Wall Street Daily

If you like your Netflix (NFLX) service for $7.99 per month, don’t get used to it.And if you like your Netflix shares soaring higher (they’re up 140% in the last year – and more than...

The purpose of Silicon Valley couldn’t be more straightforward…Breed amazing and irresistible technologies that captivate the masses – and ultimately garner absurd public...

Turns out the whiz kids in Silicon Valley aren’t the only ones playing with funny money these days. So are mom-and-pop Americans.In the same week that Facebook (FB) plunked down $12 billion in...

“Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.”So said John Maynard Keynes, the famous British economist. And right now, irrationality certainly reigns in...

It’s far better to buy a good company in a great sector than a great company in a bad sector.In other words, invest in companies with tailwinds, not headwinds. That way, even if your investment...

The latest cover of Barron’s rightly proclaims, “It’s a boom time for doomsayers.”But I’m here to tell you that the paranoia-inducing prognostications are only going to...

Pick any tired cliché about a dramatic shift in a short period of time…Like nothing ever happened. What a difference a week makes. They all apply. Two weeks ago, stocks were in the midst...

Google Inc, (GOOG) recently announced that it was buying Nest Labs for $3.2 billion.On the day after the announcement hit, investors accidently triggered a historic stock move. It’s a...

If you’re a newbie to the Wall Street Daily Nation, you’re in for a treat.Each Friday, I try my darndest to zip my lips and let some carefully selected graphics do the talking for me. This...

Last weekend, motorists in Illinois got the bargain of a lifetime when a computer glitch caused an impromptu sale on unleaded plus fuel for one penny per gallon.Instead of paying about $40 to fill up...

Famous American writer, Gore Vidal, wrote countless essays, novels and screenplays throughout his lengthy career. He even had a few Broadway plays and Academy Award-winning dramas under his belt.Yet,...

The market’s “fear” index is flipping out.Trading volumes in front-month VIX futures hit a record high last week, in terms of the number of contracts traded. Anomaly? Hardly! It...

That pretty much sums up my take on the glut of social media-based companies that went public in the last few years.Mind you, it’s entirely because they came to market at obscene valuations. But...

Why use lots of words when pictures will suffice?That’s my thinking each Friday when I select a handful of graphics to put important economic and investing news into perspective for you. This...

You can bet that the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham, is haunting the stock market at this very moment.For one simple reason… The market that made him so rich is seriously out of...

When it comes to the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) – whereby companies are equipping everyday objects with internet connectivity – security is an afterthought.Or as Trend...