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3 Stocks That Turned $8,000 Into at Least $138,000 in 5 Years
In a rising market, it's easy for the tide to lift all boats, but it takes a special company and business to far outperform all others. When one stock can soar much further than its rivals, that's....
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3 Payment Processing Stocks to Buy Now
Investors could do far worse than the payments industry over the last year. Some of the biggest names in credit cards are represented, and the three largest, Visa, Mastercard, and American....
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3 Things Hortonworks Management Wants You to Know
Hadoop technology distributor Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP) had a positive earnings report this month, sending the stock up roughly 25% since its Aug. 3 release. The company operates as one of only a....
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Better Buy: CalAmp Corp. vs. NVIDIA
Investors looking to get in on some of the latest tech trends would be wise to consider NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and CalAmp (NASDAQ: CAMP). NVIDIA makes most of its money from selling....
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When Buying Tech Stocks, Mind the GAAP
In this Motley Fool Answers video, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp welcome Dylan Lewis, host of Industry Focus: Tech, to the show to offer his thoughts on the difference between the profit and....
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3 CEOs and Their Best Career Moves
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my....
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3 Stocks That Could Soar More Than Netflix
Few companies have done more for their shareholders over the last decade than Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). The streaming giant has provided investors with a total return of 6,740%, which is big enough....
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VMware Boosts Its Guidance After a Strong Quarter
Virtualization solutions provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) reported its second-quarter results after the market closed on Aug. 24. License and services growth drove the top and bottom lines higher,....
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Why Splunk, Inc. Stock Popped Today
Shares of Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) jumped as much as 12% in Friday's early trading, and traded up 9.2% as of 12:00 p.m. EDT after the operational intelligence platform specialist announced....
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Salesforce.com Surpasses $10 Billion Run Rate
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) reported fiscal 2018 second-quarter results on Aug. 22. The leading provider of customer relationship management solutions is enjoying sharp gains in sales and profits....
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Alibaba Is the Only Giant Company With 40% Upside
How many mega-cap stocks can you name that have the potential to grow more than 40% in the next year?
Your list is probably limited to a handful of companies, if that.
It’s likely littered....
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3 Insightful Quotes From salesforce.com, inc Management
Customer relationship management (CRM) king salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) posted yet another solid quarter of growth in its fiscal second quarter of 2018. Both revenue and adjusted earnings per share....
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Facebook's Teen Problem Is Finally Showing Up
Shortly after Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) initial public offering (IPO), many investors started expressing concerns about the social network's cachet with teenagers. Former CFO David Ebersman added....
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Better Buy: FireEye, Inc. vs. Fortinet
It's been nothing short of a banner year for both FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), with the data security providers' stocks climbing 20% and 25%, respectively, in 2017. Investor....
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3 Stocks That Could Put Nvidia's Returns to Shame
Shares of graphics-chip company NVIDIA tripled in 2016, and they've gained another 60% this year. Not only is the core gaming business booming, but NVIDIA's bets on deep learning, self-driving....
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9 Must-See Metrics That Highlight salesforce.com, inc.'s Second Quarter
Enterprise cloud company salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) just posted its results for its second quarter of fiscal 2018, and they didn't disappoint. Thanks to continued rapid top-line growth during the....
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IBM Tackles Food Safety With Blockchain
With the price of bitcoin, the first and most prominent cryptocurrency, soaring this year, the underlying blockchain technology has gotten a lot of attention. A blockchain is a digital ledger of....
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Intuit Caps a Year of Solid Top-Line Growth
Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) released fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 earnings on Tuesday after the markets closed, concluding a healthy fiscal year in which it overcame a rocky start to tax season. In the....
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Losing Sleep Over Your Portfolio? Consider This Stock
Some investors prefer stability. The more volatility in their portfolios, the less they sleep at night. Sound like you? If so, I've got good news: One of the world's best businesses is still....
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3 Stocks With Microsoft-Like Return Potential
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) investors enjoyed nearly a 100-fold return in the 1990s. Shares bought at the start of the decade had delivered a stunning 9,300% gain when the Y2K bug was dodging the....
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Is Check Point Software's Stock Dip an Opportunity?
Check Point Software Technologies' (NASDAQ: CHKP) stock market rally was brought to an abrupt halt last month after the company released its second-quarter results. Though the cybersecurity....
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3 Top Dividend Stocks on Sale
With the market still near all-time highs, finding quality dividend stocks that aren't overpriced is a real challenge. One strategy is to look for a good company going through a rough patch, buy....
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Why Macy's, Farmer Brothers, and Snap Jumped Today
The major benchmarks jumped markedly higher Tuesday, as investors appeared to shake off the uncertainty related to geopolitical concerns. The stock market gained more than three-quarters of a....
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Why Shares of Snap Inc. Popped Today
Shares of Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) rose on Tuesday, potentially driven higher by a report suggesting that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is losing appeal among younger users, and that Snapchat could benefit.....
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Square's Marketing Expense Is Exploding
One thing that stood out on Square's (NYSE: SQ) second quarter earnings report from earlier this month is the surge in sales and marketing spend. The line item grew to nearly $60 million last....