The Dow Jones Industrial Average is making big gains following the release of better-than-expected consumer confidence numbers, up 0.91% to 15,443 points as of 1:25 p.m. EDT.
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May 28 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has been in the news a lot recently. Once a pioneer in PC and printing technology, the company has fallen on hard times.
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May 28 - News
Like many established technology companies, Cisco Systems, Inc.
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May 28 - News
With a solid record of rapidly increasing sales, and very nice growth ahead, Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN) just landed on my radar.
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May 28 - News
Investors took a quiet ride this week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell nearly 100 points during intra-day trading before reversing course the past three days ...
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May 28 - News
At one point in the late 90's, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) was the biggest company in the world by market cap.
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May 24 - News
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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May 24 - News
After a difficult multiyear period, original DVR innovator TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO) once again has profitability within its grasp.
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May 23 - News
Fresh off activist wins at Hess and BMC Software, billionaire hedge fund activist Paul Singer is now taking aim at NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP).
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May 23 - Hedge Funds
Lessons are meant to be learned.
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May 23 - News
Born to address the need of a husband and wife located in different office buildings to communicate with each other, Cisco Systems, Inc.
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May 23 - News
Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE:ALU) is going through a rough period. The company faces tough challenges ahead. Its cash flows and income are declining.
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May 23 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), the American software giant founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, is arguably the most overlooked tech stock in the market due to...
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May 22 - News
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) reported a fairly strong quarter, with its earnings per share sailing past analyst estimate.
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May 22 - News
Tech investors have seen a slew of warnings over the last few months, so Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)' recent ‘beat’ was always likely to be well received.
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May 22 - News
From its start in 1984, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) was a leader in network services and provided the latest technology to businesses of all sizes throughout the world.
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May 22 - News
Investors everywhere are wondering if now is the time to sell their stocks.
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May 22 - News
As the Fed continues its policy of an interest rate close to zero, many investors are looking for alternatives and I believe dividend stocks are the answers.
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May 22 - News
Many of the companies regarded as “old” tech have been struggling in recent years due to the soft macroeconomic environment and reduced corporate IT spending.
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May 21 - News
John Chambers says the profits from Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)’ new strategy are still one to three years away.
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May 20 - News
This morning's movements in the Dow Jones Industrials look eerily familiar to those who have been watching the day-to-day movements of the average in recent months.
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May 20 - News
Each week, I endeavor to report the results of the Big Idea Portfolio, a collection of five tech stocks that I believe will crush the market over a three-year period.
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May 20 - News
Another week, another record close for stock markets.
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May 19 - News
For the fourth week in a row, all three of the major U.S. stock indexes have risen.
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May 19 - News
The wireless communications company on Thursday had reported a fiscal third-quarter loss, said it was disappointed with its results and cautious about trends in technology spending...
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May 17 - News
Stocks treaded water most of the day before dipping late in the session on remarks from the Fed about cutting its stimulus program.
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May 17 - News
On a day when the markets received some poor economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 42 points, or 0.28%, and now rests at 15,233.
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May 17 - News
Yesterday, I suggested that Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) was poised for an earnings-powered jump.
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May 16 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is basically unchanged following some mixed economic reports, up six points as of 1:15 p.m.
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May 16 - News
If you ask me, just having a low price to earnings (PE) ratio doesn't make a stock cheap.
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May 16 - News
As earnings season draws to a close, the few late-reporting companies have the potential to make big impressions among news-starved investors.
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May 16 - News
The investment universe today is littered with CDs, bonds, and Treasury notes that produce yields slightly above 0% and don’t even come close to exceeding the rate of inflation...
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May 16 - News
With more than 90% of the S&P 500 companies having already reported earnings, and 67% of those companies having beaten estimates, we can almost certainly mark this season down...
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May 16 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average started off slow on a poor eurozone GDP report today but finished strong on continuing optimism again, ending the day up 60 points, or 0.4%.
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May 16 - News
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is set to report third-quarter earnings after tonight's closing bell.
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May 15 - News
Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management has filed its quarterly 13F disclosure with the SEC, presenting its portfolio of equity holdings as of the end of the March ...
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May 15 - Hedge Funds
Tomorrow, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 14 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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May 13 - News
In many of my previous writings, I recommended buying "old tech" companies -- mostly due to their cheap valuations and P/E ratio compression, great financial shape, and impressivedividend...
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May 13 - News
The world’s largest maker of computer networking products, Cisco Systems, Inc.
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May 10 - News
Comcast is reportedly killing off the premium Skype service that it tried to lump with XFINITY last year.
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May 10 - News
It's frustrating to be a saver right now. The traditional avenues of saving, CDs and U.S.
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May 7 - News
The stock market continues to linger at all-time record highs as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) climbed modestly...
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May 7 - News
When Cavium Inc (NASDAQ:CAVM), which supplies chips for networking and communication equipment, had released its fourth quarter report in February this year, I was quite confident...
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May 7 - News
I have been all over the Juniper Networks, Inc.
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May 6 - News
For those investors who are seeking both income and growth, the tech sector could offer a way to potentially achieve both.
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May 6 - News
With global mobile-data traffic expected to increase 13-fold by 2017, there will be an increasing pressure on carriers’ existing network infrastructure and limited spectrum...
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May 6 - News
As Monday dawned on the trading week, reports began to filter out about a joint bid by Bain Capital LLC (Mitt Romney's old stomping grounds) and Golden Gate Capital to take BMC...
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May 6 - News
As the calendar turns toward the second quarter of the year, it’s again time to revisit the popular investing adage, "Sell in May and go away." As the theory stipulates, investors...
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May 4 - News
