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4 Things EOG Resources Inc.'s CEO Wants You to Know About How It Responds to Lower Oil Prices
EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) recently reported decent second-quarter results. While it didn't earn as much money as analysts expected due in part to weaker oil prices, its production and costs were....
3 Top Biotech Stocks Under $5
The biotech field is littered with stocks under $5 that probably won't walk away from the crash landings that made them look so cheap. You'll be glad to know that sifting through the wreckage to....
Target Shows How a Traditional Retailer Can Make Progress
Shares of big-box retailer Target (NYSE: TGT) rallied after a good second-quarter report delivered to investors on Wednesday. Management had lots of updates to share as the turnaround strategy....
The 3 Safest Dividends Among 21st Century Materials Stocks
Throughout recorded history, amazing advances in technology and transformations of the global economy have been driven by changes in the global flow of materials. The spice trade catalyzed....
Hollywood Studios Are Forcing Movie Theaters to Rethink Their Traditions
Friday morning, Bloomberg reported that several Hollywood studios are planning to launch a premium video streaming service without asking movie theater chains for a thumbs-up first.In an age of....
Zoe's Kitchen Inc. to Slow Expansion
Zoe's Kitchen (NYSE: ZOES) reported second-quarter results on Aug. 17.Lower customer traffic continues to weigh on its sales and profits, prompting the Mediterranean-inspired restaurant chain to....
Disney and Hulu Finally Becoming Real Competitors to Netflix
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has sucked almost all of the air out of the room in the streaming business, building a $72 billion market cap in the process. And for good reasons. The company has 104....
How to Invest for Retirement: a Step-by-Step Guide
Investing for retirement can seem tricky, but it doesn't have to be. With a little bit of homework, you can construct a bulletproof retirement plan full of safe, income-generating stocks and bonds....
Better Buy: HP Inc. vs. Cisco Systems
HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) are generally considered mature technology plays, which implies they offer income instead of growth. But over the past 12 months, HP has bucked expectations....
How to Invest in SpaceX Stock? There's Just 1 Way
Everyone wants a piece of SpaceX. But how can you invest in SpaceX stock?Last year, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) "competitive intelligence tools" subsidiary Alexa (yes, Alexa has a side job) reported....
You Wouldn't Believe the Size of Facebook, Inc.'s Data Center Spending
The scale of Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) business ensures that many of its operating figures are stunningly large.Here are just a few from its most recent quarterly report: Revenue jumped 45% to $9.3....
My Heart Be Still: Millennials and Baby Boomers Are Saving More for Retirement
What I'm about to say probably won't come a surprise to many of you, but Americans, relative to other developed counties, are really poor savers.According to data from the St. Louis Federal....
Investors Should Look Past F5 Networks' Disappointing Results
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), which specializes in the secure delivery of applications for large enterprises, reported a disappointing June quarter. While non-GAAP earnings per share was in....
3 Top Biotech Stocks Under $10
Cheap and junk don't have to go hand in hand. Sometimes, items that are inexpensive could still have tremendous potential for their values to increase. That can be true with anything you buy --....
3 Stocks Every Retiree Should Consider Buying
For many people, the prospect of putting money to work in stocks after they retire sounds daunting. After all, individual stocks tend to be more volatile -- both as they climb and fall -- than....
Up 187% in 2017, Is Exact Sciences Corp. Stock Still a Buy?
Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) investors are having a year to remember. Shares of the colon cancer detection company have been on an absolute tear in 2017, rising more than 187%. But after the....
10 Marijuana Stats That Will Blow You Away
Love it or hate it, marijuana has been a hot topic in the U.S. and Canada over the last couple of years. Twenty-nine U.S. states plus the District of Columbia now allow legal use of medical....
Marijuana Users May Face Significant Health Risks, According to a Newly-Released Study
Few industries, if any, have been able to compete with the rapid growth rate of legal marijuana in recent years. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the North American legal weed industry....
5 Things You Didn't Know About Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market's (NASDAQ: WFM) story as a stock may be coming to an end with Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition, but the company's influence will only continue to grow. With Amazon's reach and....
Now's the Time to Buy These Stocks
Not every stock fresh off of the announcement of second-quarter 2017 earnings has performed well in the aftermath. While readjusting a company's valuation can make perfect sense in light of....
2 Signs That Big Retail's E-Commerce Explosion Is Accelerating
On this MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Aaron Bush of Motley Fool Rule Breakers check on two of the largest retailers in the world: Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), which boosted its e-commerce....
In Retail, We've Lowered the Bar for What We Consider Good News
On this MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Funds' Bill Barker discuss a couple of retailers' earnings reports, neither of which was unequivocally good -- which should come as....
Here's What Investors Need to Know Before Buying Tech Stocks
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are joined by Dylan Lewis, host of Industry Focus: Tech, who offers some insights into the tech sector and what....
Are These Upgrades Proof Tesla's Decision to Raise Debt Was the Correct Move?
Nothing can defy logical Wall Street valuations like a good story stock. And you'd be hard pressed to find a better story stock, and story teller, than Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and its CEO Elon Musk.....
salesforce.com, inc. Earnings: 4 Key Metrics for Investors to Focus On
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) will report results for its second quarter of fiscal 2018. The company has outperformed the S&P 500 so far this year, rising about 32% year to....