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Apple Stock Vs. Amazon Stock: Race To A $1 Trillion Valuation
There’s been talk of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) carrying the iPhone maker to a $1 trillion valuation for more than a year, but talk about Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has emerged more recently.....
1 million+ Consumers Call On DOJ To Block Bayer-Monsanto Merger
New reports reveal devastating impacts on consumers and farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington, D.C. — More than 1 million petition signatures were delivered today by farming, consumer and....
Knowles Corp Short Thesis
Recap from October’s Picks
Our Most Attractive Stocks (-1.1%) underperformed the S&P 500 (+1.5%) last month. Most Attractive Large Cap stock Lam Research Corp (LRCX) gained 13%. Most....
The Palm Oil Industry: Visualized through Big Data
By Kalev Leetaru and Gabriel Thoumi, CFA, FRM
Posted In CFA Institute: Enterprising Investor.
Palm oil is an inexpensive and highly versatile vegetable oil derived....
Investors Who Lower Their Return Expectations at Times of High Valuations Should Lower Allocations Too
Valuation-Informed Indexing #366
By Rob Bennett
I have for the past two months been sending my boy Timothy two articles a week on the Valuation-Informed Indexing concept. He reads them and....
What You Need To Know About Broadcom’s Bid for Qualcomm
Phone chipmaker Broadcom has made a surprising and splashy $105 billion bid for its rival Qualcomm yesterday, making it potentially the biggest takeover in the history of the technology – if the....
Apple Inc. Q4 F2017 Earnings Results, Outlook Boost Shares
The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Q4 F2017 earnings results were released after closing bell tonight, and the iPhone maker reported earnings of $2.07 per share on $52.6 billion in sales, marking a 12%....
Tesla Inc (TSLA) Stock: Buy The Dip Or Sell A Lost Cause?
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock tumbled following the company’s third-quarter earnings report, and now investors are faced again with a major question. Just how much do they believe in Tesla and its....
Facebook Inc (FB) Warns Drop In Profits As It Ramps Up Security Spending
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) revenue increased 47%, the company said, announcing its latest financial report on Wednesday, but the good news came with a warning note. The company stated that in the....
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3Q17 Earnings Results Boost Stock
The Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) 3Q17 earnings results were released before opening bell this morning, and the company posted adjusted earnings of RMB8.57 per share on RMB55.12 billion....
Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) Stock Analysis
One new stock made October’s Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio, available to members as of October 13, 2017.
Recap from September’s Picks
Our Exec Comp....
Alphabet Inc 3Q17 Earnings Send Shares Higher
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) 3Q17 earnings were released after closing bell tonight, and the company posted GAAP earnings of $9.57 per share on $27.8 billion in revenue, a 20% increase (23% in....
Microsoft Corporation FQ1 2018 Earnings Boosts Shares
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) FQ1 2018 earnings were released after closing bell tonight, and the company posted earnings of 84 cents per share, a 17% increase from last year, on $24.5....
Amazon.com, Inc. 3Q17 Earnings Send Shares Higher
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) 3Q17 earnings were released after closing bell tonight, and the company posted earnings of 52 cents per share on $43.7 billion in revenue. Analysts had been....
How a Small Minority of Investors Controls What We All Believe About How the Stock Market Works
Valuation-Informed Indexing #364
By Rob Bennett
I recently discovered a fascinating article by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that explains something about stock investing that I have been trying to....
6 Undervalued Stocks That Top Money Managers Are Buying
How To Find Stocks That Money Managers Own
One of the better-kept secrets in investing is a form called the 13F-HR that all institutional investors who manage over $100 million in assets must....
General Electric Company (GE) Q3 2017 Earnings Miss Sinks Shares
GE Q3 2017 earnings were released before opening bell this morning. The company posted adjusted earnings of 29 cents per share on $33.5 billion in revenue, coming up far short of the earnings....
PayPal Holdings Inc Q3 2017 Earnings Send Shares Higher After Hours
PayPal Q3 2017 earnings were released after closing bell tonight, and the company reported non-GAAP earnings of 46 cents per share on $3.239 billion. Analysts had been looking for 43 cents per....
Sinking The Titanic: Apple Inc. Stock Weighs On Indices, Bulls See Opportunity
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock sunk on Thursday, dragging the rest of the markets down with it. The iPhone maker’s shares tumbled by nearly 3% to fall as low as $155.02 in heavy trading. By....
6 More Expensive Stocks In The Dow
Introduction
In part 1 of this five-part series, I covered what I considered the 6 most expensive stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index of 30 stocks. With this part 2, I’m going to....
Amazon.com, Inc. Stock Target Up To $1,350 As Teen Mindshare Rises
Every so often, analysts engage in a sort of “mine’s bigger than yours” battle over price targets, especially over big names like Amazon.com stock. One firm fires the first shot, and then it’s....
The Stock Market Is Only As Smart As the Investors Who Comprise It
Valuation-Informed Indexing #362 on the topic of buy and hold investing and the wisdom of the crowds
By Rob Bennett
A Buy and Hold friend of mine recently posted....
The September Shift To Small-Cap Value + 5 More Observations On 3Q17
Co-CIO Francis Gannon on a September Shift for small-caps (and interest rates) and why it could mean good news for cyclical stocks.
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The....
Tesla Inc Stock Rockets Higher After Analyst Calls It The Intel of EVs
Tesla stock rallied on Wednesday despite a disappointing start to the Model 3 manufacturing. It turns out that there’s a new bull in town, and he’s got a new ultra-bullish price target as he sees....
PepsiCo, Inc. Q3 2017 Earnings: Shares Fall On Reduced Outlook
Pepsi Q3 2017 earnings were released before opening bell this morning. The soft drink and snack maker reported $1.48 per share in adjusted earnings on $16.24 billion in sales. Analysts had been....