'd struggle to find an industry that's been stronger over the trailing one-year period than legal marijuana. Cannabis research firm ArcView pegged North American legal weed growth....
Here's Why Mosaic Co Dropped 12.7% in August
Shares of diversified fertilizer producer and distributor Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) dropped nearly 13% last month, after the release of second-quarter 2017 earnings on the first day of August. There....
Why Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Dropped 10% in August
Shares of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) dropped 10.5% in August. Virtually all of the drop occurred on August 4, the day after the company reported a loss for the second quarter of 2017.....
Is Anheuser-Busch InBev Damaging Its Own Beer Sales?
Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) is once again mocking the craft-beer industry, even as it buys up every craft brewer in sight. In a series of ads for its Bud Light brand, the brewer that once....