Like most investors, you probably aim for the best possible return when picking potential investments.
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April 18 - News
A report from DigiTimes, a Taiwanese paper known for insight into technology supply chain issues, said that iPad Mini shipments will fall 20% to 30% from the previous quarter.
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April 18 - News
For the third day in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has moved more than 100 points.
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April 17 - News
Earnings season started last week, but this week the fireworks really start to fly.
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April 17 - News
A funny thing has happened over the last few years.
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April 16 - News
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) took a beating last week, seeing its stock tumble some 20% on disappointing earnings and a poor 2013 outlook, but is the news really all that...
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April 16 - News
The digital world is moving over there, and for the most part, it has already moved over there. The rise of the cloud means that less is done locally than ever before.
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April 16 - News
Is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) a growth stock or a value stock? What about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) or Cisco Systems, Inc.
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April 15 - News
Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) took investors on quite the ride this week, but even though they plummeted more than 4.42% in just one day, they still managed to...
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April 15 - News
Finishing your tax return is a great feeling. But even once you've gotten your taxes done, you still need to be on the lookout for criminals seeking to take advantage of you.
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April 14 - News
If you're anything of a long-term investor, someone who's studied economics, or simply a fan of finance, you've probably looked on with disdain as the electronic currency known...
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April 13 - News
All 30 of the current components pay a dividend today, ranging from Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)' modest 0.3% yield (with a bullet, now that regulators have finally given the...
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April 12 - News
This morning the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary reading on consumer confidence was released, and it indicated that the average American is becoming gloomier...
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April 12 - News
When consumers blink, investors get nervous.
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April 12 - News
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) stock soared almost 3% Wednesday to close in on a new 52-week high after the pharmaceutical giant announced the FDA accepted its new drug application...
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April 12 - News
Thanks to a few top stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to once again set a new all-time closing high at 14,865.
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April 11 - News
The reason why so many people follow the Dow Jones Industrial Average is that it spans nearly the entire breadth of the market.
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April 11 - News
New records galore: After a quick dip yesterday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 60 points to close at a new all-time high -- and it wasn't done there.
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April 10 - News
In any long bull market, various sectors of the stock market move in and out of favor.
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April 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 48 points yesterday and ended the session at 14,613, within striking distance again of its all-time high, as Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) kicked...
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April 10 - News
Hedge fund manager Jean-Marie Eveillard has been in finance for more than half a century; first with Societe Generale before taking over the SocGen International Fund.
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April 10 - Hedge Funds
It might seem like something out of 'Terminator: Rise of the Machines,' but in an effort to make the roads safer as well as more efficient to travel upon, NXP Semiconductors NV...
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April 9 - News
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) shareholders have witnessed an increase in hedge fund sentiment in recent months.
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April 8 - News
Dividends have given cash-starved investors the income they need as well as some security from the prospects of a downturn in the stock market.
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April 7 - News
Well, it could have been worse.
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April 6 - News
Down nearly 175 points in early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sold off sharply on a disappointing employment report that showed continuing struggles in the job market...
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April 6 - News
Remember that slow and steady economic recovery we were having? It may have become even slower during March, because the jobs report released this morning was less than inspiring...
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April 5 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) just took a much-needed step toward a healthier business: Chairman Ray Lane and two other directors stepped down from the board of directors...
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April 5 - News
On Wednesday, payroll-processing company ADP reported that private employers only added 158,000 new jobs in the month of March, whereas economists were expecting 200,000 hires...
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April 5 - News
Employment has been a sticking point in the U.S. economic recovery for years, and today it showed its uglier side.
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April 5 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) actually found itself on the wrong side of a patent-infringement case in the U.S.
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April 5 - News
Many investors believe that if you want to win in the stock market, you have to have inside stock tips that no one else knows about.
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April 5 - News
VirnetX Holding Corporation (NYSEMKT:VHC) shares have been falling ever since, and the stock price is less than half of what it was before that crucial Cisco verdict.
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April 5 - News
The Department of Labor's jobless-claims report was released this morning, and it wasn't what investors were hoping for.
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April 4 - News
There have been quite a few things that only Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) could have successfully pulled off. The ability to commandeer legally owned trademarks is on that list.
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April 4 - News
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) was in 6 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012.
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April 3 - News
Market sectors go through cycles just like the overall market.
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April 3 - News
Gotham Asset Management founder, Joel Greenblatt, is said to use a more cerebral approach to picking stocks. As a professor at Columbia Business School and author of several...
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April 2 - News
On March 21 networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) was downgraded by FBR Capital to underperform with a price target of $17 per share.
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April 2 - News
Despite the market’s great performance over the first quarter of the year, there are still unloved stocks struggling to keep up.
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April 2 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) certainly receives its fair share of coverage throughout the trading day, and then some.
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April 2 - News
Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to dissect balance sheets, income, and cash flow statements.
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April 2 - News
Shares of rare-earth miner Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) fell 45% in the first quarter.
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March 31 - News
Growth investing can sometimes be a pain in the butt.
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March 28 - News
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, recently won a deal from global web hosting provider PEER 1.
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March 27 - News
Finding a way to outperform the general market averages is never easy.
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March 27 - News
As most of us know, newspapers are dying. The Internet quickly supplanted "old media" and relegated most newspaper companies to life support.
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March 27 - News
Near the end of Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL)'s conference call last week, co-president Mark Hurd was asked about the company's ambitions in the telecom space, following its...
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March 26 - News
Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) have traded down as much as 5% over the past couple days after reaching a new 52-week high of $21.98.
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March 26 - News