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Here's Why Kindred Healthcare, Inc. Shares Skyrocketed as Much as 16%
Shares of Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND), a provider of healthcare services via hospitals, home health, and rehabilitation units, surged as much as 16% during Thursday's trading session after the....
This Intel Corp. Rumor Is Probably True
Just a few days ago, Eurocom, a vendor of gaming laptops that use higher-performance desktop-oriented processors, revealed that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is planning to launch a gaming-oriented chip....
Billionaires Are Gobbling Up This Beaten-Down Biotech Stock: Should You?
Julian and Felix Baker of the $15.6 billion hedge fund Baker Bros. Advisors are well-known for their uncanny ability to unearth hidden gems in biotech and biopharma. So when I noticed that the....
Better Buy: Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP vs. Valero Energy
While Calumet Specialty Products Partners (NASDAQ: CLMT) and Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) both operate refineries, these two companies couldn't be more dissimilar. That's because Calumet is a master....
Why Veritone Inc. Stock Popped Today
Shares of Veritone Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI) were up 19% as of 1:10 p.m. EDT Thursday despite no company-specific news for the recently public artificial intelligence (AI) pure play. Rather, the move....
Is Broadcom Stock Still a Good Value?
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has outperformed the broader market by a handsome margin in 2017 (the stock is up 36% so far this year) thanks to broad-based growth across its three core business segments....
Should Microsoft Fear This $5 Billion Startup?
Slack recently raised $250 million in its latest funding round, with over half that total provided by Softbank's Vision Fund. The round valued the workplace messaging start-up at $5.1 billion, up....
This Just In: Sealed Air Stock Upgraded
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....
Google Scoops Up HTC's Pixel Team for $1.1 Billion
The rumors were true! Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google is essentially acqui-hiring a large number of employees from Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. The two companies....
Why Calgon Carbon Corporation Stock Just Soared 62%
Thanks to a well-timed buyout from a Japanese suitor, shares of Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) are soaring 61.9% as of 11:45 a.m. EDT Thursday.Thursday morning, Calgon Carbon Corporation....
What the Emmys Told Us About the Business of Television
In this MarketFoolery podcast segment, host Chris Hill and Stock Advisor Canada's Taylor Muckerman consider the state of the small-screen universe as reflected by the 2017 Emmys: HBO took home 29,....
Roku Sets Its IPO Price at $14 a Share
In this MarketFoolery podcast segment, host Chris Hill and Stock Advisor Canada's Taylor Muckerman discuss the soon-to-be public Roku, maker of its eponymous line of digital media player set-top....
3 High-Yield Renewable Energy Stocks
The renewable energy market is growing at a scorching pace these days, driven by climate change fears and favorable government policies. That's allowing project developers to lock up renewable....
Northrop Grumman's Wise Move to Pick Up Orbital ATK
In this MarketFoolery podcast segment, host Chris Hill and Stock Advisor Canada's Taylor Muckerman discuss the big deal in the aerospace and defense sector: Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC) cash bid....
3 Stocks That Could Have Doubled Your Money
Investors have generally had a good year. The S&P 500 is up a hearty 12% so far in 2017, and as good as your portfolio has fared year to date, someone who's never satisfied can argue that....
What Is a Credit Card Finance Charge and How Can I Avoid Paying It?
Finance charge simply refers to the interest that you are charged on a debt that you owe, and is generally used in the context of credit card debt. A finance charge is calculated using your annual....
Ask a Fool: Should I Set Price Targets When I Buy Stocks?
I'm not a fan of price targets, and I'll share a personal story of why.A couple of years after Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) initial public offering, I bought shares of the then-unproven company for just....
Here's Why Third Point Reinsurance Is Soaring Today
Bermuda-based reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance (NYSE: TPRE) will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 index on September 26, 2017, replacing food producer Sanderson Farms. Sanderson Farms is....
Intel Corp. Now Has an Apple Inc. Problem
Over the years, there has been a lot of talk and speculation that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would transition its Mac line of personal computers away from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) processors and toward....
Bank of the Ozarks No Longer Submits Regulatory Filings to the SEC
Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) has taken a number of interesting steps over the past year, but nothing is more interesting than its decision to no longer submit regulatory filings to the....
Why Investors Might Want to Check Out Delta Air Lines
While the airline industry has infamously been a death trap for investors for decades, the last few years have really seen that turn around.In this segment from Industry Focus, analyst Sarah....
Are These 3 High-Flying Stocks Still a Good Value?
Investors in industrial companies Parker-Hannifin Corp (NYSE: PH), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) and Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) have all seen their stocks rise strongly in....
3 Top Oil Stocks to Buy Before September Ends
After languishing below $50 a barrel for most of the year, crude has snapped back in recent weeks. Fueling those gains are draining oil stockpiles and accelerating demand. Because of this, oil....
The 2 Biggest Reasons Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Is a Better Dividend Stock Than Kinder Morgan Inc
Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI) and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) are two of the largest oil and natural gas midstream players in the United States. Kinder Morgan is set to see....
3 Top Dividend Stocks in the Chemicals Industry
Chemicals can sometimes seem like a risky business. Markets that were hot one day can cool off the next, and suddenly a manufacturer of, say, nitrogen, can't sell its product, and its stock price....