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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has a problem.In 2014, shipping costs grew a whopping 31% to $8.9 billion, outpacing revenue growth for the year. Shipping costs now represent about 10% of Amazon’s total...

The market is buzzing today about the next big tech IPO – Fitbit (FIT).For the record, I fully expect shares of the fitness-tracking firm to rally well above the offer price… which will...

In the good old days, investors seeking income at little risk knew just what to do: buy bonds.For decades, it worked like a charm, and investors also scored capital gains as interest rates...

Kerogen shale is known as the fuel of the future!The problem is, it’s held that title for decades, never coming to fruition. This oil shale (not to be confused with shale oil) is a fine-grained...

Over the past five years, one sector has outperformed all others in the S&P 500: healthcare.Biotech stocks have led the way, with the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index climbing a whopping 520% since...

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met on June 5, and it’s clear that the current trends in the global oil market will remain steady.First, OPEC – led by Saudi Arabia...

Silver prices have basically gone nowhere over the past several years. But, all of a sudden, hedge funds are piling into the precious metal.Their net long position in silver is now north of $4...

On June 8, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled Apple Music, a streaming service that will compete with existing providers such as Pandora (NYSE:P), Spotify, and Tidal. The launch has been highly anticipated...

The S&P 500 has gone 44 months without a 10% correction. That’s the third-longest streak since the inception of the Index in 1957.While my colleague, Louis Basenese, doesn’t view...

Avago Technologies’ (NASDAQ:AVGO) $37-billion acquisition of Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ:BRCM) on May 28 represents the largest tech acquisition in history. It also capped off a frantic month of...

When gasoline prices were at their highest, fuel-efficient vehicles were in major demand in the United States. And sales of gas-guzzling vehicles declined.Back in June 2014, the Consumer Federation of...

If you think about it, farming and technology have always been joined at the hip.In a bygone era, agriculture advanced on the back of inventions like the cotton gin, the reaper, and the...

Shakespeare once implored us to “be not afraid of greatness.”And while I’m sure every CEO in the world agrees in theory, not all of them follow through. That’s what makes Kevin...

I can virtually guarantee that you’ve used a product made by either Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) or Clorox (NYSE:CLX) in the past 24 hours.These two companies produce some of the most popular...

Last week, my colleague Alan Gula wrote about the “reach for yield” phenomenon, noting that preferred stocks have avoided the mania so far. This is important, because searching for income...

As of the market close on May 26, the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 was none other than Keurig Green Mountain (NASDAQ:GMCR). This probably comes as a surprise to many of you… after...