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They say everything happens for a reason, so it’s not too surprising that Thursday’s market wipeout occurred one day before the jobs report and as investors looked ahead to a three-day holiday weekend. The markets were due for a selloff—let’s be honest. As we noted earlier...

For weeks, there’ve been people saying stocks can’t go straight up forever. And today it looks like they’re right. The market actually has a softer tone this morning as caution kicks in ahead of tomorrow’s jobs report and the long weekend. Crude is especially weak, diving...

Welcome to the Cannabis Countdown. In This Week’s Edition, We Recap and Countdown the Top 10 Marijuana and Psychedelics Industry News Stories for the Week of August 24th – 30th, 2020. Without further ado, let’s get started. * Yahoo Finance readers, please click...

Welcome to the Cannabis Countdown. In This Week’s Edition, We Recap and Countdown the Top 10 Marijuana and Psychedelic Stock News Stories for the Week of August 24th – 30th, 2020. Without further ado, let’s get started. * Yahoo Finance readers, please click...

During the last two weeks, the market danced to the tune of earnings of Big Tech and tech in general. Although, we're in for a breather this week with a light earnings schedule. Hopefully, the optimism that the previous two weeks brought will be maintained. Tech titans and the world's...

A week of big-name quarterly earnings releases and an unwelcome surprise in weekly jobless claims numbers on Thursday has contributed to a stark divide among the four major indices over the past week: the RUT and SPX are in the green, and the $DJI and NDX are in the red. The market has kept an eye...

If there’s any company that can demonstrate the value of diversification in a period of unprecedented economic turmoil, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is arguably one of them. Like most businesses, the software giant took a few sharp hits to some of its core segments during...

When we speak of market capitalization, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) are the five biggest companies in the world. There is a reason why everyone...

The daily snapping back and forth the past couple weeks could leave any investor with a neckache. A search for some sort of equilibrium continues, but we’re not there yet. Following yesterday’s swift ride up the elevator, markets had a much weaker tone this morning as the market keeps...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has challenged the U.S. Department of Defense's decision to award a cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The contract should provide the military with better access to data and technology from remote locations. It is called the Joint...

TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) — a monthly behavior-based index that indicates the attitude of retail investors — reached a “Moderate Low” ranking in February, compared to historic averages, indicating increased fear among retail investors.  The IMX...

Credit Suisse's report from 2018 made some interesting points which are applicable to this day. The report focused on the analysis of $1tn in corporate savings sitting in offshore accounts, held mostly by big tech firms. One important similarity of all the big tech companies is the rise of the...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported its second fiscal quarter earnings with results slightly edging Wall Street estimates but offering weak guidance. Although Cisco's stock has gained 5% during the last 12 months, that is still significantly lower than the 22% gain of the S&P 500....