Sony's PlayStation 4 Is Crushing Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo's Wii U
Filed under: Investing Sony is currently crushing its rivals in the video game market. The Japanese electronics giant has now sold more than 6 million PlayStation 4s, likely (though not officially)...
View ArticleJob Market Grows 175K, Skullcandy Signals Turnaround, and S&P 500 Reaches...
Filed under: Investing Before you start going headfirst into early March Madness, pre-tournament bracketology research, check out what sent stocks to record highs this past week. 1. U.S. Economy adds...
View ArticleGM Says the New Silverado Is Doing Better Than You Think
Filed under: Investing Sales of the 2014 Chevy Silverado were down again in February. Photo credit: General Motors Co. At first glance, it was a rough month for General Motors and its all-new pickup...
View ArticleHow Proposed IRA Changes Could Hurt Your Family's Future
Filed under: Investing IRAs were designed to help people fund their retirement, but with many retirees not using up their retirement account balances before they die, IRAs also serve a useful purpose...
View ArticleWhy McDonald's Is Taking On Starbucks Over Coffee
Filed under: Investing At the end of this month, Starbucks is likely to post a result that will draw little attention, but is intriguing for its larger implications: The company will overtake...
View ArticleBIMCO's Chief Shipping Analyst's Opinion Should Worry DryShips, Diana...
Filed under: Investing Chief shipping analyst Peter Sand of the Baltic and International Maritime Council, or BIMCO, shared some interesting insights that investors in DryShips , Diana Shipping ,...
View Article3 Companies Set to Benefit From Autonomous Technology
Filed under: Investing Looking back at predictions in both science and various forms of pop culture, we are supposed to have a lot more robots and other autonomous technology by now. But while we don't...
View ArticleWill the Bull Market Turn?
Filed under: Investing Five years ago today was when the market hit its intraday low of 666. Since then, the market has been on a bull run, defying the market bears who called for a pullback at every...
View ArticleFMC Corp., McDonald's, RetailMeNot, and The McClatchy Company: 4 Stocks...
Filed under: Investing FMC Corp. is up today after the chemicals company announced it is spinning off its health-care and agricultural divisions. McDonald's monthly same-store sales fell by 0.3%,...
View ArticleTablet Wars: Airline Edition
Filed under: Investing Tablet computers are front and center in the market for mobile devices. Now, airlines are adding tablets as part of a broader push for the increased use of technology and...
View ArticleFool's Gold Report: Gold Stands Firm Against China Data As Other Metals Drop
Filed under: Investing Gold investors have looked closely at goings-on abroad recently, with the Crimea attracting the attention of markets generally. But today, the focus shifted to China and its...
View ArticleWhat the Analysts Are Watching: eBay and Biglari Holdings
Filed under: Investing In this segment from Monday's edition of Investor Beat, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Matt Argersinger and Taylor Muckerman look at two stocks they're watching today....
View ArticleWhy Chiquita Brands, McClatchy, and Intercept Pharmaceuticals Jumped Today
Filed under: Investing On Monday, investors originally went into a near-panic following the release of troubling economic data from China indicating an unexpected plunge in exports. Yet over the course...
View ArticlePandora Media Inc Raises Another Red Flag for Investors
Filed under: Investing Pandora Media and I go way back. I've been following the company loosely since its 2011 IPO. However, in the last six months or so, my concerns over Pandora have intensified my...
View ArticlePositive Trends Will Limit the Damage for Caterpillar Inc.
Filed under: Investing Caterpillar shares were left high and dry by last year's mega bull market, gaining a piddling 3.3%, far below the broader S&P 500 26.5% gain. But Caterpillar was not the only...
View ArticleBulls Keep Bears Waiting for 5 Years Straight
Filed under: Investing Five years ago today was when the market hit its intraday low of 666. Since then, the market has been on a bull run, defying the market bears who called for a pullback at every...
View ArticleAs Google Rapidly Embraces the "Internet of Things" Should Apple Investors...
Filed under: Investing Google won't stop at smartphones and tablets. The tech giant wants to be everywhere. And now its effort to bring Android to wearables is official. As Google rapidly invades all...
View ArticleRogers Adoption Curves: iPhones and Organic Food
Filed under: Investing When folks think of Silicon Valley, two goods come to mind: iPhones and organic food. Ever on the edge of trends, California was typing on Apple MacBooks back when computers were...
View ArticleWhy voxeljet, Walter Energy, and Dangdang Tumbled Today
Filed under: Investing Monday brought investors a mixed bag of news, with the positive of no dramatic escalation in the Ukrainian crisis but the negative of extremely weak export activity from China....
View ArticleWhy Your Mobile Phone Bill Is Coming Down
Filed under: Investing The telecom price war is in full swing with T-Mobile US and AT&T cutting plan pricing over the weekend. In the last two months, Sprint launched its Framily plan and Verizon...
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