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The cat is out of the bag. Or should we say, "the Whatsapp is out of the bag?" Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) unleashed a bombshell Wednesday evening, announcing it will purchase WhatsApp in a deal totaling $19 billion in cash, stock and units. Facebook holders and tech heads are struggling to wrap...

The Nadex exchange has just recently added additional binary expirations for the underlying international Indice Nikkei 225. This is great news for evening traders!  Also, if you have a day-time job and are looking for a low-risk way to trade in the evening, this may be a solution for you. Most...

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) insists that it “treats all traffic equally,” but new data may suggest that may not be the case when it comes to streaming videos on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). On Monday, Netflix released its monthly ISP speed index. The results clearly show what The Register described as “...

Another sign of how quickly things are changing in the automotive world. In its Car-Brand Perception Survey for 2014, Consumer Reports say the usual suspects – Ford, Honda, Chevrolet and Toyota – continue to remain the top brands in consumers' minds. But a surprising new entry, Tesla (NASDAQ:...

Is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) being altruistic or just a savvy marketer, by unlocking its Chromecast software development kit (SDK) to developers? Either way, much of the blogosphere seems to think this is the best news since sliced bread. The $35 Chromecast has been a big hit with consumers since...

Last week, the Austrailian Bureau of Labor Statistics released its December CPI data. The inflation number came in at .8 instead of .4, causing a lot of volatility on the AUD/USD forex pair. Speculators tried to grab some of the move that was expected right after the announcement. Others sat back...

As the market begins February in the red, there is very little mention of the potential negative long-term implications of the market’s weak performance in January. When the market has a strong performance for the month, it is always noted. However, when the market post a steep decline, it is...

Lately, small regional and community bank stocks have been written on as the 'Trade of the Decade. ' In the aftermath of the real estate and credit crisis, bank stocks collapsed in value and many of the smaller ones were valued at a fraction of their tangible book value. As regulators rushed to...

We're charging ahead in the new year -- but let's not forget how the down European market and political uncertainty in the United States caused a considerable amount of hesitancy, if not downright fear, on Wall Street in 2013. Performance was erratic for much of last year, with the market...

On January 10, I wrote how to trade the U.S. unemployment and NFP report by doing a strangle with Nadex binaries. You can review the trading plan outlined in the article HERE. To summarize, the article stated the EUR/USD usually moves about 100 pips from high to low after the NFP release. It...

The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show may be over, but the cool announcements won't be forgotten for quite some time. Some of them are mere concepts that may hopefully become real products in the not-too-distant future. Others are concrete products (or in one case, a service) that will launch before...

It was a tough year for junior resource investors in 2013. The TSX Venture Index slid nearly 24% during the 12-month period, while the Canadian metals and mining sector sank 39%.  Although November/December tax-loss selling hit resource juniors particularly hard, it also presented opportunities...

Investors don't need to be reminded that 2013 was a great year for equities. But how great was it really? These are some facts that solidify 2013 as one of the best bull market years in some time. Looking Back Through 2013The S&P 500 Index rose approximately 29 percent in 2013 beating...

With the Dow Jones Industrials posting year-to-date gains over 26 percent investors and analysts are expecting markets to see a strong finish in 2013. Nevertheless, there have been a number of market clunkers that have had the misfortune of woefully underperforming to this point in the year....

It’s the end of the year -- which means time for lots of lists, including what were the best-performing stocks of 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is making it on to those lists, and is also being called one of the biggest surprise turnaround stories of the year. That’s good news for Best Buy, but...