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Big Tech Goes to Capitol Hill for Busy Day of Hearings
Big technology companies face not one. Not two. But, three hearings in Congress today. Representatives from Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) are scheduled to appear before the House of Representatives and Senate today. The committees...
IPO Insider: Market Set for Busy Summer Following Big Quarter
The initial public offerings (IPOs) are surging as a new generation of technology and health-care stocks join the market. Roughly $32.5 billion of deals priced between April and June, according to ClickIPO. That made it the most active quarter since July-September of...
Trio of FANG Stocks Flirts With Breakouts as Big Events Approach
Remember FANG stocks? Three members of this elite club may be flirting with breakouts before some big events. Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB) and Amazon.com (AMZN) are less than 1 percent from their highs for the year. The trio has quietly outperformed the broader...
Bull Markets Climb a Wall of Worry, Once Again
"Bull markets climb a wall of worry." The old adage proved true again today as the S&P 500 breaks out to new highs. Investors ended last week fearing higher tariffs against China before the G20 Summit in Osaka. Then President Trump withdrew the threat after...
Disney, Microsoft Led the Dow Higher in the Second Quarter
Today's the last day of the second quarter. A pair of blue-chip disruptors led the market higher during the period. Walt Disney (DIS) and Microsoft (MSFT) were the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the end of March. DIS surged 25 percent as it...
Videogame Bulls Fight for Key Level: Options Recap
Videogame stocks are still hurting from last year's selloff in tech. But now options traders are defending a key level in major stock. We're talking about Activision Blizzard (ATVI), which makes titles like Call of Duty, Candy Crush and Overwatch. The stock briefly...
Social Media Giant Plans Big Crypto Announcement Today
The world's biggest social network is poised to bring cryptocurrencies to the mainstream of business with a major announcement today. Multiple news sources report that Facebook (FB) will publish details on "Project Libra." The new cryptocurrency will enable money...
Podcast: A Search for New Leadership in the Stock Market
Explore the positives and negatives facing stocks as the S&P 500 consolidates at levels from April. Can a dovish Federal Reserve offset weakness in big companies like Apple and Facebook?
Tech Giants Plan Videogame Showdown in the Cloud This Fall
A big showdown is coming to the video-game industry this fall as two tech giants go head to head. Microsoft (MSFT), the world's only trillion-dollar company, just said at the E3 convention that it will launch a preview version of its new xCloud service in October....