The Dow Jones today slipped 17 points in a busy day for the tech and healthcare sectors. The S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX), the market's fear gauge, was up 6.25% on the day.
In a surprise announcement, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said it will split into two separate companies and lay off nearly 5,000 employees, causing HPQ shares to gain more than 4% on the day.
Here are the top stories from today’s trading…
by Tara Clarke
Our newest list of the best stocks to buy all hail from the tech sector.
One company makes pharmaceutical products for the treatment of renal disease. Its stock has enjoyed a 780% run over the last two years, but it recently dipped due to a false media report. Investors can nab shares now at a deep discount.
Our defense & tech specialist highlighted an ETF play that takes advantage of recent CEO changes in some of the top tech companies, plus two big-cap tech stocks with promising technical charts.
by Shah Gilani
"The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra" was broadcast on NPR's "This American Life" on Sept. 26. Carmen Segarra, a former Fed examiner in the bowels of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), secretly recorded some of the goings-on there.
And what was revealed in those tapes speaks a lot to who's really running the show here – the Fed or the big banks.
We’re all screwed. Here’s why…
by David Zeiler
Investors put their stamp of approval today (Monday) on the announcement that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is finally splitting itself up into two companies, and for good reason.
The idea is to spin off the legacy printer and PC business into a company called HP Inc., while the corporate hardware, cloud, and software businesses will become known as Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
Both companies will be publicly traded and about the same size, but they will be very different businesses.
Here's how the HP split will work...
The newest Navy ships, such as the U.S.S. Zumwalt, are really giant electric generators.
The Zumwalt, a 600-foot destroyer, has four diesel generators that make enough electricity to propel the $3 billion, 15,000-ton ship to speeds of 12 knots before using its conventional gas turbine engines.
Here’s how to invest in this cutting-edge defense technology…
There are eight upcoming IPOs on this week's calendar, and after Friday investors will have seen 28 initial public offerings in the last three weeks.
Dave & Buster's (Nasdaq: PLAY) is the biggest name on this week's IPO calendar, and is looking to raise $100 million by offering 5.9 million shares at a $16 to $18 range. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
But that’s not the only big IPO of the week. Here are the seven other upcoming IPOs to watch…
Making money in the energy sector is no longer pegged to higher crude oil prices. In today's environment, it's more about where a company drills, how it manages its assets and operations, and the broader flow of supply and demand.
It's also about selecting companies that are built to weather the inevitable dips in the price of crude.
And there are plenty of them out there…
by Diane Alter
Dividend investing news, Oct. 6, 2014: Investors continue to flock to dividend stocks amid nearly six years of a near-zero interest rate environment.
But with rising rates on the horizon, high yield is becoming increasingly less important than dividend growth potential.
Stock market today, Oct. 6, 2014: The U.S. stock markets rallied on Friday after a surprise jobs report showed that U.S. unemployment fell to 5.9%. It is the first time that the unemployment rate has fallen below 6% since 2008. The report offered more speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates by mid-2015.
Here’s what else you should know to make your Monday profitable…
The headlines were filled with the news last week about eBay's plan to spin off its PayPal unit as a publicly traded company in 2015.
Coverage points to a similar obvious fact: That the spin-off comes months after a highly publicized suggestion by Carl Icahn that was brushed off.
To be clear, I'm a big believer in this spin-off, for a number of reasons.
But the truth is, the really big story here – and all the profits that will come with it – was missed. Until now… Full Story
