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New ideas seem to become booming businesses overnight, if the mobile and cloud revolutions in tech are any indication. However, it might be time to ask what’s next. The world has seen innovations that optimize the way people, goods and information travel, like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) may have reached peak popularity as teens and young adults get their social media fix elsewhere, eMarketer reported. Instead, the demographic group are spending more time on Facebook's Instagram platform and rival Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP). In fact, Snap's social media...

With sectors such as technology and consumer discretionary performing well this year, it might surprise some investors to learn that low volatility exchange-traded funds have not been all that bad. Actually, the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSE: SPLV), the fund credited with...

American Outdoor Brands Corp (NASDAQ: AOBC) the parent company of the 165-year-old Smith & Wesson firearms maker, aims to profit from a reduction in inventories among dealers who mistakenly thought that the election of Hillary Clinton would boost gun sales. Aegis analyst Rommel Dionisio...

IN THE NEWS Benzinga President Donald Trump asked Americans to support his decision to put more U.S. troops in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, perhaps staking his imperiled presidency on bringing peace to a place that has rarely experienced it: Link The United States concluded first-round...

Over the weekend, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk co-signed a letter with industry experts calling for regulation of artificial intelligence development and warning of its existential threat. “However, Musk and the other AI debaters underestimate the...

After suffering 13 consecutive quarters of declining sales, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported a 15-percent increase in iPad sales in the third quarter. Why the resurgence? One tech stock strategist believes he knows why. “Most electronic devices have a shelf life from 12-24 months. The iPad...

Bugs are the new bacon. At least, one grocery chain in Switzerland is hoping that's true. Coop is preparing to launch a line of mealworm patties as a beef and pork alternative, according to Bloomberg. The nutty-flavored beetle-larvae burgers are packed with rice, carrots and spices and are...

In a note released Monday, Buckingham Research initiated coverage of transportation companies, with Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX), Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) and Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WERN) its top picks among the transportation names. As such, the firm initiated coverage of...

For Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) investors, going an entire month without making a new all-time high is a strange feeling. However, after surging as high as $1,083 in late July, Amazon stock has taken a month-long breather, pulling back to below $950 and testing one of the few technical support...

The energy sector remains the worst-performing group in the S&P 500 this year, a trend that is hampering master limited partnerships, or MLPs, and the related exchange traded funds, or ETFs. What that means: It's another low oil price environment where MLPs are being pinched. For example,...

Previewing salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM)'s fiscal second-quarter 2018 results, Credit Suisse said it expects an "in-line to modestly above" quarter. The firm reiterated its Outperform rating and $110 price target on shares of the company. Salesforce is scheduled to release its quarterly...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA)'s second-quarter earnings released earlier this month, though exceeding expectations, elicited cautionary reaction from the investor as well as analyst communities. Traders bid down the stock by over 5 percent on Aug. 11. One of the reasons cited for the...

Investors looking for wide-ranging exposure to U.S. stocks on a cost-effective basis have a wide array of index funds and exchange-traded funds to choose from. One of the most popular is the Vanguard Total Market ETF (NYSE: VTI). When the just over 500 stocks found in the S&P 500 and the...

Analyzing the second-quarter reporting season, Wells Fargo said in a note last week that earnings and revenue beats have outpaced earnings and revenue misses. The deduction came after 92 percent of the S&P 500 reported earnings, with the percentage going up to 94 percent if market cap was...