In a public event today (Tuesday), Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk hand-delivered China's first Model S sedans to customers in Beijing.
Selling vehicles in China marks a major milestone for the company as it continues to raise its global sales goals. As the world's largest auto market, the potential in China is huge for Tesla.
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is down from its 52-week high of $458 and is trading just over $367 per share today (Tuesday). Now that the momentum stock has sold off nearly 11% in the last three months, investors are wondering if now is the time to buy in.
Money Morning's Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald appeared on FOX Business' "Varney and Co." and discussed why he's recommending NFLX stock. Fitz-Gerald also detailed how investors should play Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD).
by David Zeiler
High-frequency trading (HFT) has an evil cousin: dark pools.
While dark pools are not inherently bad, the abuse of dark pools by the high-frequency traders has created a whole series of problems that can harm both large and small investors.
You're either the predator or the prey...
by Tara Clarke
An excellent way to achieve portfolio diversification and stability is to invest in gold. That's because gold has long been the safe haven investment from the travails of the dollar.
But there are several ways to invest in the yellow metal, including via gold mutual funds and gold ETFs.
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has watched sales of its signature beverage slip for a decade and now sales of Diet Coke were down 6.8% in 2013.
Instead of focusing on other brands or expanding its product portfolio, Coke plans to throw billions of dollars behind these slipping beverages. Investors have to be worried by this approach as Coke throws money at a decade-long trend.
If you're like most Americans, you're being eaten alive by zooming food prices.
Thanks to a three-year drought in California – the state that accounts for between 85% and 99% of most of this country's fresh produce – every trip to the supermarket has turned into a financial flogging for U.S. consumers. In fact, vegetable prices have jumped 50% in the past month alone.
Investors seem confident that the economy is picking up as warmer weather takes hold…
But problems continue within the housing sector, where sales and construction forecasts were recently slashed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Existing home sales are expected to remain flat when they are reported this morning.
Here are the five stories you need to know to make your Tuesday profitable.
Editor's Note: Bill Patalon's readers enjoy inside access to his regular consultations with Money Map Press editors. We're sharing this conversation with you today because the subject happens to lie at the intersection of several high-profit trends now. Here's Bill…
Last Wednesday, the Milpitas, Calif.-based SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) reported first-quarter results that smashed analyst expectations, and the company's shares shot up 6% in after-hours trading.
But our Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald saw that beat coming and put readers out in front of it.
by Tara Clarke
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) stock is up 6.45% in after-hours trading today (Monday) after the company beat Wall Street estimates for Q1 2014 earnings as the closing bell chimed.
