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Netflix, Inc. Just Grabbed Another $1.6 Billion of Fresh Debt
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is tapping the debt market again. The digital video veteran raked in $1.6 billion this time, all in U.S. dollars, and the debt papers were signed on the same day that the....
MarketFoolery Mailbag: What if Amazon Offered Streaming Separately?
In this segment from the MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill, Jim Mueller of Stock Advisor and Motley Fool Options, and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and Supernova answer an....
Make Facebook Social Again
Over the years, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has become incrementally less social than it used to be. The platform has become increasingly populated by publishers looking to distribute articles and other....
Why IBM Shares Jumped 9% in a Day
In this segment from the MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill, Jim Mueller of Stock Advisor and Motley Fool Options, and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and Supernova consider the....
5 Reasons Why Netflix, Inc. Management Is So Confident About the Future
Last week, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported another quarter of stellar growth. The company grew its streaming subscriber base by more than 5 million during Q3. Its domestic contribution margin....
3 Top Stocks for Risk-Averse Investors
Whether you are a retiree or simply an investor who doesn't want to toss and turn all night worrying about your portfolio, you have plenty of investment options that offer growth, and possibly....
What I'll Be Watching When Paycom Reports Earnings
Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Oct. 31. With the stock up more than 70% year-to-date, investors are betting that Paycom's cloud-based human....
Why Netflix Hasn’t Taken Off in China
Last year, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it was going to work on getting into just about every international market in the world. But while it's seeing success in numerous countries, the....
What to Watch for Netflix This Quarter
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has seen massive growth in the last few years, and it's not slowing down. In this Industry Focus segment, market analysts talk about what numbers they'll be focusing on in....
PayPal Rides Mobile Payments to Record Heights
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) has been on a tear over the last couple of years. The company has been transforming the digital-payments space in ways that many hadn't imagined, and its....
Will 2018 Be the Year of the Personal Drone?
Drones have gotten a lot of attention over the past few years as they've created new markets for everyone from weekend hobbyists to realtors to professional drone racers. Personal unmanned aerial....
3 Stocks for Whipping Inflation
Despite an unemployment rate barely higher than 4%, a situation that should induce wage and price growth, inflation has been chronically low for years. While it may seem as if this period of....
Big Blue's Big Bounce, and What Blew Housing Starts Down in September
In this Market Foolery podcast, Chris Hill, Jim Mueller of Stock Advisor and Motley Fool Options, and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and SuperNova consider just what in its quarterly....
Netflix Rises, Then Falls; Harley-Davidson Falls, Then Rises
In this Market Foolery podcast, Chris Hill and Seth Jayson from Motley Fool Hidden Gems discuss the earnings reports for a pair of beloved companies: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and....
Facebook, Inc. Earnings: What to Watch
If you've followed Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) expectation-crushing quarterly earnings reports over the last several years, you'll know why the social network's earnings release garners so much....
Netflix Tacked On 800,000 More New Subscribers Than Expected in Q3
In this segment of the Market Foolery podcast, Chris Hill and Seth Jayson from Motley Fool Hidden Gems cover the headline news from Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) third-quarter report, and the summary....
What's Behind Netflix's Price Increases
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced plans to raise prices for most of its services, and the market is reacting fantastically to the news. In this Industry Focus clip, we explain exactly what Netflix....
Tech Stocks This Week: IBM and PayPal Jump, and Alphabet Invests in Lyft
With earnings season in full swing, two tech companies' earnings reports stood out this week: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). But the most interesting stories in tech from the week....
2 Winning Tech IPOs of 2017
Around a dozen tech companies have gone public so far this year. Post-IPO life hasn't worked out so well for some of them, but two in particular have rewarded early investors with solid share....
Is Virtual Reality Really Going Social? Facebook's Big Gamble
Every company eventually needs to learn how to handle disruption. Business conditions change and someone is going to come after your market, so successful companies long-term have to adapt and....
Straight From the Source: How Limelight Networks' Turnaround Works
Content delivery expert Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW) reported third-quarter results last Wednesday, and it was another good one. As investors embraced the report, share prices rose as much as....
PayPal, Inc. Management on Acquisitions, Mobile, and Venmo
PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) third quarter was huge, featuring record active customer account additions, soaring growth in mobile payment volume, optimistic guidance, heady free cash flow, and....
Record Customer Additions Pace PayPal's Exceptional Quarter
If you're rooting around for vulnerabilities in PayPal Holdings Inc.'s (NASDAQ: PYPL) business model, you'll have to peer closely. So far this year, the company's focus on a few distinct themes,....
6 Key Metrics From PayPal Holdings Inc.'s Big Third Quarter
PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) breakneck growth continued in its third quarter, exceeding analysts' estimates. Management called the quarter "one of its strongest" since splitting off from eBay in 2015.....
3 Key Quotes From IBM's Third-Quarter Conference Call
Shares of International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) rocketed about 9% higher on Wednesday, one day after the century-old tech giant reported solid third-quarter results and predicted that its....