The BIG risks in the Nasdaq
FORTUNE — One of the tenets of smart investing is to avoid becoming excessively concentrated in a group of extremely expensive stocks. Anyone whos enthralled by the big returns in the Nasdaq over the...
View ArticleCONTAGION—How market selloffs happen
Twitter, the social media company that uses a bird for its corporate logo, was the canary in the coal mine. In early February, on a single day of trading, Twitters TWTR stock fell 24%, to $50 from $64....
View ArticleAlibaba IPO: It’s official—Wall Street wins, you will lose
Its official. Alibabas IPO pop was stupendous, Wall Streets favorite clients get billions of dollars in found money, investment banks will pocket billions from those grateful clients for orchestrating...
View ArticleTech stocks hit hard on Cyber Monday
Stock markets retreated on Monday, but tech shares bore the brunt of a downturn sparked by news of a decline in holiday spending by shoppers. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 64 points, or 1.3%,...
View ArticleNasdaq nears its Internet bubble-era record
It took a years-long tech boom to bring the Nasdaq composite within striking distance of the all-time high it reached 15 years ago. Now, riding a 10-day winning streak -- the tech-heavy index’s longest...
View ArticleHere are 5 companies that first drove the Nasdaq above 5,000
March 9, 2000 -- it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the day the Nasdaq Composite index first closed above the 5,000 mark, and it got there due in large part to the irrationally...
View ArticleTesla’s Q1 earnings: What to watch out for
Tesla Motors TSLA , the tech-centric luxury electric automaker, and now, energy storage company, will release its first-quarter earnings after markets close today. Here are the key numbers (and...
View ArticlePre-IPO tech stock sales investigated by regulators
A new investigation launched by U.S. securities regulators is looking into the sale of private technology stocks to determine if certain hedge funds and other investors are improperly trading those...
View ArticleHere’s why Yelp’s stock is tanking
“This year hasn’t gone as smoothly as anticipated,” Yelp founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said on an analyst call on Tuesday. That was an understatement. The online listings site has had a terrible,...
View ArticleThese tech stocks are soaring this morning
Stellar earnings announcements from some of tech’s biggest names Thursday evening have primed those stocks to soar in Friday’s trading session. According to a report in Marketplace, “Futures for the...
View ArticleWhy U.S. Tech Companies Are Listing on Australian Exchanges
Facing a tepid market for tech IPOs in the United States, many startups are venturing Down Under to go public, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Australia has become the fifth-biggest...
View ArticleTech Stocks Cheer Gloomy Investment Pros
Would you invest in technology companies right now? I found myself pondering that question as I perused the transcript of an outstanding roundtable conversation published in Fortune with five...
View ArticleTwitter’s Stock Has Fallen to Its Lowest Point Ever
Tech stocks opened 2016 with a beating and shares of Twitter hit fresh, albeit unfortunate, milestones. Twitter twtr stock fell to a new all-time low on Friday, dropping below $20 per share for the...
View ArticleHow FANG Stocks Could Bite Wall Street
When the market’s closing bell rung for the final time in 2015, few stocks held more promise for the new year than a certain four technology companies. Dubbed with the acronym FANG, Internet companies...
View ArticleHere’s Why Apple’s Stock Is A Sell
If you are looking to build a better value trap, it might be hard to beat Apple. Arguably the world’s most admired company has a price-to-earnings ratio--after Tuesday’s earnings announcement--of 10....
View ArticleApple Takes Back Title of World’s Most Valuable Company
Apple is back, baby. A number of technology stocks had a disastrous day on Wednesday, another sign that jittery investors have recently become much less loyal to companies that were market darlings not...
View ArticleAre We Seeing Another Dotcom Crash?
This has been a terrible year so far for tech stocks. The NASDAQ is off 12.9% as of this writing. LinkedIn LNKD shares have fallen more than 51%. FitBit FIT is off 47%. Twitter TWTR is down 32%. So is...
View Article3 ‘Hedge Fund Favorite’ Stocks to Avoid
“Hedge fund hotel” stocks--stocks with a very high concentration of hedge-fund ownership--have been on a losing streak lately. They’ve been underperforming the broader market, as well as stocks with...
View ArticleHere’s Why Facebook Shares Are Still a Buy
Earlier this week, Facebook reported earnings that were better than expected, bringing in $2.1 billion in profits in two quarters. It was the first time the social media company has topped $2 billion...
View ArticleThe 4 Best Tech Stocks to Buy Instead of Facebook or Amazon for 2017
The weeks before Thanksgiving brought a cornucopia of good news to tech investor Paul Wick. Five companies he owned in the Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund were acquired in rapid...
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