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SolarCity: Tesla's Solar Boondoggle
Boondoggle (noun): work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value.It's hard to argue Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) acquisition of SolarCity has been anything but....
7 Reasons Bitcoin Is Barreling Toward a $100 Billion Market Cap
2017 may very well go down in history as the year of the cryptocurrency. Since the year began, through Oct. 16, the aggregate value of cryptocurrencies, as measured by market cap, is up 876%! It's....
3 Stocks to Buy With Dividends Yielding More Than 5%
With the broader market yielding a paltry 2% or so, finding 5% and higher yields is harder than you might think. That's especially true if you want to find companies that regularly grow their....
Wynn Resorts Share Price: Where Do Investors Go From Here?
Shares of Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) have been on a quick run higher the last two years, more than doubling in value. The driving force has been a recovery in Macau's gaming market, where Wynn....
7 Key Takeaways From Bank of America's Third-Quarter Earnings
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) released third-quarter earnings that not only beat analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines but showed signs of continued improvement and consistency across....
Is Goldman Sachs Losing Its Mojo on Wall Street?
Something is going on at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS).The investment bank, long known for operating one of the biggest and most profitable trading operations on Wall Street, has seen that business....
Snap's New Context Cards Are All About Generating New Revenue
Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) just released a new feature in its Snapchat app that's aimed at increasing user engagement and encouraging users to spend more time in the app. The new feature is called....
3 Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever
It might sound overly bold. Hold forever? Seriously?I'll admit no one can predict the future, and there are times when one might be forced to sell. But this is more about mindset: if you make a....
Trump Cuts Cost-Sharing Subsidies, but It Won't Matter to Insurers
Donald Trump campaigned for president on a platform that includes repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. However, Congress has failed to get a plan to his desk so far,....
Analystenstimme: Credit Suisse sieht bei Porsche kräftiges Aufwärtspotenzial
Die Analysten der Schweizer Großbank Credit Suisse sehen bei den Aktien der Porsche SE kräftiges Aufwärtspotenzial und stufen die Papiere deshalb mit „Outperform“ ein. Wie Analyst Daniel Schwarz....
Better Buy: Take-Two Interactive vs. Ubisoft
The video game industry is red hot, and the leading companies in the space have been providing shareholders with fantastic returns in recent years. Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts continue....
Which Employee Benefits Have the Best Value?
Work satisfaction has taken a new form in last few decades, and according to Gallup's annual State of the American Workplace report, 51% of workers are ready to leave their current jobs. When it....
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Risky Apple Inc. Dependence
Today, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) is believed to be the sole supplier of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) custom-designed A10 Fusion and A11 Bionic chips, which are found in the....
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. Is Joining the Airline Dividend Club
In the decade after 9/11, while most of its competitors were going bankrupt, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) was the only major airline to continue paying a dividend. However, in the past five....
How to Buy Ford Motor Company Stock, and Why You Should
Coming out of the last recession, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) was very good to its investors. Starting at a low below $2 in the darkest days of the economic crisis, Ford found its sales surging....
Best Buy: Visa, Mastercard, or American Express?
It's a rivalry as old as time itself. OK, not really, but the top three payment-card companies in America -- Visa (NYSE: V), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), and American Express (NYSE: AXP) -- have been....
What's Powering Johnson & Johnson's Impressive Quarterly Earnings?
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) surprised investors with better-than-hoped-for top-line and bottom-line performance in the third quarter, and that news sent shares soaring on Tuesday. The....
How Can Ford Motor Company Stoke Growth in China?
China has been a critical component of Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) growth story following the past recession, and it will hopefully become a second pillar of revenue strength next to North....
3 Dividend Stocks Ideal for Retirees
Many retirees are turning to the stock market to find reliable income. We Fools think that's a smart move, so long as they are careful with their stock selection.So which income stocks do we favor....
Amazon's Latest Tax Penalty Should Be a Red Flag for Tech Companies
The European Commission recently fined Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) 250 million euros ($294 million) to cover unpaid back taxes plus interest. The EU alleges that Luxembourg's government illegally....
Facebook Just Made a Youthful Acquisition
Too often in today's online world, anonymity proves to be a bad thing. But with the help of a delightfully popular new app, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is looking to change that for the better.On....
Another Big Automaker Takes Aim at Tesla's Model 3
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars officially launched its new high-performance Polestar brand on Tuesday -- and its announcement made clear that the new brand is aimed directly at Tesla (NASDAQ:....
Apple Inc.'s iPhone 7 Reportedly Outselling iPhone 8 in the U.S.
Per a new research note from KeyBanc analyst John Vinh (via Reuters), Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) older iPhone 7-series smartphones are outselling the newly announced iPhone 8-series smartphones -- at....
3 Things You Won't Learn by Focusing on Johnson & Johnson's Headline Figures in Its Q3 Report
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) often kicks things off for the healthcare sector with the release of its quarterly earnings, and once again, the largest healthcare company by market cap....
Shopify: Buy the Dip?
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) was crushed by allegations it was little more than a get-rich-quick scheme. Shares that had nearly tripled over the past year have tumbled 20% since the critique broke in....