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
Investors who have been around during the dot-com bubble remember it very well.
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May 4 - News
TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI) makes the circuit boards in your favorite electronics.
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May 4 - News
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) are the giants of the technology world.
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May 3 - News
The difficult earnings season for technology continues, and Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) didn't disappoint to disappoint.
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May 3 - News
IDC, a tech research firm, estimates that revenue from public cloud services exceeded $30.5 billion in 2012 and will grow to a staggering $72.9 billion in 2015.
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May 2 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has long been criticized for the $150 billion pile of cash on its balance sheet.
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May 2 - Hedge Funds
Investing in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is like betting on a tennis player. The competition keeps putting him on the defense.
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May 2 - News
Maker of programmable chips Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) is up around 7% this year.
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May 1 - News
From the unveiling of a new gaming console to the long-awaited return of a cult fave television show on an unlikely platform, let's start looking out to some of the events that...
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May 1 - News
More specifically, the relatively small networking hardware specialist said it ran into trouble transitioning its new line of ReadyNAS network storage products.
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April 30 - News
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s cash hoard has been under attack for months.
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April 29 - News
There will always be stocks that do not trade like you would expect them.
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April 28 - News
While investors have been clamoring for the return of a portion of Apple Inc.
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April 27 - News
Nearly a year into a much-ballyhooed program to right its ship and save its business, the company's still losing money and burning cash like mad.
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April 27 - News
To the average investor, there are many indicators shareholders can use to analyze publicly traded companies.
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April 26 - News
NetGear, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR) is what I refer to as an “under the radar” stock.
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April 24 - News
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) designs, manufactures, and distributes networking equipment.
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April 24 - News
While French research firm Idate recently predicted femtocell (or small cells) shipments will reach 23 million units worldwide within 2017, generating revenues of €931 million...
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April 23 - News
Millions of Americans turn to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) as their sole gauge for how well the stock market is doing.
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April 20 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD), Raytheon Company (NYSE...
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April 19 - News
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