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Short Seller vs. iRobot: Can the Stock Be Too High for Its Own Good?
On this segment of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Vincent Shen is joined by Fool.com contributor Danny Vena as they look at iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) and the bearish report from a firm called Spruce....
Early Holiday Sales Predictions Offer Mixed News for Retailers
Total retail sales for the holiday season of November and December will grow by 3.1% in 2017 to $929.15 billion, according to data from eMarketer. That sounds like good news, but it's actually....
Could SINA Corp. Be a Millionaire Maker Stock?
Chinese tech company SINA (NASDAQ: SINA) is often overshadowed by bigger players like Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), and Tencent (NASDAQOTH: TCEHY). But since going public in 2000 at....
Goldman Sachs CEO Thinks Markets Are Too High
Analysts and commentators are often derided for saying that stocks are overpriced and due for a correction. Behavioral economics, the fad at the moment, holds that making predictions is like....
3 Stocks Your Children Will Brag About Someday
We Fools believe that holding great companies over long periods is the best way to grow wealthy. So which stocks do we think are great buy-and-hold candidates today? We asked that question to a....
Why L Brands, Inc. Stock Plunged 21.9% in August
Shares of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works parent L Brands (NYSE: LB) declined 21.9% in the month of August, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the....
Why Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Stock Fell 17.2% in August
Shares of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. (NASDAQ: SFM) declined 17.2% in the month of August, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)....
4 Finance Terms Investors Should Know
Sometimes on Industry Focus, we dive right into a subject and forget to explain what some of the more in-the-weeds financial terms really mean.This week's Tech show is a start at remedying that.....
Gold Is Nearing a 1-Year High, but Gold Stocks Are Lagging -- Here's Why
It's very quietly been a very strong year for physical gold. Following a late 2016 swoon, the lustrous yellow metal has rallied from its $1,150.90 an ounce close on Dec. 30, 2016, to hit a 2017....
3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy in September
Warren Buffett celebrated his 87th birthday on Aug. 30. With a net worth of close to $80 billion, he probably didn't exactly need any birthday presents. However, Buffett could have some presents....
Career "Networking" is Not Optional. Here's How to Do It
Most of the time, if someone walks into a room and in a sea of faces sees someone they know, even vaguely, they'll gravitate toward the familiar face.That's often what happens when someone has a....
Are You Making These Costly 401(k) Mistakes?
The 401(k) has become a major source of retirement income for many workers since most companies have eliminated defined benefit plans. However, even if you're contributing to your 401(k) plan, you....
Here's How the 10 Largest Cryptocurrencies Have Performed Year to Date
Among stock market industries, things like marijuana, the Internet of Things, surgically assisted robotic systems, cancer immunotherapies, and electric vehicles are all the rage. Yet you could add....
3 Questions for SolarEdge Technologies
One of the surprise winners in the solar industry right now is a company most customers never see. SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG) began as a solar optimizer manufacturer and now makes....
Why Target Investors Should Be Wary of Rising Technology Costs
Target (NYSE: TGT) has, in the short term, stabilized its business.The company has delivered a better-than-expected 2017 so far, reporting a comparable sales increase of 1.3% in Q2 and earnings....
3 Top Stocks for Retirees
When you're retired, your investing goals change. Growth is still good, but it isn't nearly as important as steady and reliable income. But what stocks should you choose to provide that steady and....
How to Invest Internationally: 3 Smart Ways to Build a Winning Portfolio
Many U.S. investors commit almost all of their stock portfolios to American companies. That's only natural, because it's easier to feel comfortable investing in the companies with which you're....
5 Countries With the Highest Installed Solar Capacity (No. 2 May Surprise You)
Image source: First Solar.Solar energy is the fastest-growing new source of energy in the world, and it's still just scratching the surface of its potential. According to the International Energy....
5 Things You'll Want to Know From Celgene Corporation's Latest Presentation
It's been a busy week for biotech and healthcare conferences. Drugmakers big and small have been making the rounds, answering questions about their current status and future prospects. Celgene....
You Won't Believe How Much Debt Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Has
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX), one of the world's largest copper miners, made what turned out to be an ill-fated diversification attempt in 2013. The energy business it bought floundered and,....
5 Key Things You Should Watch With Jazz Pharmaceuticals
It's been a great year for Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ) shareholders so far. The biotech stock is up more than 35% year to date. However, most of those gains were made in the first....
Why Axon Enterprise Inc.'s Shares Plunged 12% in August
Shares of Axon Enterprise Inc. (NASDAQ: AAXN) dropped 11.7% in August, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the body camera and taser maker reported quarterly....
Is Wells Fargo & Company a Buy?
Thanks to its ongoing fake-accounts scandal, which we recently discovered was worse than initially reported, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has been among the worst performers in the banking industry. In....
3 Retirement Accounts You Should Try to Max Out
Most Americans want -- and need -- more than a million dollars in savings to retire without financial worries. Having a seven-figure nest egg should allow most families to replace the income they....
3 Ways to Retain Your Top Employees
Think about the people you manage on a regular basis. They might all be smart and relatively diligent, but there are probably at least a couple of superstars who stand out from the pack. Those are....