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Can Match Group Keep Going After Last Week's 18% Pop?
The market's been swiping right on Tinder parent Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) these days. Shares of the online dating specialist hit a new high on Friday, moving 18.1% higher on the week after....
3 Things That We Now Know About the Apple iPhone 9
As of writing, we're less than 10 days from Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) special event, during which the company is sure to unveil its next-generation trio of iPhones, reportedly called iPhone 8, iPhone....
The Only 2 Biotech Stocks With a Higher Dividend Yield Than the S&P 500
Over the long run, the best-performing investment portfolios are often those that are loaded with dividend stocks. There are, in particular, four reasons why dividend stocks are in such high....
Do Apple Inc.'s New iPhones Deserve to Be Called "iPhone 8"?
9to5Mac recently reported that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to call the successors to today's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones by the names iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, respectively.Though this....
General Motors Bounces Back With Strong August Sales
General Motors (NYSE: GM) stock has been on a roller-coaster ride this year, as investors try to weigh the company's record earnings-per-share performance against falling sales and a persistent....
Can Ambarella Stock Bounce Back After Last Week's 20% Drop?
If there's one painful lesson that Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) shareholders keep learning, it's that beating Wall Street expectations isn't enough. The provider of low-power, high-def video....
AMD’s Data Center Business Gets a Big Shot in the Arm
Advanced Micro Devices' (NASDAQ: AMD) plans to make progress in the data center space got a boost recently when the company announced major partnerships in China. The chipmaker's EPYC family of....
2 Possible Reasons This Intel Corp. Exec Is Abandoning Ship
Late last month, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) disclosed that executive Stacy Smith, who oversees the company's manufacturing, sales, and operations, will be out of the company by the end of January....
Most Popular Bank CEOs According to Their Employees
If you want to comprehensively understand a bank from an investment perspective, you need to look at it through several different lenses.Fundamental metrics are important, including those that....
How Extreme Networks Stock Rose 30% in August
Shares of Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR) gained 30% in August 2017, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The maker of enterprise-grade networking equipment and network....
Apple Inc.'s Big iPhone Secret Revealed
There has been a lot of speculation on how Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will name its upcoming trio of iPhones. In the press, the two LCD models were referred to as the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, while....
How to Build a Socially Responsible Portfolio
Making money is the primary goal for most investors, but it doesn't have to be your only goal. Building a socially conscious portfolio can generate you a nice profit while also helping to make the....
Pulling Back the Curtain on Apple's Self-Driving Car Project
When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) revealed to the world that it was working on its own autonomous car, speculation ran rampant about what it could mean. As it turns out, Apple's own research and....
Is Discounting Really the Best Thing Happening in Brick-and-Mortar Retail?
The retail industry has been under siege the last few years, and 2017 is on pace to see the worst losses yet. At the midpoint of the year, brick-and-mortar stores were closing at the fastest pace....
The 1 Marijuana Stock That Can Thrive, Even If Jeff Sessions Cracks Down on Weed
The marijuana industry is growing like a weed. Sure, the pun is eye-roll worthy, but it accurately describes the superior growth rates at the moment for legal cannabis.According to leading....
Incredible Growth Shows Investors It's Hip to Be Square Capital
Since Square (NYSE: SQ) reported its second-quarter earnings, its share price has basically stagnated, largely trading sideways the past month. Of course, this should be taken in the context of....
2 Reasons Sierra Wireless Can Get Better
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) is a pure-play Internet of Things (IoT) specialist that has set its sights on making the most of an emerging market that's set to boom in the long run. The chipmaker....
5 Key Metrics for Zynga Investors to Focus On
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is on the comeback trail, and investors are taking notice. Sales are on an upswing, the business is profitable for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2012, and its....
This New Social Security Bill Demonstrates Why Bipartisanship Is Critical for Success
How important is Social Security for today's retirees? According to new data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), 61% of all current retirees relies on their monthly benefit check for at....
Don't Make This Big Mistake With Your Inheritance
Baby boomers will transfer a jaw-dropping $30 trillion in wealth to their heirs over the next 30 to 40 years, and a lot of that wealth will be in the form of IRAs and employer-sponsored plans.....
A Foolish Take: The Highest-Grossing Movies of 2017 (So Far)
Movies seem flashier than ever, but the domestic film market remains a slow-growth one. PwC expects annual U.S. box office revenue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of just 1.2% between....
A Foolish Take: What's the Matter With Inflation?
One of the most fundamental relationships in all of economics -- between the unemployment rate and inflation -- appears to be broken.Historically, these metrics have tended to be inversely....
TripAdvisor's Most Attractive Business Isn't Hotels
There isn't much about TripAdvisor's (NASDAQ: TRIP) non-hotel business segment that would grab investors' attention at first glance. After all, the division contributed just $2 million toward....
Like Dividends? I Bet You'll Love These 2 Stocks
If you bank on stocks that pay you regularly to boost your income, you're not alone. Dividend stocks have traditionally outperformed non-dividend-paying ones, and if chosen prudently, they can....
NVIDIA's Processors May Soon Power Wal-Mart's Deep Learning Push
Recently, analyst Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research wrote in an investor note that Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) will ramp up its focus on deep neural networks for its OneOps cloud business....