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Priceline Leaves Investors Wanting More
The third quarter was a tough one for the travel industry, with major hurricanes hitting key travel areas like Florida, Texas, and the Caribbean. Peers throughout the online travel realm had....
Amazon Steps Up to Dominate the World’s Fastest-Growing E-Commerce Market
According to Forrester Research, India is the world's fastest-growing e-commerce market. Though the country currently lags China and the U.S. in terms of e-commerce revenue generation, it holds a....
Will 2018 Be Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Best Year Yet?
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS), the biggest casino operator in the world, recently posted solid third quarter numbers that topped analyst estimates. Its revenue rose 7.7% annually to $3.2 billion,....
Investors Should Love GM's October Sales Decline
Last week, Ford Motor (NYSE: F) reported a strong 6.2% year-over-year increase in U.S. vehicle deliveries for the month of October. Meanwhile, its crosstown rival General Motors (NYSE: GM)....
Starbucks Slowly Builds a New Bakery Brand
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has not had much success when it comes to acquiring brands and growing them as stand-alone retail operations.The company has closed all of its Evolution Fresh juice bars,....
The Holiday Shopping Season Weighs on Hasbro's Latest Results
Despite announcing third quarter results that were much stronger than its biggest industry rival, Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) investors punished the stock as a result of weaker guidance for the....
Why Amazon.com, Inc. Stock Rose 15% in October
When Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported third-quarter results near the end of October, the report triggered a massive share-price surge. All told, shares of the online retailer and cloud computing....
Macau’s Gaming Market Is Booming Again
Macau's gaming industry isn't just going through a recovery -- the recovery is accelerating. Gaming revenue rose 22.1% in the month of October to $3.31 billion, its highest level in three....
3 Stocks for an Approaching Bear Market
Bull markets can only last so long, and the current one is getting pretty long in the tooth. By some measures, it is the second longest one since World War II. Regardless of how you calculate it,....
The New McDonald's Value Menu Could Be Bigger Than All-Day Breakfast
A good case can be made that when McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) eliminated its Dollar Menu, it was the root cause of all the problems that followed. By bringing back the deep-discount menu, it could be....
Activision Blizzard Earnings: Another Beat and Raise
Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ: ATVI) winning streak is intact. The video game publisher this week announced quarterly results that -- for the seventh consecutive time -- beat management's....
Oversaturation Is Killing Restaurant Stocks
2017 has been a banner year for stocks. The S&P 500 is up more than 15%, and the Dow Jones Industrials and the Nasdaq have climbed even faster. However, one industry has been left out in the....
1 Reason Why I'd Never Buy Amazon Stock for $1,100
Late last month, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) released a stellar third-quarter earnings report. Sales skyrocketed 34% year over year to $43.7 billion. (The increase would have been 29% excluding....
R.I.P. Mall-Based Retailers?
Halloween is firmly in the rearview mirror folks, and those leaves changing color outside are soon to give way to big sticks for the rest of the year. That's right -- it's officially time for the....
Why Rite Aid Corporation Stock Is Riskier Than Ever With the Amazon Threat
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) keeps on taking hits. The pharmacy retailer has lost around 80% of its market cap so far this year, after a planned acquisition by Walgreens Boots Alliance....
Are Amazon's Brick-and-Mortar Plans in Trouble?
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) takeover of Whole Foods stunned many brick-and-mortar retailers, which feared that merging Amazon's e-commerce ecosystem with hundreds of physical stores could render....
Could Activision Blizzard Be a Value Stock?
Trading at roughly 42 times trailing earnings and 30 times this year's expected profits, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) doesn't fit the typical value-stock profile. Those earnings multiples....
3 Stocks Disrupting Their Industries
Change is a common theme throughout history, but it seems it's coming at us faster than ever before. Some companies are not only comfortable with change, but they embrace it. Three companies not....
Disney World Rival Is Arming Itself Up For a Theme Park War
Real estate matters if you want to take on Disney (NYSE: DIS) in Florida, so it's fitting that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is beefing up its turf portfolio. Comcast is buying 101 acres of land less....
Can Costco Regain Its Mojo?
Seemingly every time Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) or Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) makes a major move, analysts start predicting the demise of Costco (NASDAQ: COST).This comes from the idea that since so many....
3 Value Stocks for Bold Investors
Value stocks -- eight years ago, when this bull market started, they were everywhere. These days, most investors would laugh at the idea that there are any value stocks left. A 400% run by....
Las Vegas' Biggest Shows Could Have a New Home On The Strip
Las Vegas' entertainment destinations are now more important than anything other than the casino floor. Nightclubs, acrobatic shows, and now sporting events are what draw thousands of people to....
Whatever Happened to Amazon Go?
Remember Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Go?Launched nearly a year ago, this concept store was supposed to represent the future of retail. The Seattle location was outfitted with a network of cameras and....
Electronic Arts Gushes Cash
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) reported fiscal 2018 second-quarter financial results on Oct. 31. The video game maker is benefiting from the growth of digital sales of games and related content,....
Why Comcast Investors Should Be Wary of Cord Cutting
Any notions that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) would be able to escape the cord-cutting phenomenon have been decidedly put to rest.After bucking industry trends and gaining 161,000 subscribers in 2016,....