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Copper Speaks, We Should Listen
Because of its many industrial applications, copper has leading indicator status when it comes to the economy. Keeping an eye on the trend in copper can help confirm or invalidate economic....
3 Growth Stocks Worth Buying
To be successful at investing over the long-term, it's crucial to stay focused on business performance and forget about the short-term zigs and zags of the market. There's no way to know where....
Judge Sides With Mall Operator, Against Starbucks
An Indiana judge is forbidding Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) from closing many of its Teavana stores because mall operator Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) says the decision could hurt it.The court....
Here's Where Things Went Wrong for Fitbit Inc in 2017
Fitbit's (NYSE: FIT) investors have suffered through a very lackluster year, despite some big announcements from the company. Just several months ago the wearable tech company released its new....
Why Symantec Stock Fell 10.9% in November
Shares of Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) dove nearly 11% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the cybersecurity company delivered earnings that fell short....
Workers: Did You Know You Can Boost Your Social Security Benefits by Over 30%?
The average Social Security retirement beneficiary receives about $1,413 per month in benefits, or just under $17,000 per year. But what if I told you these retirees could instead be collecting....
3 Reasons to Have a Budget
If you're not following a budget, you're not managing your money correctly. Without a budget, you really have no way of knowing how much you're spending each month, and how much room for savings....
Recipe for Success: Why Employees Made In-N-Out a Best Place to Work
Fast-food jobs get a bad rap. Movies, TV shows and maybe even friends or family members have all convinced us that quick-service restaurants make for bleak workplaces, filled with grumpy....
Why GoPro Stock Plummeted 20% in November
Shares of GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) fell 20% in November, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company reported its third-quarter earnings at the beginning....
Why You Might Want to Stay Away From Tech's Three Biggest Unicorns
Spotify, Uber, and Lyft are three of the biggest unicorns out there, and there's been buzz about them possibly going public for years. But all three companies have some pretty serious red flags....
Has Nutanix Done the Right Thing by Switching Its Business Model?
Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) stock got a big shot in the arm after its first-quarter results turned out to be much better than Wall Street's expectations. But this wasn't the only reason investors were....
Why Xunlei Ltd. Stock Surged Monday
Shares of cloud-computing company Xunlei (NASDAQ: XNET) surged as much as 30% Monday, recouping some of the more than 50% decline they had experienced since Thanksgiving. The stock was up 29.4% at....
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks moved higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closing at record highs.Data source: Yahoo! Finance.Telecom and tech....
Amazon Wants to Eat Etsy's Lunch: Here's Why It Won't
Two years ago, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched its so-called Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) killer: Amazon Handmade. It promised a crafts marketplace of goods that were "handmade or hand-manufactured,"....
Intel Corp.'s "Whiskey Lake" Revealed
Back in August, chipmaker Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) launched a new family of processors for the mainstream notebook PC market known as Kaby Lake Refresh. These chips were based on the same basic....
How Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Stock Rose 22% in November
Shares of Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX) (NASDAQ: FOXA) gained 22.1% in November, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The movie studio is looking for buyers,....
Why Netflix Isn't Interested in Sports
It seems like everyone in streaming is getting into sports. Amazon purchased the global streaming rights to Thursday Night Football and the British rights to the ATP Tennis World Tour this year.....
How a Federal Reserve Rate Hike Could Impact Your Auto Loan – And One Factor That Matters More
The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to announce another 25-basis-point increase in the target federal funds rate on Wednesday. This would bring the benchmark....
Will a Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hike Mean Higher Savings Account Interest?
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise the benchmark federal funds rate target range by 0.25% when it announces its decision on Wednesday. So far during this rate hike cycle, however,....
Better Buy: Kinder Morgan, Inc. vs. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) have been terrible investments over the past three years, with both having lost more than half of their value over that time....
Why SCANA, Glaukos, and Juno Therapeutics Slumped Today
The stock market kept going up on Monday, with the S&P 500 setting another record and other major benchmarks finishing higher by as much as half a percent. Investors shrugged off scary news of....
Why Southwestern Energy, CenturyLink, and Overstock.com Jumped Today
Monday began the week on Wall Street on a positive note, as major benchmarks enjoyed another day of small gains that marked an all-time high for the S&P 500. Historically, now's the time that....
3 High-Yield Stocks With Virtual Monopolies
Monopoly is an evil word for regulators and customers, but for investors it should fill their eyes with dollar signs. Monopoly-like power, which regulators generally define as a company having at....
The Trade Desk 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....
Is Tesla, Inc.'s Model 3 Production Finally Ramping Up?
After delivering its first Model 3 units to customers at the end of July, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) totally whiffed on its third-quarter target for Model 3 deliveries, producing far fewer units than....