The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dropped on Tuesday as excitement over signs of a first successful late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial faded, while investors continued to pull money out of some Big Tech companies that have benefited most from the pandemic.
The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Microsoft is the #1 analyst pick. Microsoft is also a top tier analyst pick among the broader S&P 500 index components, claiming
The S&P 500 dropped on Tuesday as excitement over signs of a first successful late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial faded, while investors continued to pull money out of the big tech companies that have benefited most from the pandemic.
Widely expected to announce a new line of Mac computers Tuesday morning at its latest "event," Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could very well ignite a new war over processors by doing so.That's the view of numerous pundits, who see the company's announcement that it would power the devices
Microsoft Corp on Tuesday launched two models of its Xbox gaming console, seven years after the debut of the previous version, to capture a pandemic-driven boom in consumer spending on games.
In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is joined by Motley Fool analysts Karl Thiel, Rick Munarriz, and Tim Beyers, to share stories about some interesting stocks and how they became recommendations. They've got a story of an under-sung he
Corporate America says it is ready to work with President-elect Joe Biden, hoping for quick action on a new round of COVID-19 relief and infrastructure spending.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in TJX Companies (Symbol: TJX), where a total volume of 45,992 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Corporate America says it is ready to work with President-elect Joe Biden, hoping for quick action on a new round of COVID-19 relief and infrastructure spending.
New console launches from Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are just around the corner, and Japan is receiving unexpected focus as a sales battleground in the latest iteration of the console wars. Bloomberg published a report on Nov. 7 citing unidentified sources at S
There's a lot of competition for Slack (NYSE: WORK) in the workplace collaboration space. Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) has nabbed a growing part of the remote meeting market, while Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a go-to for collaboration and workplace tools. Where does tha
Apple Inc on Tuesday is expected to unveil new Mac computers using its own in-house processor chips, a move that could reignite a race to control the market for desktop and laptop chips and benefit players such as Qualcomm Inc.
We wouldn't blame Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Bradford Smith, the President & Chief Legal Officer recently netted about US$45m selling shares at an average price of US$223. That sale reduced their total h
Think Michelangelo vs Da Vinci. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Batman v Superman. Another epic rivalry is rejoined next week when Sony and Microsoft go head-to-head with the next generation of their blockbuster video-game consoles.
Xbox is set to kick off the next generation of gaming when it releases its new console, the Xbox Series X, next week. With the launch fast approaching, Xbox parent company Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is making moves to ensure it has the content to compete against the console's archn
It's been a difficult year for Honeywell International (NYSE: HON). And that's understandable -- there's just no way for industrial companies to avoid being impacted by the weakness in the economy. However, if there's one industrial player that's taking all possible steps to wrin
The power that technology has to influence the evolution of other industries makes the tech sector the single best place to look for stocks that have big capital appreciation potential. As many companies in the space have built up resources and settled into posting consistent (an
The U.S. election has given a lift to high-flying technology stocks, which are within striking distance of a new record, but while investors say they remain attractive long-term, the still-undecided Senate could cause volatility in trading around the year-end.