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Why Did Facebook Inc. Shares Gain 31% in the First Half of 2017?
Sometimes, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) competing with everyone else in the social media universe looks like the New England Patriots taking on a high school football team.The company adds users and ad
Here's Why WebMD Health Corp. Is Soaring Today
The trading week began pleasantly for shareholders in WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ: WBMD). The health information services provider's stock price was up more than 19% as of 11:52 a.m. EDT Monday after
Forget International Business Machines Corp.: These 3 Stocks Are Better Buys
IBM (NYSE: IBM) reported its second-quarter earnings on July 18, and the results were unimpressive. Revenue fell 5% year over year to $19.29 billion, marking its 21st straight quarter of annual
5 Highlights From Netflix Inc.'s Q2 Earnings Interview
Last Monday, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported strong second-quarter results. The streaming video leader added 2 million more subscribers than management had projected in Q2. Revenue and earnings were
3 Reasons Bitcoin Has Soared 740% in 2 Years
Bitcoin has made quite a splash in 2017. The cryptocurrency has more than doubled since the beginning of the year and is up nearly 740% in the past two years. The epic run-up has certainly contributed
3 Stocks That Amazon Can't Stop
There's no stock that makes the market shudder like Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Every time the e-commerce giant enters a new sector, rival stocks plunge. We've seen this phenomenon three times in a
Can Netflix Keep Going After Last Week's 17% Pop?
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is having another odd year -- and that's a good thing. Shares of the dot-com darling that was the S&P 500's biggest gainer in 2013 and again in 2015 is rolling in 2017. The
Netflix Original's Dominate Emmy Nominations -- Here's Why it Matters
When the Emmy nominations were announced earlier this month, it wasn't a surprise that cable channel HBO led with 110 nods -- it's the 17th year in a row that the cable channel earned the most
3D Printing News: Proto Labs Has a Lot to Prove on Thursday When It Reports Q2 Earnings
Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB), which provides technology-enabled quick-turn traditional manufacturing and 3D printing services, is slated to report its second-quarter 2017 earnings before the market opens
5 "Death Trends" in the Consumer and Retail Sector
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are joined by Vincent Shen, host of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, to talk about his corner of the U.S. economy -- and
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
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
Everything Investors Need to Know About Splunk
It has been an up-and-down couple of years for shareholders of Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK). In a world increasingly reliant on the processing of big data, the company is well positioned for growth. What
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
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
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
4 Tech Stocks Everyone Is Talking About
Investors can easily be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of headlines about stocks every day. But some popular stories usually float to the top and deserve some extra attention. Let's discuss four
Netflix Has A Problem That No One Is Talking About
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) began an aggressive international expansion in 2011, and it's been a massive, albeit expensive, success so far. The company now has over 52 million international subscribers
These Companies Could Win Big at the Emmys
It's that time of year again in Hollywood. Nominations for TV's Emmys, arguably visual entertainment's second most important prize next to moviedom's Oscars, were handed down last week.The nominees
Forget Square, Inc.: These 4 Stocks Doubled Last Year
Shares of Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) have been on fire, having gained a mind-blowing 170% over the last 12 months. The combination of payments processing and additional services has been a huge draw for
Finally, Facebook Is Ready to Monetize WhatsApp
It's about time that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) starting taking WhatsApp monetization more seriously. It's long overdue, even by Facebook's own standards. When Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, the
Microsoft Beat on Earnings Because Its Phone Business Is Finally Dead
Overall, Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings report last night was pretty solid, beating consensus estimates for both top- and bottom-line results. Office 365 consumer subscribers climbed to 27
eBay, Inc. Offers a Decent Quarter
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced strong second-quarter 2017 results on Thursday evening, including an encouraging acceleration from its core marketplace business and broad-based growth in active
Why Shares of NCR Corp. Dropped Today
Shares of software and hardware company NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) slumped on Friday following a mixed second-quarter report. NCR beat on earnings but missed analyst estimates for revenue, which was