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Basic Math Is on Spirit Airlines' Side
Five cents may not be a lot of money, but when multiplied by the billions of available seat miles major airlines count as capacity in any given quarter, it starts to add up to some pretty....
Square, Inc. (SQ) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ)Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallNov. 8, 2017, 5:00 p.m. ETOperatorContinue readingSource: Fool.com
The Sprint and T-Mobile Merger Falls Apart for a Second Time
In 2014, regulatory opposition forced Sprint (NYSE: S) to give up on its plan to acquire T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS). Three years later, the two companies returned to the negotiating table, coming....
Marriott International (MAR) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallNov. 8, 2017 10:00 a.m. ETOperatorContinue readingSource: Fool.com
Have Fun Storming the Netflix Castle
It seems as if everybody's gunning for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) these days. Media giants are in various stages of shacking up. Tech behemoths are investing in original content. Hulu is winning....
salesforce.com and Google Collaborate -- What You Need to Know
Earlier this week, Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google and leading customer relationship management company salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) announced a collaboration that will deeply....
Square Earnings: Rapid Growth With Even Better Long-Term Potential
Payment-processing company Square (NYSE: SQ) recently reported quarter earnings that surpassed expectations for the fifth time in a row. In addition to beating estimates on the top and bottom....
2 Reasons Under Armour's Warning Shouldn't Worry Nike -- and 1 Reason It Should
Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA) shares were pummeled last week after the company lowered its 2017 sales and profit forecasts for the second time this year. The sports apparel specialist booked....
Home Depot Inc. Earnings: What to Watch
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is set to post its third-quarter earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Investors are expecting good news in that announcement, given that the retailer....
Media Mergers Are Bad News for Netflix
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been a thorn in the side of major media companies for years now, but only recently have TV and movie studios started fighting back. Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced plans to....
Here's How Memory Pricing Is Hurting Apple Inc.'s Business
Over the last year, the prices of memory products have soared. This has been great for companies that make and sell memory, but it's made life tougher for companies that design memory into their....
Kroger Is Falling into the Diworsification Trap
Were you hoping to pick up some yoga pants the next time you go to the grocery store? Apparently that's what Kroger Inc (NYSE: KR) thinks.The supermarket giant said last week it would launch its....
Who Will Win From Alibaba's Singles Day Sales Event?
Although Singles Day isn't widely known outside of China, it has quickly become the biggest sales event in the world, outstripping Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined. Chinese e-commerce....
How Safe is Emerson Electric’s Dividend?
Industrial giant Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) offers investors a generous 3% yield at a time when an S&P 500 index fund will only get you 2% (or so). If you are looking for a dividend....
Is Kimberly-Clark Corp. a Buy?
Kimberly-Clark's (NYSE: KMB) stock is cheap. Even as the broader market surged higher this year, the consumer products giant has declined. As a result, investors can now buy the owner of hit....
Here's How Higher Interest Rates Help Bank of America
For bank investors right now, there are few things more important than the direction of interest rates. The higher rates climb, the more money banks will make.Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) serves as....
1 Feature Intel Corp. Needs to Add to Upcoming Low-Cost Processors
Later this year, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is expected to release a new family of low-cost processors, called Gemini Lake. These chips should power low-cost notebook and desktop PCs, and....
Why 2017 was a Year to Forget for Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) 14% rally this year seemed decent for a "mature" tech company, but it still trailed the S&P 500's 16% gain. Cisco might eventually catch up by the end of the year, but....
TransDigm Finishes 2017 on an Optimistic Note
Coming into 2017, TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) had been somewhat uncertain about whether it would be able to sustain growth in light of new challenges affecting parts of its business. Despite ups....
DOW DAX schliesst das Gap
Die offenen Gaps übten natürlich eine grosse Anziehungskraft aus und so wurde heute das Erste auch geschlossen. Das zweite Gap wird vermutlich auch geschlossen werden, da die Stimmung seit gestern
Humana (HUM) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Humana (NYSE: HUM) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallNov. 8, 2017 9:00 pam. ETOperatorContinue readingSource: Fool.com
Why Higher Interest Rates Are Good for Bank Stocks
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates in both of the last two Decembers, and it seems prepared to do so again next month. There's a 97% chance of that happening, in fact, according to the....
3 High-Yield Stocks With Virtual Monopolies
With the broader market yielding less than 2% today, many investors are looking to individual stocks for higher income returns. But a market-beating yield isn't worth the risk if it's being paid....
Apple Inc. Might Be Making a Mistake With Its 2018 iPhone Lineup
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whose track record of predicting the capabilities of future Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones is quite strong, recently made a somewhat troubling prediction about....
You'll Be Stunned by Gilead Sciences CEO's Prediction for 2018
No, this isn't one of those clickbait articles you've no doubt seen way too many times. Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) CEO John Milligan actually did make a prediction about 2018. And it really....