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Why Urban Outfitters (URBN) Stock Is Down 20% This Week

After another 7% drop today, Urban Outfitters (URBN) stock has now dropped nearly 20% in the last two days.

Urban Outfitters Inc. (Nasdaq: URBN) shares fell to a 52-week low of $19.26 Tuesday morning following head-scratching news from the specialty retailer. Urban Outfitters announced Monday it has acquired Philadelphia's Vetri Family group of restaurants, including the Pizzeria Vetri chain.

Here's why that news sent the stock crashing...

IPOs

Why the Match.com IPO Valuation Could Top $3.4 Billion (Nasdaq: MTCH)

The Match.com IPO will price on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and a price range of $12 to $14 per share has been set.

At the high end of the range, the Match.com IPO valuation will hit $3.4 billion. While the Match.com IPO valuation is high, that's actually about $800 million less than some analysts had expected.

Still, many are wondering if that $3.4 billion valuation is justified...

technology

Microsoft Stock Price Poised for 14% Lift from Cloud (Nasdaq: MSFT)

The Microsoft stock price has been riding on a cloud lately.

Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) rapidly growing cloud businesses were the main reason the MSFT stock price rose nearly 13% in the two days following a strong Q1 earnings report last month.

But despite those successes, Microsoft is not standing still with its cloud businesses – a great sign for Microsoft stock.

Here's what Microsoft did just today to grow its cloud businesses even faster...

Earnings

Microsoft Earnings for Q1 2016 (Nasdaq: MSFT)

The 2016 Q1 Microsoft earnings, due out after the market close today, are likely to build on the momentum from the last quarter.

But the Q1 Microsoft earnings will contain only a glimmer of the catalysts destined to drive Microsoft stock higher over the next two years.

You see, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has a new strategy.

Here's how this strategy will generate billions of dollars in future MSFT earnings...