Intuitive Surgical, Inc. at Mid-Year: 3 Things for Investors to Know
Filed under: Investing For years, it seemed like the most obvious way to profit from the booming health care industry.  From 2004 to early 2013, shares of Intuitive Surgical, -- maker of the daVinci...
View ArticleGoogle's Conquest of the Internet With Android Marches On
Filed under: Investing This story originally written by Caleb Garling at CITEworld. Sign up for our free newsletter here. Having dominated the web with search, Google  has now announced plans to invade...
View ArticleThis Movie Rental Company Will Survive
Filed under: Investing Source: Outerwall. In April 2014, SEC filings revealed that hedge fund Jana Partners has reduced its stake in Outerwall  from 8.4% to 4.9%. Outerwall owns Redbox, the largest...
View ArticleHow Accountable Care Is Transforming U.S. Healthcare
Filed under: Investing Health insurance companies are coaxing doctors and hospitals away from fee-for-service medicine at an unprecedented pace to new accountable care models they hope will tame health...
View ArticleWhy the All-New 2015 Ford Edge Is Radically Different
Filed under: Investing Ford revealed the all-new 2015 Edge SUV this past week. It may look similar to the current model, but much has changed. Source: Ford Motor Co. Ford revealed its all-new 2015...
View ArticleWhy MannKind, Rackspace Hosting, and Dollar General Tumbled Today
Filed under: Investing Friday brought a positive end of the week for the broader stock market, as investors continued to bet that the U.S. economy will be able to grow fast enough to ward off a...
View ArticleWhy Iraq Poses More Than Just a Temporary Risk to Oil Prices
Filed under: Investing Earlier this month, the price of Brent crude oil jumped to a nine-month high of $115.71 a barrel on fears that violence in Iraq could disrupt the nation's oil production. While...
View ArticleRead This Before Building Your Dream Home
Filed under: Investing Among the most-watched economic figures each month are new-home sales. To many, these is a simple statistic upon which models are built, stocks are sold, and decisions are made....
View ArticleThe 1 Person Who Should Replace Warren Buffett
Filed under: Investing As much as long-term shareholders would like him to, Warren Buffett isn't going to be atop Berkshire Hathaway forever. The topic of Buffett's potential successor is nothing new,...
View ArticleTwitter's Biz Stone on Charitable Giving
Filed under: Investing Twitter co-founder Biz Stone recommends starting your philanthropy now to achieve what he calls "the compound interest of altruism." As with compound interest on a bank account,...
View ArticleWhy Some Insurers Will Cheer This Obamacare Failure
Filed under: Investing A provision in the Affordable Care Act to expand Medicaid coverage has been adopted by 26 states, and more than 6 million people newly enrolled in the government backed...
View Article2 Sub-$1 Billion Companies With No Debt and Plenty of Upside Potential
Filed under: Investing I have had my watchful eye on two stocks that are highlighted on occasion, but do not receive the type of coverage that names like Apple get from market pundits and investing...
View Article5 Everyday Ways Parents Can Save Money
Filed under: Investing According to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last year, the average cost to raise a child born in 2013 to age 18 is expected to be $241,080. Government...
View ArticleApple Inc. iPhone 6 Leaks and Rumors Are Starting to Pile Up
Filed under: Investing If you had any doubts about Apple launching iPhones with larger screens this year, the recent ramp in iPhone 6 related rumors should temper your concerns: Apple looks dead set on...
View ArticleQualcomm's Snapdragon 810 Lives, but It Probably Won't Be Cheap
Filed under: Investing To get a sense of how development of certain chips is tracking, I like to look at imports and exports of engineering and qualification samples to and from India via a website...
View ArticleCan Google Find Success in the Utility Sector?
Filed under: Investing The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed new guidelines for the utility industry to trim carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. The guidelines also aim at...
View ArticleIs Sandridge Permian Trust Worth a Long-Term Investment?
Filed under: Investing Source: Eric Kounce via commons.wikimedia.org. Sandridge Permian Trust's distribution yield of almost 19% is enough to make just about every income investor say, "this is too...
View ArticleStock Market Bubble: These 2 Charts Should Scare You
Filed under: Investing I'm not one to be obsessed about stock market bubbles. Yet, sometimes it's hard to ignore the possibility that we could be in the midst of one when you consider that the S&P...
View ArticleBeyond the Hype: Exactly How Warren Buffett Beats the Market
Filed under: Investing The story goes that Warren Buffett, not wanting to waste his time, would read a course's textbooks at the beginning of the semester, skip the classes, and pass the exams. Whether...
View Article2 Dividend Strategies to Boost Your Income
Filed under: Investing Dividend investing is important in order to help you make the income you need from your portfolio. But there are different dividend strategies that people in different situations...
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