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What to Expect From AMD's Q2 Results
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) have made a recovery after getting clobbered after the company's first-quarter report at the beginning of May, working their way back to slightly above
How VR Could Power GoPro Back to Growth
GoPro Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) has finally given up on its media business, allowing it to focus on what it does best: make cameras. And the newest one to join its lineup (due to hit stores sometime this
3 Things Qualcomm, Inc. Wants You to Know About Its New Fingerprint Tech
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the leading vendor of smartphone applications processors and cellular modems, which are usually combined into a single chip. The company's dominant position in the
What I'll Be Watching When Cirrus Logic Reports Earnings
Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS) shareholders are reaping the rewards of the company's recent performance, with shares up more than 50% over the past 12 months. Last quarter saw Cirrus' high-performance
What To Look For In Intel Inc.'s Earnings Report
Semiconductor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is taking its business in two directions these days. The middle ground between the big-iron data center market and the lively Internet of Things sector is
What Investors Missed in the Market This Week
Markets continue to hold near-record levels as investors turn their heads toward company conference calls as earnings season heats up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.27% for the week
Ignore eBay Inc.: Here Are 2 Better Stocks
You might not have noticed, but shares of online auction pioneer eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) have sneakily trounced the Nasdaq Composite over the past three years.In fact, eBay stock has soared an impressive
Industry Focus Mailbag -- A Look at Buckle Inc and Kirkland Signature
On this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, host Vincent Shen welcomes senior Fool.com contributor Asit Sharma to the show to answer listener questions. Find out about the attractive dividend
First Data's $750 Million Attempt to Jumpstart Growth
First Data Corp (NYSE: FDC) is struggling. In the fiercely competitive payment processing arena, rife with disruptive upstarts like Square Inc and deep-pocketed innovators like PayPal Holdings Inc
3 Things Qualcomm, Inc. Management Wants You to Know
Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) most recent financial performance was something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, the company made good progress in growing both the revenue and the profitability of its
10 Reasons to Buy Veeva Systems Inc. Stock and Never Sell
A little over a decade ago, Peter Gassner was an executive at salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM). While he was out pushing the company's cloud services, he noticed something: The pharmaceutical industry had
Better Buy: Celgene Corporation vs. Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) are two big biotechs facing dramatically different outlooks for the future. Their stock prices reflect that reality. Celgene's share price is
Game Theory Starts to Weigh on OPEC’s Production Cuts
Last week, CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) fell 5% in one day when CEO Hunter Harrison announced not only his plans to leave the company but also some serious doubts about the company's future.On this
Twitter Stock Has a Lot to Prove on Thursday
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has become this year's tech comeback story. The social-media platform is so hot that on Friday it ended a streak of 12 consecutive trading days of higher closing prices. Twitter's
Here’s Why This Apple Inc. Supplier Might Not Lose Business After All
A report recently claimed that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had decided to dual source the A12 Fusion chip that'll almost certainly power the 2018 iPhone lineup. If that report were to be true, it would be a
Do Any Department-Store Chains Really Need 1,000 Stores Anymore?
The days of the local family-owned department store are long gone. Today, a few family controlled department-store chains remain (such as Dillard's and Boscov's), but the vast majority of the
Chipotle Is Getting Smart About Menu Additions
For much of its history, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) bucked the traditional fast food psychology around menu additions. While its rivals tend to rotate items on their menus with limited time
2 Great Bank Stocks You Can Buy Right Now
The banking industry in North America is very different than it was just a few years ago. Banks are well capitalized and prepared for tough times, efficiency is improving as mobile and digital banking
Better Buy: Polaris Industries Inc. vs. Harley-Davidson
Millions of Americans love motorcycles, and it's only natural to think that the companies that make the products you love might make good investments. Many investors don't immediately think of Polaris
Why You’re Smart to Buy GameStop Corp.
GameStop (NYSE: GME) has lost about 60% of its value since late 2013 due to the fear that the retailer's sales of physical video games will be rendered obsolete by digital downloads. That pain was
5 Stocks I'll Hold Forever
Investing guru Warren Buffett's favorite holding period is "forever." It isn't easy to find stocks that qualify for that kind of long-term confidence, but these five companies fit the bill for me
Better Buy: AbbVie Inc. vs. Johnson & Johnson
U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies are enjoying a much friendlier business environment under President Trump than his predecessor. President Trump, after all, has backed away from the repeated calls
2 Dividend Stocks With Solid Growth Potential You Can Buy and Hold for the Next Decade (or Longer)
Would you like to park your money into well-performing stocks that you can feel comfortable owning for at least the next decade without having to be concerned that the businesses behind them will be
Textron's Earnings Were a Nonevent. Scorpion Jet Is the Real Story
Investors don't seem to have been too terribly impressed with what Textron (NYSE: TXT) had to tell them, at least insofar as second-quarter 2017 earnings went.The company earned $0.57 per share, $0.02
How Popular Is Bank of America’s Mobile-Banking App?
As a customer of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), I'm a big fan of its mobile-banking app. I use it most frequently to check my account balances. But my favorite feature is the ability to deposit checks