This Week's Losses: Some Historical Context
Filed under: Investing Unlike many of their developed market peers, U.S. stocks finally found their footing today, in the wake of the conclusion of the Fed's FOMC policy meeting on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleI Admit It: Qihoo Is a Real Threat to Baidu
Filed under: Investing I don't like Qihoo 360 , but I do realize when a company is here to stay. If you've followed Qihoo over the past year, you may have heard how it seems to be more of a marketing...
View ArticleWhat Carnival Needs to Do to Recover
Filed under: Investing Next Tuesday, Carnival will release its latest quarterly results. Yet, investors already have a pretty good idea just how challenging a quarter this will turn out to be, and...
View ArticleHere's How to Play Disney Stock Now
Filed under: Investing Say goodbye to Cinderella and Snow White. Thanks to superheroes and Jedi Knights, Walt Disney stock has never before reached such heights. Officially, the shares touched an...
View ArticleStreet View Puts Google in Crosshairs of U.K. Regulators
Filed under: Investing Google is in trouble over Street View, again. Three years after admitting that its horizontal mapping service has indeed been accidentally collecting "fragmentary" personal data,...
View ArticleHere's What This $4 Billion Hedge Fund Has Been Buying
Filed under: Investing Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they've bought and sold, via "13F" filings. Their latest moves can shine a bright light on smart stock picks. Today,...
View ArticleSoftBank CEO: We Will Be No. 1
Filed under: Investing Today Sprint Nextel tomorrow the world. That is the message SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son sent out Friday at his company's annual shareholder's meeting in Tokyo. "I now say, we...
View ArticleHere's How to Play Dell Stock Now
Filed under: Investing Like a commuter caught in an early evening traffic jam, Dell stock is stuck under $13.65 a share. Investors don't believe Carl Icahn's $14 bid is serious, even if the fight...
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Is Embraer Destined for Greatness?
Filed under: Investing Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating...
View ArticleWhy Netflix Can't Seem to Miss
Filed under: Investing Score one for the algorithm crunchers over at Netflix . After collecting just two months of viewer data since Hemlock Grove's April release, the streaming video company felt...
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Microsoft Stock Has a 29% Margin of Safety
Filed under: Investing The common premise goes like this: Since much of Microsoft's business benefits from PC sales, which are declining, don't invest in Microsoft. That view doesn't satisfy me. It...
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NVIDIA Drops Shield Price to $299: Desperate or Brilliant?
Filed under: Investing Last month, NVIDIA started taking pre-orders at $349 for its first handheld gaming device, NVIDIA Shield. Naturally, that number upset more than a few people and drew skeptical...
View ArticleWhy Defensive Stocks Helped the Dow Recover
Filed under: Investing Investors managed to close the week on a positive note for the stock market, as the Dow Jones Industrials rose 41 points. Yet as comforting as a gain of any size might be after...
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California Republic Bank Announces Successful Completion of a $238 Million...
Filed under: Investing California Republic Bank Announces Successful Completion of a $238 Million Prime Automobile Securitization IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- California Republic Bancorp...
View ArticleDown 30%: What Caused Idenix's Crash?
Filed under: Investing Idenix Pharmaceuticals received more bad news today after reporting that the FDA will require more preclinical data before it can proceed with clinical trials for its...
View ArticleMarkets Fight Back to Positive Territory Today
Filed under: Investing This afternoon, I noted that during the past few months, we have seen a number of losing days -- but they have always been followed by a winning session as investors move in and...
View Article3 Ways Facebook Could Improve Its Business
Filed under: Investing Since its IPO, Facebook has struggled to prove to the world that its business offers tremendous growth potential in the years to come. This is not surprising, considering the...
View ArticleThe Insanity of the Market's Reaction to the Fed This Past Week
Filed under: Investing Investors' reaction this week to Ben Bernanke's comments about the future of the Federal Reserve's stimulus programs were nothing less than insane. Well, perhaps "insane" isn't...
View ArticleAndroid's Next Big Bet? Phones Under $100
Filed under: Investing The following video is from The Motley Fool's weekly Tech Review, in which host Chris Hill talks all things tech with Fool analysts Eric Bleeker and Lyons George. While still...
View ArticleHow Bank of America Defrauded America
Filed under: Investing Did Bank of America enrich itself by defrauding potentially millions of homeowners who requested loan modifications under the 2009 Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP?...
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