Square Has Already Won Mobile Payments. Here's Who Stands to Benefit
Filed under: Investing Source: Square. Brandon Workman of Business Insider Intelligence thinks that Square and, more generally, card reader technology, has already won the fight for mobile payment...
View ArticleWhy Is Novavax Breaking Out?
Filed under: Investing Shares of the developmental stage vaccine maker Novavax broke through its 52-week highs last Tuesday, and did so in stunning fashion, ending the day up almost 20%. What's most...
View ArticleAn Up-Close Look at Alere's Medical Devices
Filed under: Investing Alere's Alere Connect division is ramping up from 2,000 remote monitoring health devices this year to more than 10,000 in 2014. Motley Fool analysts Max Macaluso and Rex Moore...
View ArticleConsumer Spending Brightens Economic Outlook
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Consumer Goods, Economy, InvestingJae C. Hong/APBlack Friday shoppers at the Brea Mall in Brea, Calif., last month. By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer...
View ArticleMoney Minute: Backlash Hurts Target Sales; Apple Scores Big China Deal
Filed under: Apple, Retail, Market News, Target, Stocks Target reportedly suffers a consumer backlash and Apple makes a breakthrough in China. Shoppers may have punished Target (TGT) after the retailer...
View Article3 Reasons to Hold On to United Technologies Stock
Filed under: Investing United Technologies is a selection for the real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio. In this brief video, portfolio manager Chuck Saletta offers three reasons why...
View ArticleStock Market Today: Apple Goes to China and Tiffany Books a Huge Loss
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...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's Letter to Santa Claus
Filed under: Investing Although I haven't had the chance to ask Warren Buffett what he'd like for Christmas, I image his letter to Santa would look something like this: Source: recitethis.com Dear...
View ArticleWhy You Should Ask for These 3 MLPs for Christmas
Filed under: Investing Even if you've already completed all shopping and are ready to embrace the holiday season, these MLPs are worth a second glance. Simply consider them an early gift for 2014. High...
View Article3 Reasons Marvel's Ant-Man Movie Could Be a Surprise Hit
Filed under: Investing Follow @leokornsun Disney's Marvel recently announced that it had cast Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, the titular hero of the 2015 Marvel film that will be incorporated into the rapidly...
View ArticleWhy You Need To Watch Johnson & Johnson, The Medicines Company, Santarus,...
Filed under: Investing Follow @leokornsun 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...
View ArticleWhole Foods' Decision to Drop Chobani Isn't Personal
Filed under: Investing In a recent interview on CNBC, Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of Greek yogurt phenom Chobani, discussed Whole Foods Market's decision to in 2014 drop the product from its store shelves....
View ArticleIs It Finally Time to Buy Bank of America?
Filed under: Investing "Generally, the greater the stigma or revulsion, the better the bargain." -- Seth Klarman $43 billion in lawsuits has left Bank of America drenched in stigma, but as Klarman...
View ArticleBaidu in 2013: A Year in Review
Filed under: Investing It's been a good year for China's leading search engine. Shares of Baidu are up a whopping 73% with a handful of trading days to go, easily beating the market. It didn't start...
View ArticleMonday's Top News Headlines
Filed under: Investing Here are today's top news headlines from Fool.com. Check back throughout the day as this list is updated, and follow us on Twitter at TMFBreaking. Stock Market Today: Apple Goes...
View ArticleNASDAQ-100 Index Additions to Ignore for Now
Filed under: Investing The data is undeniable -- being added to or removed from a major index has a dramatic impact on stock prices over the next six months to a year. The NASDAQ-100 index is doing its...
View Article3 Top Consumer Goods Dividend Stocks for 2014
Filed under: Investing Rock-bottom interest rates have left investors starved for income-producing securities. That's led to a surge in dividend stock popularity in recent years, which will likely...
View ArticleNordstrom Has Reinvented Itself
Filed under: Investing Would you feel comfortable investing in a company that has seen 30% e-commerce growth over the past two years? What if that company has also been outperforming its peers on the...
View Article5 Reasons It's Better to Own Than Rent
Filed under: Investing Source: StockMonkeys.com. I recently wrote an article that explained in detail why thinking of your home as an investment is simply faulty logic. So, by the title of this post,...
View ArticleTuesday's Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
Filed under: Investing This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines feature improved...
View Article