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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....
No Joke: 97 Million Full-Time Workers Are Now Living Paycheck to Paycheck
This may not come as a shock to many, but Americans are pretty undisciplined when it comes to money. According to data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve, the personal saving rate in June 2017 was....
The 10 Most Popular Social-Media Networks (Bet You Haven't Heard of No. 5)
Social Media touches every corner of the globe. Image source: Getty Images.The network effect can provide a business with one of its most significant competitive advantages, and social media is....
3 Ways to Get Around RMDs
Required minimum distributions are many a retiree's bugaboo. RMDs force retirees to withdraw a certain amount of money from their tax-deferred retirement savings accounts, whether they need that....
Can Best Buy Stock Bounce Back After Last Week's 12% Drop?
A spectacular run for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) shareholders was interrupted last week, as the last major consumer-electronics retailer still standing followed up a strong report with concerns of....
Are Digital Wallets Doomed to Fail?
The success of digital wallets varies greatly depending upon whom you ask. In early August, Goldman Sachs analysts proclaimed that digital wallet adoption had been "underwhelming to date by nearly....
Better Buy: Sierra Wireless vs. Qualcomm
Investors looking for plays on the Internet of Things may have their eyes on both Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR). Sierra makes chips and cloud-based software that....