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Netflix (O:NFLX)Netflix is having an incredibly strong time in the market today, and for good reason. The company announced today that a migration process that has been in play since 2008 has finally...

Amazon.com (O:AMZN) is a great company. However, you wouldn’t know it by looking at their stock lately. Since January 28, the stock has fallen from $633.35 per share to its current (10:59) value...

McDonald's (N:MCD) stock has risen 39% over the last year. The S&P 500 is down 1% over the same time period. These are not the excellent results one would expect from a well-established business...

Michael Kors Holdings Limited (N:KORS)This is one of my favorite seasons of the year, earnings season! Before the market opened this morning, Michael Kors Holdings released their earnings report for...

SolarCity Corporation (O:SCTY) is having an incredible day in the market, and for good reason. The company recently closed a deal that will drive $160 million in revenue. Today, we’ll talk about...

Have we reached peak precious metals? Many analysts think so.Just to be clear, however, the idea of peak gold and peak silver doesn’t refer to a peak prices. The precious metals put in a...

Oil prices continue to fall – months (a year, anyone?) after most observers thought they had already reached a bottom. Many consumers are benefiting, and the energy expenses of businesses are...

Twitter Inc (N:TWTR)Twitter is a struggling company, there’s no discounting that. However, many investors are starting to ask… How long will TWTR continue to decline? Every morning, one...

Following long term downtrends in the value of oil, we’re finally starting to see relatively bullish activity out of the commodity. Now, the big question being asked is whether or not gains in...

The markets are in the dumps… there’s no denying that fact. Unfortunately, since the first day of trading this year, we’ve seen declines. In fact, we’ve gone past correction...

Investments are a great way to make some extra money. Two of the most common investments are real estate and investments in the stock market. The good thing about each of these kinds of investments is...

Netflix (O:NFLX)On Tuesday Netflix reported its fourth quarter earnings which beat analysts’ expectations. The company posted earnings of $0.07 per share, and analysts’ were expecting only...

Twitter (N:TWTR) has had an incredibly rough time in the market over the years. In fact, since it’s record high of $69.00 per share, the stock has given up more than 75%. At this point, several...

This year hasn’t delivered us a ton of good news so far via the markets. Stock Markets are down. China is down. Oil is down.Not the exactly the start to 2009 we were hoping for. Wait 2009?...

SolarCity Corporation (O:SCTY)SolarCity is having a rough day in the market today, and the activity is the result of a big decision made by the state of Nevada surrounding the solar industry as a...

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (O:ASTI)In general, I advise against investing in penny stocks. When a stock trades at such a low value, there’s too much up in the air, and in many cases, losses...