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By Jon D. Markman On July 27, 202012:58 PM Eastern
In the 1990s, Wintel, the partnership between Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT, Rated “B+”) Windows and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC, Rated “B”) that created the x86 chips, was unstoppable.
The two tech giants...
By Mike Larson On July 22, 202004:59 PM Eastern
Holy moly! Are you watching the action in precious metals? Gold just exploded ANOTHER $45 an ounce in three days! At $1,840 on Tuesday, it was trading at its highest since September 2011 — and...
By Sean Brodrick On July 21, 202006:00 AM Eastern
The folks in Washington are wrestling over the size of another stimulus package — it should be over a trillion dollars, potentially even more. In the short term, more “free money” should drive...
By David Dittman On July 20, 202005:15 PM Eastern
Way back when I first started out in this business, around the turn of the century, there was this guy who’d walk around the office saying/asking/blurting, “Are you bull or bear?”
He did more...
By Jon D. Markman On July 20, 202001:20 PM Eastern
Investors shouldn’t pay too much attention to politics. It clouds their judgement. That said, something big is happening — a new political talking point is making the rounds on both sides of the...
By Sean Brodrick On July 16, 202005:00 AM Eastern
There’s a lot of chatter about performance in the markets lately. Folks say the rally we’ve seen since the bottom in March isn’t broad-based.
That’s true.
Some big-name, “tent-pole” stocks are...
By Mike Larson On July 15, 202003:58 PM Eastern
With my apologies to Charles Dickens, this is the best of times, the season of light, and the spring of hope — for a select few stocks and sectors.
For everyone else, it’s the worst of times,...
By Sean Brodrick On July 11, 202005:00 AM Eastern
Gold shouldered past $1,800 this week, and miners are flexing their muscles, too. Many are up 40% … 50% … 60%… or more since the recent March lows.
This is giving many investors pause. They’re...
By Sean Brodrick On July 9, 202005:00 AM Eastern
There’s been consternation and wonder in the gold markets recently. And I’m not talking about the fact that gold just hit a nine-year high.
Many of us saw that coming.
Nope, I’m talking about...
By Jon D. Markman On July 6, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Enterprise software companies are in the midst of an epic growth spurt. Investors are bidding up share prices at a frantic pace.
You may have noticed Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG, Rated “D”) shares...