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Is It Time to Buy These Discount Brokerages?
Filed under: Investing After getting beaten down over the past week, is it time for investors to look at TD Ameritrade, E-Trade, and Charles Schwab as investments? Over the past week, the biggest story...
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Why Vocus, Inc. Shares Skyrocketed Today
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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Pentagon Awards Only $93 Million in Defense Contracts Monday
Filed under: Investing The Department of Defense awarded only six defense contracts Monday, and worth only $93.1 million altogether. By one measure, Lockheed Martin was the day's biggest winner, taking...
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Here's Why War in the Ukraine Matters to McDonald's
Filed under: Investing McDonald's in St. Petersburg, Russia. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The escalating war of words and deeds over Russia's annexation of Crimea is obviously a concern for world peace,...
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MannKind vs. Idenix: Better Biotech Buy
Filed under: Investing In this video after a big day in the biotech sector, Motley Fool health-care analyst David Williamson takes investors through today's big winner and loser. Idenix is the winner...
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2014's Most Shocking Takeover
Filed under: Investing Despite investigations into the composition of its key drug, Acthar gel, as well as into its marketing practices, Questcor Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is being bought...
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Does Google's Stock Split Mean More Upside Potential?
Filed under: Investing Google is positioned to do well in the long run. The company's decision to sell off the Motorola Mobility unit will drive its operating earnings higher. In addition, the...
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Congress Asked to Approve $98 Million Missile Sale to South Korea
Filed under: Investing The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Monday of plans to sell the Republic of Korea a package of AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Missiles, plus associated equipment,...
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Why Valero Energy, Mylan, Inc., and Teradata Corporation Are Today's 3 Worst...
Filed under: Investing Investors fled from the stock market with little discretion on Monday, as all 10 sectors ended in the red and a three-day Wall Street sell-off intensified. After a uniquely...
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Michael Kors Offers Abundant Upside Potential
Filed under: Investing Source: Michael Kors. is one of the most explosive growth stories in the fashion business over the last several years, demand has been booming for this high-end brand, and the...
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Ctrip, Qunar, or Priceline: Where's The Best Online Travel Deal?
Filed under: Investing Ctrip and Baidu's Qunar are rallying higher on Tuesday amid reports of a merger or partnership. While talks are still in their infancy, such a deal could create cost synergies in...
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4 Good Reasons Stillwater Mining Co. Won't Be Undervalued for Long
Filed under: Investing Source: Stillwater Mining. Despite a handful of catalysts that should be propelling platinum group metals prices higher, platinum and palladium futures pulled back sharply...
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Will Amazon's Fire TV Disrupt the Console Gaming Industry?
Filed under: Investing The Amazon Fire TV is the latest mainstream tech product with a credible chance of disrupting the increasingly crowded gaming space. The set-top box was announced and released at...
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Big Lots, Target and Wal-Mart: Where Are They Placing Their Bets?
Filed under: Investing Big Lots has stores that are roughly the same size in square feet as Target , but that would be the end of the similarities between the two retailers. As Target opens 124 stores...
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3 Reasons to Love Amazon in 2014
Filed under: Investing It's been a busy year so far for Amazon.com . The world's biggest online retailer has been in full press mode since the start of 2014 as it attempts to take a bigger share of the...
View ArticleAfter Market: End of the Tech Selloff, or a Dead Cat Bounce?
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Market News, Internet Stock markets halted their bleeding Tuesday after three days of heavy selling. The Nasdaq, which had tumbled 4½ percent through...
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Alcoa Earnings Surge Despite Aluminum's Weakness
Filed under: Investing Aluminum giant Alcoa released its first-quarter results today after the closing bell. The company reported a net loss of $178 million, or $0.16 per share. However, excluding...
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Samsung's Obama-Ortiz Selfie Doesn't Deserve the Media Backlash
Filed under: Investing Samsung has ushered in a new era of social media marketing: the selfie. A strategy that first went viral after Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars moment, the company made headlines again...
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Oritz-Obama Selfie Makes President an Unwilling Pitchman
Filed under: Investing In the past companies had to pay a celebrity to endorse their product. Now they can receive at least an implied endorsement if another famous person leverages a relationship with...
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Taco Bell Takes Another Swing at McDonald's
Filed under: Investing It's been less than two weeks since Yum! Brands' Taco Bell rolled out its breakfast menu worldwide, but the country's largest chain of Mexican eats is ready to take another bite...
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