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Biotech Has A Big Breakout
The big news of the day was the biotech sectors breakout, did you catch it? If you were watching the NASDAQ Biotech ETF (IBB), you didn’t, but if you watched the S&P Biotech SPDR ETF (XBI),....
Everything We Know About Walt Disney’s Upcoming Streaming Services
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) recently announced that, within the next few years, it’ll launch separate streaming services for ESPN sports and Disney content.In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer....
A Major Bank Rates Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway a Buy. Should You Pull the Trigger?
Analysts at investment banks cover a great many stocks, but some big names aren't as widely tracked as you might expect. Such is the case with Warren Buffett's investment vehicle Berkshire....
How Much It Costs to Develop a Cancer Drug
The vast majority of all drugs (especially cancer drugs) that are developed fail before making it to market -- making drug development incredibly expensive. A recent study by the American Medical....
Better Buy: Apple Inc. vs. Google
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) versus Google.These tech titans have battled against each other for over a decade, all the while rewarding their shareholders with the spoils of war.But which is the better....
Is Equifax's Pain Symantec's Gain?
Equifax's (NYSE: EFX) data breach disaster, which potentially exposed the personal data of 143 million consumers in the U.S., seems to be getting worse each day. The credit reporting firm only....
Does Intel Corp. Have a Chance of Winning Apple Inc. A-Series Business?
A little while back, I argued that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made the right decision to bet on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) for the manufacture of its A10 Fusion and A11....
CalAmp's Momentum Accelerates With Another Strong Quarter
CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced solid fiscal second-quarter 2018 results on Thursday after the market closed, punctuated by continued strong growth of telematics product sales, the company's....
China's WhatsApp Ban Hurts Facebook but Helps Tencent
Chinese regulators recently blocked Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp amid a sweeping crackdown on social media and mobile messaging platforms. The Chinese government started censoring WhatsApp's....
Wal-Mart's Biggest Advantage Over Amazon
Over the past year, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has been stocking up on online retail outlets. It closed its acquisition of Jet.com about a year ago, and it's since bought four other small online....
Is Veeva Systems Inc. a Buy?
Shares of Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV) hit an all-time high earlier this year, but the market responded harshly to recent signals suggesting years of blazing-fast growth are coming to an end.....
Better Buy: Intel Corp. vs. NVIDIA
So far, shareholders of chipmakers Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have been experiencing very different 2017s. NVIDIA's successful forays into cutting-edge markets such as the....
3 Stocks That Turned $7,000 Into $130,200
The meteoric rise of Netflix over the past decade has been nothing short of phenomenal, with its stock rising nearly 7,000% in that time period. The S&P 500 component also surpassed the index....
Forget Qualcomm, Micron is the Better Semiconductor Stock
The semiconductor industry has posted solid growth this year, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (NASDAQ: SOXX) rallying almost 30% and outperforming the NASDAQ's overall 20% gain. The....
The Best-Performing Big Bank Stock in September
September has been a good month for bank stocks. The KBW Bank Index, which tracks two dozen large-cap bank stocks, has climbed almost 6% since the beginning of the month -- four times better than....
Apple Music Now Has 30 Million Paid Subscribers, as Apple's Content Ambitions Grow
It's been a few months since Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) updated investors regarding its Apple Music paid subscriber base, but the company has now done just that. In an interview with Billboard, Apple....
The 3 "Must-Have" Workplace Benefits
Choosing a job these days isn't just about the work and the salary. Employer benefits are an important consideration in any employment decision, because they can have a huge impact on your life....
GoPro's New Cameras Are a Big Leap Forward
Arguably GoPro's (NASDAQ: GPRO) most important product launch in its history took place on Thursday, and customers and investors shouldn't be disappointed. The Fusion 360 camera was introduced to....
Artisans, Hipsters, and Suits
Earlier this month, consumer packaged-goods giant Nestle SA (NASDAQOTH: NSRGY) announced a deal to snap up a controlling stake in upscale coffee-purveyor Blue Bottle Coffee Company for a sum....
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
On this MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Asset Management's Bill Barker put Nike's (NYSE: NKE) bad quarter into context (because it could be worse); consider what....
Short-Sellers Take Aim at Health Insurance Innovations Again, Sending Shares Crashing 24% Today
Health Insurance Innovations (NASDAQ: HIIQ) shareholders have endured a horrible September that included short-sellers questioning the long-term viability of its business model and most recently,....
Should You Invest in This Marijuana ETF?
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) can be a good way to invest in a particular industry without having to pick individual stocks. With the medical marijuana industry still in its infancy and the drug....
Another Solar Manufacturer Goes Private
For the second time this year, a U.S.-traded Chinese solar manufacturer has agreed to go private in a sale to its CEO. ReneSola (NYSE: SOL) will sell its solar manufacturing capacity and....
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks gained on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) closing up and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) setting a new record.Data source: Yahoo! Finance.Homebuilders....
Why Roku, Inc. Stock Skyrocketed Today
Shares of Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) soared 67.9% on Thursday, as investors cheered the streaming-video platform specialist on its first day as a publicly traded company.Yesterday Roku priced its....