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How Big Could Square's Lending Business Get?
Square's (NYSE: SQ) primary business is facilitating credit and debit card transactions for small businesses, but there's a lot more to the company than that. One relatively new component of....
What to Expect From Symantec's Q2 Results
It has been a remarkable year for Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) so far. The cybersecurity giant has benefited from a spike in cyberattacks, which has helped it land more clients for its end-to-end....
Why I Will Never Buy Palo Alto Networks Stock
Granted, "never" is a very long time, but Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) is so far away from meeting, let alone exceeding, the criteria of a fundamentals-focused investor such as myself I can't....
Can Twitter Stock Keep Going After Last Week's 21% Pop?
Shares of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) hit 52-week highs on Friday, despite posting another quarterly deficit on a reported basis and year-over-year decline in revenue. However, the social media giant's....
2 Reasons NetEase Is Built for Growth
Citing near-term headwinds, investment banking firm Jefferies downgraded NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES) from buy to hold earlier this month, slashing the stock's price target from $330 to $290. Analysts....
Forget TripAdvisor: The Priceline Group Is a Better Growth Stock
In its early days on the public market, TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) was an investor darling: The stock more than tripled in the first three years after Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) spun it off in late....
In Your 60s? 3 Stocks You Should Consider Buying
Some say that 60 is the new 40. Maybe so, but your attitude toward investing can be quite different in your 60s than they were in your 40s. With retirement either on the horizon or already a....
Best Buy: Tesla, Amazon, or Netflix?
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have captivated the market unlike any other stocks over the past decade.All three have delivered....
3 Tech Recs From Our Writers
The tech industry is known for huge boom-or-bust stories -- small caps that go on to become multibillion-dollar companies, and promising companies that fizzle out into nothing.In this week's Tech....
Twitter's New Rules: Lip Service or Real Change?
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) recently introduced new rules to target "unwanted sexual advances, non-consensual nudity, hate symbols, violent groups, and tweets that glorify violence" across its social....
Is Twitter Finally Singing the Song Wall Street Wants to Hear?
In this segment from the Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and SuperNova take a close look at Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), which posted higher than....
Has Paycom Software's Growth Just Begun?
My investing thesis for Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) is pretty simple. This provider of payroll and workforce management software has a long runway for growth ahead. Its products are highly valued....
IBM Has Spent $3.6 Billion on Buy Backs This Year. Should Investors Be Happy?
Some investors don't like the notion of companies buying back their own stock, regardless of the circumstances, whereas others love the concept. I've always taken a middle of the road stance on....
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....
Shopify Stock Has a Lot to Prove on Tuesday
One of this year's biggest winners is under attack, and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) will have the perfect opportunity to justify its year-to-date gains, and debunk the accusations that have roughed up....
Strong Growth and Weak Guidance for Fortinet
Cybersecurity company Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) reported its third-quarter results after the market closed on Oct. 26. Both revenue and profits surged, driven by strong double-digit growth in....
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....