The best news IBM (NYSE: IBM) investors got in 2016 is that the stock was up 20%. That did not offset the fact that the tech company made little progress financially, and…
Judging by the most shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq, sellers continued to take a wait and see approach. Overall, moves in those stocks were mixed and mild between the November 30…
Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Akamai Technology, Microsoft, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, Red Hat and Wynn Resorts.
December 19, 2016: Markets opened higher again Monday as investors intent on driving indexes to new highs and the DJIA above 20,000. A look at the S&P sectors shows telecoms and real-estate…
The time has come for the Federal Reserve to start raising rates again. Certain sectors tend to either benefit from rising rates or are not affected much.
Judging by the most shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq late last month, short sellers took a wait and see approach to the Trump rally.
The supermarket of the future is here — at least in Europe. Italy's largest supermarket chain, Coop Italia, claims to have reinvented the customer experience in grocery shopping. Are Whole Foods and…
Among Amazon.com's seemingly endless arsenal of advantages over every other retailer is the 182 million visitors to its websites. No other retailer comes close.
Breitbart.com had 93.2 million visits in November. That made it nearly two-thirds the size of Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) USAToday.com and nearly three times the size of Comcast’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) MSNBC.com. Its size…
E-commerce sales continue to rocket higher as the Black Friday total reached $3.34 billion The move to mobile was even more rapid as sales reached $1.2 billion, up 33% from last…
It’s been a hot topic of discussion for years. When will the politicians in Washington D.C. wise up and lower the tax rate for companies that have billions stored overseas? Many have…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) claims its Xbox flagship game platform outsells any of its console rivals. Sony (NYSE: SNE), at the top of that rivals list, needs to post strong holiday sales to keep…
Worldwide smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2016 rose 5.4% year over year to 373.3 million units. Overall sales of mobile phones, however, dropped by 1.3% compared with the third quarter…
While overall stocks have rallied, the tech sell-off has put many of the top dividend-paying stocks right back in the wheelhouse for investors looking for solid total return.
November 17, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday and the Nasdaq Composite appears to be gaining back even more of the ground it lost last week as tech stocks dropped following the election.…
