'Fast Money' Recap: Is Gold's Rally For Real?
at The Street - 33 mins ago
The trading panel looks at gold to distinguish if the recent gains are a technical breakout or just a bear market rally.
eBay Stock: A Buy Before Earnings?
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 6:32PM CDT
The year 2014 hasn't been easy on either of e-commerce's preeminent names, eBay or Amazon.com . EBAY data by YCharts . Amazon.com reports later this month, but not before eBay opens its books for the world next week. Here's what...
Why Is Google Investing Half a Billion Dollars in Shopping Express?
Alvaro Campos, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 2:00PM CDT
Aware of Amazon.com taking away a significant portion of its product searches, Google has decided to invest heavily in its same-day delivery service, Shopping Express. The search engine giant recently set aside $500 million to fuel this...
One Analyst Thinks The Coca-Cola Company, Amazon.com, and Whole Foods Market Have Something in Commo
Mark Reeth and Michael Finarelli, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 2:00PM CDT
What do GoPro , Coca-Cola , Amazon , Whole Foods , and Twitter have in common? They're all stocks MarketWatch analyst Jeff Reeves thinks are great brands but bad investments. In this segment of The Motley Fool's Where the Money Is ,...
Kim Kardashian Drives Glu Mobile Higher, Amazon.com Pops, and Overstock.com Slumps
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 10:30AM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 125 points for the week, slipping below the 17,000 mark. Some of the big movers for the week included Glu Mobile , Amazon.com , and Overstock.com . ...
The Future of Target Depends on This
Dan Moskowitz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 10:19AM CDT
Target.com Target recently made it clear what it wants to be: a leading omni-channel retailer. Target had a late start in this space, but it's now looking to make up ground. If Target can implement the correct initiatives and grow in the...
IBM Finally Joins Cloud Pricing Wars: What it Really Means for Big Blue
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 9:00AM CDT
IBM is among the last tech companies to join the cloud pricing wars that have been raging on this year. On June 10, IBM lowered the price of storage available through its SoftLayer cloud infrastructure service by 60% to just $0.04 per GB per month,...
Can Apple Stop Defending Its iPod Cash Grab?
at The Street - Sun Jul 13, 9:00AM CDT
The dying device isn't keeping users in Apple's ecosystem and is increasingly redundant amid new technology. Its $4 billion reason for living is dwindling.
Are These Companies Worth the Price of Admission?
Wade Michels, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 13, 7:03AM CDT
Think about the last time you spent money at a Costco or on Amazon.com . Did you do it because it was cheap? Perhaps it was just to save time. Sure, price and convenience are big, but something else may have played a role. It's sneaky, it's...
Amazon.com: I've Read This Fairy Tale Before
Wayne Duggan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 12, 4:00PM CDT
Today I would like to try to illustrate the difference between picking a good company and picking a good stock . I recently wrote about how I have a short position in Amazon.com , and then went on to express my belief that Amazon has a bright...
Have You Overlooked Grocery Retailers?
Ryan Lowery, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 12, 4:00PM CDT
Investing in retail companies can be a volatile ride. Most retailers rely heavily on the holiday shopping season, and factors like weather and slips in the economy can wreak havoc on a retailer's bottom line. However, at some point, everyone needs to...
Meet Zocalo, Amazon.com's Answer to Box and Dropbox
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 12, 9:30AM CDT
As if Amazon.com 's Web Services division wasn't already growing fast enough, the web giant is back throwing its weight around again. On Thursday, Amazon unveiled Zocalo, a fully managed enterprise storage and sharing service, complete with...
Nobody Does M&A Better Than Buffett and Southwest Airlines
at The Street - Sat Jul 12, 8:00AM CDT
Polar opposite perspectives yield surprisingly successful results. Profit from corporate takeover activity with these tips from the masters.
Why Amazon.com and Lorillard Soared Today
Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 11, 9:00PM CDT
With earnings season ready to go full tilt next week, stocks finished modestly higher today as fears of a banking collapse in Portugal faded. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 29 points, or 0.2%, while the S&P 500 gained by the...
Keurig Green Mountain Is the Amazon of the Beverage Industry
Ryan Guenette, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 11, 7:00PM CDT
You'll have a pretty hard time finding two companies seemingly more different than Keurig Green Mountain and Amazon . While Keurig is the king of the single-serve beverage industry, Amazon is the king of online retail. While Amazon has a...
Why Amazon.com, Aruba Networks, and Westmoreland Coal Soared Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 11, 6:05PM CDT
On Friday, the stock market largely repeated its performance from the previous day, albeit without quite as much fanfare. Like yesterday, stocks initially posted losses, with concerns about earnings reports weighing on the mood of investors. Yet, by...
Amazon
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jul 11, 5:45PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) is requesting permission from the FAA to deliver packages via drone as part of its 30-minutes-or-less Prime Air service. At present, the FAA mostly bans commercial drone use. Shares rose 5.6% to 346.20.
High-Volume Declines Marked End Of 2003 Bull Market
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jul 11, 5:12PM CDT
The year 2003 was a very good year for stock investors. The Nasdaq soared 50%, and the S&P 500 climbed 26%. But the party couldn't go on forever. The key for investors was to notice when it was time to exit with most of their gains intact. All market...
Lorillard and Fastenal are big market movers
AP - Fri Jul 11, 3:59PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
BlackBerry's Latest Passport: Square Phone - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jul 11, 3:49PM CDT
In its efforts to revive a deteriorating handset business, Canadian handset maker, BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) unveiled a phone this week called Passport.