Stock Market Today

Yesterday afternoon Apple released its third quarter earnings report. If you were hoping for earth shattering news that would move the stock dramatically you’ll be disappointed. Though it was the… Read more

Elon Musk has made some bold bets. Though he is only 43, Musk has already created the market for digital-payments, taken on the entire auto industry, is attempting to reshape… Read more

Online auction marketplace eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is generating a lot of attention from activist investors in 2014. Why? Because activist investor Carl Icahn wants eBay to sell or spinoff… Read more

Believe it or not, low volatility stocks tend to outperform the market. Investing in low volatility names with steady dividends could well be a better strategy than trying to… Read more

Last month, SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) agreed to acquire solar-panel manufacturer Silevo for $200 million. The acquisition may be the best thing to happen to SolarCity since the company completed… Read more

Large cap stocks aren’t always safe.  These are. There is a mistake that a lot of investors make, particularly retired investors, and it has to do with large cap… Read more

Rates remain at historical lows, but this won’t last forever. Fed Chair Janet Yellen has noted that rising interest rates will depend on two key factors, inflation and unemployment. Well, unemployment is… Read more

Between the Boeing 777 being shot down in Ukraine and the Farnborough International Airshow ending, there has been a lot of news in the aerospace industry of late.  Overall,… Read more

Janet Yellen created a mini firestorm on Wall Street this week. The newly appointed Federal Reserve chair called biotechs and social media stocks “overvalued” in her monthly monetary policy… Read more