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Twitter Steals the Show This Week on Signs of Advertising Breakthroughs
Twitter is having its best week in six years as its advertising business finally starts to gain traction. Twitter (TWTR) is up 27 percent since Friday, February 5. That makes it the best-performing member of the S&P 500 for the period. It's also the biggest weekly...
Semiconductor Shortage Squeezes Automakers as Chip Demand Surges Like Never Before
A shortage of semiconductors is sweeping the economy as demand for connectivity surges in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Companies including General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Apple (AAPL) and Enphase Energy (ENPH) have mentioned difficulties obtaining chips...
Forget About Bitcoin and Tesla. This Forgotten Corner of Technology Is Crushing Both
3-D printing stocks are flying as investors see huge growth for a revolutionary new segment of the technology space. 3D Systems (DDD), Stratasys (SSYS), ExOne (XONE) and Voxeljet (VJET) have more than doubled so far this year. The gains broke years of sideways...
Alphabet, PayPal and EBay Spike as Digital Boom Continues: Earnings This Week
Major technology stocks delivered strong results again. This week, Alphabet, PayPal and eBay stood out the most. Alphabet (GOOGL) made the biggest splash, spiking more than 12 percent to new record highs. The search giant benefited from a stay-at-home boom in online...
Apple Stuns as the IPhone Upgrade Cycle Takes Hold: Earnings This Week
Apple led a busy week of earnings by crushing estimates as users clambered for new iPhones. Most other companies also had strong results -- especially chip makers and industrials. The tech giant generated $65.6 billion of revenue from iPhones last quarter, up 21...
GameStop Has Overtaken Tesla on Google Finance
GameStop's epic short squeeze is a stunning example of how quickly markets can change. A big example of this appeared on Google Trends. This screenshot compares interest in GameStop (GME) and Tesla (TSLA) on Google Finance over the last seven days. A week ago, GME had...
Facebook Crashes as Energy Soars: This Chart Shows the Massive Rotation Happening in the Market
Stocks have barely moved this week. You almost wouldn't guess how much drama is swirling beneath the surface. Major stocks like Facebook (FB), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) have drifted sideways or lower. Meanwhile former laggards in the energy, financial and...
Airbnb Tries to Break Out as Recent IPOs Fly Ahead of Established Tech Names
Airbnb and DoorDash are breaking out as investors shrug at old tech names like Facebook. ABNB rose 5.7 percent yesterday and DASH rose 3.1 percent. Both pulled back from their peaks but still had their highest closing prices ever. There weren't any clear catalysts for...
Intel Explodes Higher on New CEO. It Could Be a Very Big Deal
Intel just had a massive rally on some potentially huge news: Pat Gelsinger is the new CEO. Gelsinger was the chipmaker's chief technology officer until 2012. During that time, he was instrumental in key initiatives like the Xeon chip. The market hopes he can fix one...