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3 Retiree Stocks You'll Want to Buy Now
Building a strong base of dependable dividend-paying stocks can drastically cut down on financial sources of stress in your nonworking years and help you get the most out of your retirement.With....
3 Things to Expect From Apple Inc.'s A11X Bionic iPad Pro Chip
Back in June, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) refreshed its iPad Pro line of tablets with an all-new 10.5-inch model and a heavily upgraded 12.9-inch model. At the heart of these devices is Apple's A10X....
Everything We Know About Walt Disney’s Upcoming Streaming Services
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) recently announced that, within the next few years, it’ll launch separate streaming services for ESPN sports and Disney content.In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer....
A Major Bank Rates Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway a Buy. Should You Pull the Trigger?
Analysts at investment banks cover a great many stocks, but some big names aren't as widely tracked as you might expect. Such is the case with Warren Buffett's investment vehicle Berkshire....
Better Buy: Apple Inc. vs. Google
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) versus Google.These tech titans have battled against each other for over a decade, all the while rewarding their shareholders with the spoils of war.But which is the better....
Does Intel Corp. Have a Chance of Winning Apple Inc. A-Series Business?
A little while back, I argued that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made the right decision to bet on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) for the manufacture of its A10 Fusion and A11....
Better Buy: Intel Corp. vs. NVIDIA
So far, shareholders of chipmakers Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have been experiencing very different 2017s. NVIDIA's successful forays into cutting-edge markets such as the....
Apple Music Now Has 30 Million Paid Subscribers, as Apple's Content Ambitions Grow
It's been a few months since Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) updated investors regarding its Apple Music paid subscriber base, but the company has now done just that. In an interview with Billboard, Apple....
Apple Music Subscribers Climb to 30 Million
In a new interview with Billboard, Apple Music lead Jimmy Iovine said the tech giant's streaming service subscriber count has hit a fresh high of over 30 million subscribers, climbing from 27....
Amazon.com Just Expanded Its Smart Home Lead Over Apple and Google
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has emerged as a somewhat unexpected leader in the smart home market, thanks to Alexa and its growing portfolio of Echo devices. Rivals like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and....
This Drug Pricing Scheme Could Be Making Your Medicine More Expensive
Biosimilars that are as safe and effective as expensive brand-name biologics could significantly reduce drug prices and healthcare spending, but only if they win support from insurers.....
Anemic Earnings Sent Rite Aid's Shares Down Today
After Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) released a fiscal second-quarter report Thursday morning showing sales and adjusted net income that were lower year over year, shares of the drugstore chain tumbled, and....
5 Key Things You Need to Know From Rite Aid's Q2 Results
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), they did.The pharmacy chain's stock has taken a beating throughout 2017 with increasing uncertainty over a....
Better Buy: Phillips 66 vs. Chevron Corporation
While Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) both operate in the oil industry, they have entirely different focuses. Chevron, for example, makes most of its money exploring for and....
5 Companies That Can Eat Netflix's Lunch
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) appears to be on top of the world. It had nearly 104 million streaming subscribers worldwide at the end of June, and continues to widen the gap on the distant competition....
3 Tech Stocks That Could Dominate the Future
Technology is no longer restricted to going online with a mobile device, shopping on e-commerce sites, or playing graphics-intensive games on a smartphone. Tech trends have rapidly advanced in....
Apple Cements Google's Position as the King of Mobile Search
The shift to mobile was a major challenge for Google. Many investors worried that lower average ad prices, compared to desktop ads, would put a major damper on revenue growth for the Alphabet....
Frontier Communications: Time to Move On?
Since Frontier (NASDAQ: FTR) completed its purchase of Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) wireline business in California, Texas, and Florida in April 2016, the news has mostly been bad for shareholders.The....
Amazon Doubles Down on Alexa With New Devices
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) launch of its first smart speaker three years ago took the world by surprise. Since its launch, Amazon's Echo family of smart-speaker devices has quickly risen in....
Forget STMicroelectronics -- Himax is a Better Augmented Reality Stock
The market for augmented reality (AR) devices, which project digital objects onto real world surfaces, could generate a lot of revenue over the next few years. Tech M&A advisory firm....
1 Big Apple Inc. A11 Bionic Chip Mystery Revealed
During Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Sept. 12 product launch event, the company revealed an interesting detail about its custom-designed A11 Bionic chip that's at the heart of every iPhone 8, iPhone 8....
Why Lumentum Holdings Is a Risky Bet Despite iPhone Gains
Lumentum Holdings (NASDAQ: LITE) has set the stock market on fire this year as anticipation that it might win big with Apple's latest-generation iPhones fueled its rise. The optical components....
Why Delphi Automotive Will Soon Have Two New Names
Giant auto-industry supplier Delphi Automotive (NYSE: DLPH), a leader in the emerging self-driving technology space, said on Wednesday that it will soon have a new name. More accurately, it will....
Amazon.com Unveils New Echo Products: What You Need to Know
E-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) hosted a busy product unveiling today, unveiling a slew of devices to refresh its lineup as we approach the busy holiday shopping season. This comes a....
Well, That Was Fast: Intel Scraps Project Alloy
The virtual reality (VR) market is just starting to take off, but Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is already winding down its plans to develop an all-in-one VR headset, called Project Alloy, just a year....