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Sotheby's Stock Upgraded: What You Need to Know
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one....
Why Alcoa Corp Stock Didn't Plummet When Aluminum Prices Tanked in September
Aluminum producer Alcoa Corp's (NYSE: AA) stock ended September up around 6%. That may not sound like much until you consider that competitor Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) fell 15% in....
22nd Century Group Inc. Surged 26% in September. Here's Why
Shares of 22nd Century Group Inc. (NYSEMKT: XXII), a small-cap biotechnology company focused on tobacco, rose 25.9% in September, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The....
How Does Google Make Money?
Google-parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has become one of the most valuable companies in the world thanks to its dominant search engine, related products like Adwords, YouTube, and....
Best Buy: Apple Inc. vs. Microsoft Corporation vs. International Business Machines Corp.
They are three of the biggest and oldest names in technology. When you combine the value of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and IBM (NYSE: IBM), you have a mind-boggling $1.5....
Is Twitter, Inc. a Buy?
Shares of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), much like its monthly active user base, have been stuck in neutral for the last 18 months. While market forces have pushed the stock price higher and lower in that....
Why International Game Technology's Shares Popped 21% in September
Shares of gambling industry supplier International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) jumped 20.5% in September, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company signed....
Why Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. Fell Nearly 10% in September
Gold and silver streamer Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (NYSE: WPM) fell a little over 8% in September, but was off more than 9% from the high it set early in the month. The thing is, Wheaton....
The Bad News That Drove Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Stock Lower in September
Shares of copper and gold miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX) fell around 5% in September. The slump was driven in part by weak copper and gold prices, but it's worth noting that competitor....
Apple Inc.'s iPhone X Display "Disasters"
Arguably the most exciting part of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone X is the edge-to-edge organic light emitting diode (OLED) display on the device, which Apple dubs a Super Retina HD....
Monsanto Finishes Fiscal 2017 Strong Even as Merger Doubts Linger
Monsanto (NYSE: MON) has been in limbo for more than a year now. On one hand, the company has been working to grow its core business, continuing to offer advances in seeds and agricultural....
The Single Biggest Change at McDonald's in the Last 2 Years
In 2006, legendary McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) CEO Jim Skinner teased the possibility of making breakfast available to customers well past morning hours. Skinner explained in an interview that the....
Better Buy: Coca-Cola vs. Anheuser-Busch InBev
The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) and Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) are two of the biggest beverage companies in the world, holding sway over shelf space in grocery and liquor stores around the....
The 3 Biggest Misconceptions About Twilio Inc.
Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) had a wild ride since its IPO last June. The cloud service provider went public at $15 per share, surged to the $60s three months later, then plummeted to the low $20s this May....
3 Top Stocks to Buy in October
Let's talk stocks. It may be time for pumpkin spice and everything nice, but there are plenty of promising investments that could be worthwhile buys this month for opportunistic investors that....
Roku Releases 5 New Devices on the Heels of Its IPO
The dust is still settling on Roku's (NASDAQ: ROKU) IPO last week, and the company is trying to keep the momentum going this week by releasing five new Roku streaming devices and an update to its....
Why 2U, Inc. Stock Jumpd 11.9% in September
Shares of 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU) rose 11.9% in September, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the online education platform specialist priced a new offering of common....
This Oil Stock Has Been Blistering Hot, and Oil Prices Have Nothing to Do With It
Oil prices have quietly risen more than 20% off their bottom earlier this year, setting off a new bull market. However, while the rebound in oil has fueled rallies in many oil stocks, it wasn't....
Is This Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon 845 Performance Leak Legit?
Last month, a user by the handle of Ice_Universe (via WCCFTech), who has in the past leaked information about upcoming mobile processors, claimed that Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) upcoming Snapdragon....
Rising Raw Material Prices Can't Stop RPM International From Posting Record Results
People use coatings and sealants to preserve and protect their most prized possessions, and RPM International (NYSE: RPM) caters to those folks with products like corrosion-fighting Rust-Oleum and....
Why Did Starbucks Shut Down Its Online Store?
While you can buy Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) products seemingly everywhere in the physical world, there's one important place in the digital realm no longer selling them -- the company's own online....
Intel's Strategy to Fight NVIDIA Is Now Unclear
The bulk of microprocessor giant Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) Data Center Group (DCG) revenue comes from the sale of its Xeon family of general purpose processors. With each generation, these chips....
5 Keys to a Helpful Performance Review
Whether it's your company's policy to conduct them a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis, performance reviews are a great way to give your employees a sense of how they're doing and where they....
Apple Inc.'s Tough 2018 iPhone X Choice
This year's Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, at least when it comes to the display, probably isn't what Apple had envisioned when it defined and began executing to build the product.Former AnandTech....
3 Stocks to Hold for the Next 30 Years
The buy-and-hold investment philosophy works because it allows your winners to compound in a tax-free manner, allowing you to build wealth over time by benefiting from the growing earnings and....