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2 Zombie Stocks Coming Back from the Dead
Buying beaten-down stocks may take more gumption than the average investing method, but when you hit you can hit big.Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN) languished for several years after the dot-com....
Why Twitter's Little Bird and Buffalo Wild Wings Both Took Flight
In this Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and SuperNova consider three unusually good earnings results. Beleaguered social-media giant....
This Is How Warren Buffett Is Playing Tax Reform. Should You Do the Same?
As an investor who looks for great individual companies from a long-term perspective, I don't put too much stock in trying to predict the broader market. Constantly moving in and out of positions....
Facebook Workplace Starts Making Enterprise Inroads
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has been eyeing the enterprise for a little while now, with its Workplace enterprise collaboration offering representing its first big push. Workplace was first....
Twitter, Inc. Management Talks Audience Growth, Character Limits, and AI
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) surprised investors Thursday morning when the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results, including an acceleration in user growth, a forecast for possible....
Twitter Is Finally Getting Its Costs Under Control
Between 2013 and 2016, social media company Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) reported $2.2 billion of cumulative net losses. That's nearly equivalent to Twitter's annual revenue. Revenue growth ground to a....
How to Invest in Cloud Computing
There are several angles you can take if you want to add a few cloud computing stocks to your portfolio. But if you want to bet on the leaders in the business, you should start with Amazon.com,....
Microsoft Corporation FQ1 2018 Earnings Boosts Shares
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) FQ1 2018 earnings were released after closing bell tonight, and the company posted earnings of 84 cents per share, a 17% increase from last year, on $24.5....
Twitter Is Finally Accepting What It Is -- and What It Isn't
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is impressing investors today with its prediction that it could post its first profitable quarter ever in Q4. While the company posted record profitability in the third....
Here’s How AI Is Accelerating Microsoft’s Growth
It has been just a year since Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) created a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research Group, initially staffing it with 5,000 scientists and engineers. The fact that....
Twitter Has Accidentally Been Overstating Monthly Active Users for Years
Shares of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) are enjoying strong gains today after the microblogging service reported third-quarter results. Revenue in the third quarter fell 4% to $590 million, which led to a....
Twitter, Inc. Posts User Growth, Nears Profitability
Ahead of Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) third-quarter earnings report, investors were looking for the company's turnaround to gain some meaningful traction -- and the social network delivered exactly....
Why Twitter Stock Is Soaring Today
Shares of social media company Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) surged on Thursday following a third-quarter report that beat analyst expectations. While revenue declined during the quarter, Twitter produced....
Rapidly Growing Subscriptions Drove Blackbaud, Inc.'s Third-Quarter Results
Customers continue to flock to Blackbaud's (NASDAQ: BLKB) cloud-based software solutions. That drove solid revenue growth in the third quarter and will make future sales more predictable due to....
How Streaming Made Netflix Inc. an $85 Billion Business
Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) streaming service has come a long way in the 10 years since its launch. Back then, executives predicted that video discs would continue to dominate the entertainment....
Better Buy: International Business Machines vs. Oracle
Though these two tech industry behemoths share a number of similarities, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) shareholders have certainly enjoyed 2017 more than IBM (NYSE: IBM) owners. If not for IBM's recent....
Fox, Warner, and Universal Join Disney's Digital Push Against Netflix
Disney (NYSE: DIS) could soon add content from 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), and Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Universal to its Movies Anywhere service, which stores all of....
Why Akamai Technologies, NuVasive, and MacroGenics Jumped Today
Wednesday was a down day for the market, with major benchmarks pulling back from their record closes earlier in the week. The Dow fell by triple digits on earnings-related weakness from one of its....
Why Trivago N.V. Stock Got Grounded Today
Shares of Trivago N.V. (NASDAQ: TRVG) were taking a dive today after the hotel-booking platform offered disappointing guidance in its third-quarter earnings report. The stock was down 20.2% as of....
3 Stocks That Could Soar More Than Salesforce
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has been an undeniable winner since its 2004 IPO.Shares of the cloud-management specialist have increased 2,200% since then with hardly a pullback. The stock has gained....
Twitter's Changing Its Policy for Political Ads. Here's What You Need to Know
This week Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) announced new requirements for all of its advertising but focused specifically on some changes for its political ads. The changes come in the wake of revelations....
Is This the Best Internet of Things Stock?
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....
Can Netflix's Revenue Really Keep Up With Its Content Budget?
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) gave investors a sneak peek of what's to come in 2018 when it released its third-quarter earnings last week. The streaming video company plans to spend between $7 billion....
If You're in Your 50s, Consider Buying These 3 Stocks
Back when I had a financial-services practice, it was common for my clients in their 50s to lean toward ultra-conservative investments such as investment-grade bonds. However, with five to 10....
Why Netflix Shares Took a Little Dip After a Great Q3 Report
In this segment of the Motley Fool Money podcast, host Chris Hill, Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger, and Total Income's Ron Gross discuss how high the expectations are....