ThinkstockSales of semiconductors rose to $25.87 billion in August, up 6.4% year-over-year for the month, representing the industry’s largest annual growth since March 2011. Sales rose 1.3% month-over-month. The numbers are compiled…
Paul Ausick Jon OggWith the government shut down and with the debt ceiling debate breathing down everyone’s neck, investors have to be wondering what they should buy, sell and hold (or even avoid). Stocks…
ThinkstockWhen Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ignited the smartphone revolution in 2007, it continued its ongoing policy of using a fairly heavy hand on its suppliers to contain costs and keep its margins…
ThinkstockFlash memory array maker Violin Memory Inc. (NASDAQ: VMEM) sold 18 million shares at $9 apiece Friday morning in an initial public offering (IPO) that raised net proceeds of around $147 million.…
Jon OggStocks bounced after five straight days of selling, and now investors and traders alike are deciding which stocks to buy and which ones to sell or avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews…
ThinkstockAll those smartphones and tablets that manufacturers are making and consumers are buying typically include a minimum of 512 megabytes to 1 gigabyte of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in every device.…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of September 13 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
ThinkstockSemiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) announced before markets opened on Tuesday that the company’s board has agreed to a merger with Tokyo-traded Tokyo Electron Ltd., another maker of semiconductor…
Investors and traders are worried about an end to quantitative easing, yet stocks are rallying hard on fundamentals. This puts these same investors in a spot where they have to wonder which…
Jon OggNow that stocks have settled off their recent all-time highs, investors and traders have to be wondering which stocks they should buy and which ones they should sell or avoid. Each…
ThinkstockMicron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) and SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) are both winning at the loss of one of their competitors in the world of DRAM. Reports of a fire at a…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggEach morning 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens and dozens of Wall Street analyst research reports looking for fresh ideas for investors and traders. Some are stocks to buy and others are…
Jon OggInvestors are on the hunt for solid research ideas now that stocks have pulled back a bit. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street and from boutique…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsOn the day that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) came public last year, more than 580 million shares of the company’s stock changed hands. No other trading day since…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of July 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
