Obamacare's Biggest Flaw Is Scary. But It Could Also Make You Rich!
Filed under: Investing Despite having more than three and a half months under its belt, Obamacare's state and federally run health exchanges have been wrought with glitches. For some state-run...
View ArticleWhy Banks Aren't High on the Business of Legal Marijuana
Filed under: Investing As of Jan. 1, marijuana could be legally purchased and possessed in the state of Colorado. This change in law, however, has failed to win over at least one group of businesses....
View Article3 Ways to Invest Like T. Boone Pickens, and 1 Reason You Can't
Filed under: Investing Image Source: www.flickr.com/jurvetson. T. Boone Pickens made his name through acquisition wheeling and dealing across the American energy landscape. Today he is a major advocate...
View ArticleIs the Uncertainty at Novartis a Game-Changer for Investors?
Filed under: Investing It's all change at Novartis . The head of its cancer business, Herve Hoppenot, has left the business to go to a new job. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Alessandro...
View ArticleGeneral Electric Company's Dividend Streak Continues
Filed under: Investing The industrial giant General Electric wrapped up 2013 by reporting impressive earnings growth and a robust order backlog -- two promising signs for investors. In short, the...
View ArticleThis Chipmaker Is a Good Investment, Are You Watching?
Filed under: Investing Chipmaker Xilinx's performance in 2013 wasn't outstanding, as its gain of 30% trailed the broader market and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index. However, it makes sense to have...
View ArticleDivestment Is the Name of the Game for Johnson & Johnson
Filed under: Investing Divestment, it seems, is a hot topic in the global health-care sector. A number of major health-care players are shifting their business strategies in one way or another and are...
View ArticleThe Next Big Story for Ambarella
Filed under: Investing Get a glimpse of what's on the tech horizon with Foolish reports from the field at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show. Companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune...
View ArticleIBM Earnings: What's Next for Big Blue?
Filed under: Investing IBM will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and the stock has been the most disappointing member of the Dow Jones Industrials over the past year, having been the sole Dow...
View ArticleWith 4G Coming to Cars, Is Sirius XM in Trouble?
Filed under: Investing Couldn't make it to the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show? Never fear: The Fool was there to check out the tech and report back on who was there and what was new. With...
View ArticleThe Era of Commodity 3-D Printers Is Here
Filed under: Investing Two years ago, 3D Systems launched its first consumer-focused 3-D printer at the Consumer Electronics Show. That was the moment the 3-D printing industry began to move toward...
View ArticleUnited Technologies Earnings: What to Expect This Week
Filed under: Investing United Technologies will release its quarterly report on Wednesday, and the stock has soared to all-time record highs on the strength of its aviation and defense-centered...
View Article3-D Printing Stocks: After Last Week's Big Dips, How Do They Stack Up by...
Filed under: Investing If you're following the 3-D printing stocks, you likely know the group had a rough-and-tumble time in the market last week. The dual catalysts for the group's drops, which both...
View ArticleIs Google Forming a Utility Killer?
Filed under: Investing This segment is from Thursday's edition of 'Digging for Value', in which sector analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman discuss energy & materials news with host Alison...
View ArticleHow Short-Selling Works
Filed under: Investing Most investors own stocks, profiting when they rise in value and losing money when their stocks decline. But for short-sellers, that basic dynamic is reversed, and you can...
View ArticleFusion-io Earnings: Can the Data-Storage Company Recover?
Filed under: Investing Fusion-io will release its quarterly report on Wednesday, and investors are nervous about the expected plunge in revenue that they expect to result in the data-storage...
View ArticleWhy Microsoft and Sony Shouldn't Fear Steam OS Yet
Filed under: Investing Couldn't make it to the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show? Never fear: The Fool was there to check out the tech and report back on who was there and what was new. With...
View ArticleHalliburton Earnings: Will They Follow Schlumberger Higher?
Filed under: Investing Halliburton will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and investors have expressed some concerns in recent months about the oil-services company's future prospects, bidding...
View ArticleChina is in Desperate Need of Help from the U.S.
Filed under: Investing Forbidden City. Photo credit: Flickr/Yinan Chen (Good Free Photos). China tops the world on many lists. It has 1 billion more people than the U.S. as it is the most populated...
View ArticleWhy U.S. Carbon Emissions Rose Last Year
Filed under: Investing Thanks to a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, the U.S. is awash with cheap natural gas extracted from shale formations around the country. Yet despite...
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