Thinkstock With the ongoing U.S. economic recovery and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, health insurance coverage rates among Americans have increased significantly. Americans may expect health outcomes to improve as well. Despite the…
Tableau Software has reported its first-quarter earnings results, and this is one of those situations where very strong earnings is trumping the concerns over very high valuations.
ThinkstockMay 7, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 87 equities making new 52-week lows today. Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) dropped more than 12% on Thursday to post a new 52-week low…
thinkstockMay 7, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Thursday but the three major indexes all turned higher by mid-morning and never looked back. Biotech and tech stocks boosted the Nasdaq Composite all day while the…
The Federal Reserve releases its report on consumer credit with a one-month lag, but there may finally be some good news for the economy here on this front.
Wikimedia CommonsShares of Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) exploded Thursday afternoon on rumors that the company may be pursuing a sale. The first to report on this was The Wall Street Journal. While this could…
Fannie Mae is paying the U.S. Treasury another $1.8 billion in June. While this dividend sounds great on the surface, Fannie Mae’s profit fell sharply in the first quarter after a drop in credit-related income…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three month period ending in March, Samsung Electronics lost 1.4% of market share in the U.S. smartphone market and now holds a total share of 28.3%. The Korean electronics…
Hecla Mining has reported quarterly results, and while earnings were close to being in line with estimates, there is a concern that some of the ongoing pressures will continue to remain in place.