Make no mistake – Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE: LNG) is still one of the best LNG stocks to buy, despite Friday's earnings miss.
Cheniere reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders (basic and diluted) of $0.61 per share or $135.2 million for Q4. That compares to a net loss of $0.44 per share, or $94.3 million, for the previous year.
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by Tara Clarke
Monday morning, Palo Alto Networks Inc. (NYSE: PANW) reported record-breaking Q2 2014 earnings, sending shares flying more than 6.41% as of 10:50 a.m. EST.
Total revenue for the company's second quarter grew 46% year over year to a record $141.1 million, beating Wall Street estimates of $135.6 million. Revenue is up $44.6 million compared to the same quarter in 2013, and deferred revenue grew 72% year over year to reach a record $324.6 million.
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by Diane Alter
Dividend stocks 2014 update: With the U.S. Federal Reserve keeping interest rates at rock-bottom levels since 2008, yield-hungry investors have been flocking to dividend-paying stocks.
"Dividends continue to be one of the few income-generating alternatives to investors," said Howard Silverblatt, senior analyst with S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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We all know what a lousy winter this has been. So if you've been doing any traveling, I'm hoping you haven't been victimized by one of the 75,000 commercial flights that the nation's airline industry has scrubbed since Dec. 1.
That's the industry's worst showing in 25 years, says The Associated Press.
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Today's stock market news, Feb. 24, 2014: The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 30 points on Friday to close at 16,103. The Nasdaq fell 0.1% to 4,263, while the S&P remained flat, falling 3 points to close at 1,836.
The world will continue to focus this week on continued unrest in Venezuela and Ukraine.
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"Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it." -Warren Buffett
It's tough to argue with the "Oracle of Omaha." And Buffett is right: Investor "folly" creates some of the biggest moneymaking opportunities you'll find in stocks.
Just look at the whipsaw-trading we've been seeing in recent weeks...
by Tara Clarke
Despite lower silver prices, Vancouver's Pan American Silver Corp. (Nasdaq: PAAS) reported strong earnings yesterday (Thursday) that sent its shares soaring 6.28% over the day – and up to an 8.35% gain through Friday.
At first glance, Pan American's story may appear grim. In 2013, silver prices fell 35.7%, and Pan American shares fell right alongside, for a remarkably similar 35.57% loss across the year.
Thursday's earnings posted a net loss of $293.1 million, or $1.94 per share, during Q4 2013.
U.S. stocks were fairly stagnant today, with the three major indices closing slightly lower and wrapping up the four-day trading week essentially on par with where it began.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.19%, or 30 points, at 16,103 points; the S&P 500 closed down 0.21%, or 4 points, at 1,836; and the Nasdaq closed down 0.11%, or 5 points, at 4,263 points.
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Many tech companies are sitting on a ton of cash these days, but not Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB). Its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp proves FB wants to put its cash to work.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has $141 billion in net cash on hand. Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) has a little more than $58 billion. There are hundreds of billions of dollars sitting offshore among tech and media companies. Investors have called for firms to buy back stock, hike dividends, or consider using that cash to grow through acquisitions.
This is how Facebook plans to become the king of mobile...
by Diane Alter
The recent spate of uninspiring data, from unemployment to retail sales, has been blamed on the unrelenting cold and snowy winter. But one group that hasn't been affected, and isn't using the convenient "bad weather" excuse, is this list of penny stocks to watch now.
This week brought huge gains from several low-priced stocks across all sectors:
Here are four penny stocks to watch now.
