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The Technology Arms Race Continues for Detroit Automakers
At a time when vehicle sales are peaking in the lucrative U.S. market, automakers' management teams face the unenviable task of finding new revenue streams. Fortunately for them, the line between....
Starbucks Is Running out of Room to Grow... What's Next?
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) may have hit a saturation point when it comes to opening its basic cafe units in the United States.A recent study from BMO Capital Markets pointed out that the chain's....
3 Great Stocks for Low-Risk Investors
You've probably heard that risk is the trade-off investors must make for the potential for solid returns -- and it's true. Every investment alternative has some level of risk, with the riskier....
3 Stocks You'll Brag About Owning Someday
"One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is thatbragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you intogloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every....
Tech Stocks This Week: IBM and PayPal Jump, and Alphabet Invests in Lyft
With earnings season in full swing, two tech companies' earnings reports stood out this week: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). But the most interesting stories in tech from the week....
Chipotle Stock Has a Lot to Prove on Tuesday
The quarterly report that Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) investors were initially anticipating, but now are dreading, is just around the corner. The fast-casual chain reports fresh financials....
Cost Creep Remains American Airlines' Achilles Heel
In recent years, United Continental's (NYSE: UAL) perennial margin deficit relative to Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has become a frequent topic of conversation among airline investors and analysts.....
Better Buy: Exelixis, Inc. vs. Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.
Biotech investors are always looking for the next big thing. That's exactly what they found in Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL), which ranked as one of the top biotech stocks of 2016 (and 2015 also). But....
Bank of America Just Passed a Major Milestone
When Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) reported its third-quarter earnings at the beginning of October, buried deep within the bank's earnings release was evidence of a major milestone: During the....
2 Winning Tech IPOs of 2017
Around a dozen tech companies have gone public so far this year. Post-IPO life hasn't worked out so well for some of them, but two in particular have rewarded early investors with solid share....
3 Growth Stocks for Nest-Egg Building
Building a nest egg requires patience and time. It's also important to invest in stocks with solid long-term growth prospects, since growth stocks have historically delivered market-beating....
3 Things About Esports You Probably Didn't Know
While esports has a long way to go before it reaches the prominence of the NFL or NBA, it is very possible that some day you will see an Overwatch player as celebrated as any traditional sports....
Cost-Sharing Reductions: What Are They, and Why It Matters That Trump Is Ending Them
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law more than seven years ago, but the fact remains that many Americans still don't understand Barack Obama's hallmark healthcare law, or healthcare....
3 Stocks That Turned $3,000 Into $7,300 or More So Far in 2017
If you have just $3,000 to invest, that's a good foundation upon which to start building your portfolio. But resist the urge to bet it all on just one stock. Diversifying your holdings, even when....
Mattel Shelves Baby Smart Speaker After Outcry
Voice-activated smart speakers are all the rage. Though the category only debuted with the 2014 release of the Echo by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), growth in the segment has been staggering.....
Boeing "Strikes" a Deal to Buy Revolutionary Heli-Plane Maker
It's been about a year and a half since we first learned of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "LightningStrike Project," the scary-sounding name attached to an entirely benign story....
3 Healthcare Stocks That Soared This Week: Are They Buys?
It's stunning just how much healthcare stocks can move in only a matter of five days. For three healthcare stocks, the past week was especially fantastic thanks to major catalysts.TransEnterix....
3 Energy Stocks to Buy at the Bottom of the Cycle
It's been a while since oil was trading for less than $30 a barrel, back in the early months of 2016. In many instances, though, oil and gas stocks still sport valuations that would seem at home....
Partial Automation: 2017’s Cars With Autopilot
Someday, we're told, self-driving cars won't need human drivers at all. We're not there yet, but there are a few cars available today with systems similar to an airliner's autopilot -- a system....
Want to Get Paid Every Month? These Dividend Stocks Are for You
Your bills come every month, so it would be nice if your portfolio income did too. Unfortunately, most dividend stocks make payments only once a quarter, which doesn't line up with most people's....
France's Solar Market Dominated by Total and SunPower
As the U.S. solar market comes under attack from potential solar tariffs, SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) has to be worried demand will deteriorate before its eyes. The U.S. is the company's....
What I'm Watching When FireEye Reports Earnings
Cybersecurity software and services company FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) has put a couple of solid quarters in the books this year, and the stock has responded well, up over 40% and soundly beating the....
Intel Corp. Is Still Shooting Itself in the Foot
Just recently, South Korean electronics giant Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) announced a next-generation chip manufacturing technology that it dubs "8nm." The technology, which Samsung says was....
Don’t Look Now but the Oil Market is Turning Bullish
Not that long ago analysts were throwing in the towel on the oil market, with some growing downright bearish. In late June, for example, analysts at Seaport Global Securities downgraded more than....
Is Citigroup’s Stock a Buy for Value Investors?
Over the past year, shares of Citigroup (NYSE: C) have climbed 47%. That's more than double the return on the S&P 500, and it comfortably exceeds other big banks as well, with the KBW Bank....