Obamacare's Latest Enrollment Numbers: Good News or Bad News?
Filed under: Investing The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, largely hinges on the success of the online health insurance marketplaces....
View ArticleApple and Samsung Could Be Dethroned by Asus' Radical New Device
Filed under: Investing When it comes to the U.S. smartphone market, it's mostly a two-horse race. Cumulatively, and sell two out of every three smartphones, with smaller manufacturers such as HTC and...
View ArticleApple Climbing Back to All-Time Highs? One Analyst Thinks So.
Filed under: Investing Over a year after peaking at $705, Apple might be able to reclaim its former glory yet. At least that's what Evercore Partners thinks, which has raised its price target to $700...
View ArticleThis Could Be the Largest Oil Discovery in the U.S.
Filed under: Investing One of the greatest things about the U.S. shale boom is how quickly some shale formations have progressed to become world-class oil and gas plays, thanks to the application of...
View Article2015 Ford Mustang: Behind the Curtain With Moray Callum
Filed under: Investing The scene outside Ford's media event in New York when we arrived. That's the current Mustang on the left, and the all-new 2015 Mustang on the right. Moray Callum, the new...
View ArticleHow the Dow Moved Last Week
Filed under: Investing Since the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted index -- unlike the S&P 500, which is an index weighted by companies' market capitalizations -- the stocks within...
View ArticleIs Monster Worldwide Destined for Greatness?
Filed under: Investing Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating...
View ArticleMeet Iraq's New Air Force, Compliments of Lockheed Martin
Filed under: Investing The new FA-50 light attack jet. Source: KAI. Don't look now, but Iraq is getting its air force back up and running -- and it has Lockheed Martin to thank for it. Iraq inked a...
View ArticleStop Your Brain From Hurting Your Returns
Filed under: Investing Here's a simple math problem for you: A candy bar and stick of gum together cost $1.10. The candy bar costs $1 more than the gum. Quick: How much does the gum cost? Before we get...
View ArticlePentagon Awards $1.12 Billion in Defense Contracts Monday
Filed under: Investing The Department of Defense announced 13 new defense contracts worth a combined $1.12 billion Monday. Among the publicly traded companies winning contracts: Northrop Grumman won a...
View ArticleIs Twitter's Stock Price Getting Out of Hand?
Filed under: Investing Everybody was talking about Twitter when the company went public. Apparently that's what you get when a company that is not only in one of the hottest subsectors today (social...
View ArticleHerbalife Is "Still Undervalued" Per Icahn (But Not Twitter!)
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleIs Sprint Gearing Up for Another Disastrous Acquisition?
Filed under: Investing Earlier this year, Sprint finally shut down the Nextel platform after years of technical incompatibilities within its network. That's why it's so peculiar that The Wall Street...
View ArticleCould Apple Hit $700 Per Share in 2014?
Filed under: Investing After peaking at just above $700 last September, Apple's stock hasn't come close to those levels since. Today, shares still trade below $600. But one analyst believes that,...
View ArticleTwitter's Been Flying Sky-High, But Is It About to Crash?
Filed under: Investing No matter what the market is doing these days, it appears as though Twitter can do no wrong. Even as the S&P 500 fell 1.13% on Wednesday, shares of the social network flew to...
View ArticleWhy Cisco's Weakness Is No Big Deal for This Component Supplier
Filed under: Investing Chipmaker Cavium has had a forgettable 2013. The company's consistent financial performance has been overshadowed by negative industry news from the likes of F5 Networks earlier...
View ArticleToday's 3 Worst Stocks in the S&P 500
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleWhy Did D. E. Shaw Follow Berkshire on NV Energy?
Filed under: Investing Every quarter, large money-managers have to disclose what they've bought and sold via "13F" filings. While Fools don't always follow what the big money does, we can often glean...
View ArticleAir Force Hires Boeing and Lockheed for $531 Million Worth of Space Launches
Filed under: Investing The Department of Defense announced 13 new defense contracts worth a combined $1.12 billion Monday. Of these, the largest award by far went to the Boeing and Lockheed Martin...
View ArticleBank of America's Prospects Just Got Brighter
Filed under: Investing If you've been reading news about the financial sector over the past week, chances are you've been reading about the approval of the Volcker Rule. The Volcker Rule intends to...
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