ThinkstockStocks have had gains for eight weeks now and the stock market keeps challenging all-time highs. It is time for investors to start positioning their assets and portfolios for 2014. 24/7 Wall…
courtesy of Google Inc.Tech giant Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced the launch of the Google Wallet Card, a prepaid debit card. The new card will allow users to make purchases in…
ThinkstockThe latest report on short interest shows some pretty big names getting slammed pretty hard by short sellers. We thought it would be interesting to look at five heavily traded large cap…
Healthcare.govSince the passage of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, the launch has been riddled with problems. Accessing the sign-up page, poor Web design, untested and inept technology, and endless attacks on…
Jon OggEarnings season is well into full reporting, and a debt deal has been reached in Washington, D.C. Now that the S&P 500 Index has hit a new all-time high, many investors…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Year to date, the UBS Internet Index has outperformed the broader market by 25%. The reasons for this outperformance have varied, ranging from growing addressable markets, improved monetization and/or stability, consistent…
Leapfrog.comFor all the hundreds of millions of apps and the billions of downloads from the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store and Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play, the same apps dominate the…
courtesy of Yahoo!Look back a short 10 to 15 years ago, and the Internet and media landscape we are so familiar with today barely existed. Carriers had not rolled out fiber-optic networks…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsArtist Andy Warhol once said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Elon Musk has had that 15 minutes and then some. However, it is time…
ThinkstockHuge increases in productivity from leaps in technology are continuing to shape the way global growth is expanding. New technologies such as 3D printing, advanced robotics, mobile technology and cloud computing are…
July 18, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the report on new jobless claims in the U.S. came in better than expected. In Europe, Greece agreed to fire another…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, July 18, 2013. They include Citrix Systems, eBay, Intel, SanDisk and Johnson & Johnson.
thinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) are reportedly negotiating a settlement of $500 million with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The FERC announced penalties of about $470 million against Barclays…
July 17, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and managed to hold onto a decent gain following a day of ups and downs as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before…
ThinkstockIt should come as no surprise to investors that Internet usage has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. The smartphone, which seemed like a luxury five years ago, has become almost ubiquitous,…
