by Stephen Mack
Here's a look at the biggest tech movers for the week of Sept. 5-8, 2017.
Earnings reports told the story as not one but two of the stocks we told you to watch last week made the list.
Plus we've got two new tech stocks to watch this week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 234 points yesterday, but futures are trending upward in premarket hours.
Dow futures are up 40 points ahead of trading, but the threat from Hurricane Irma still looms.
Investors anxiously awaiting the Uber IPO date may have to wait a little longer.
A major candidate for the open CEO job just dropped out of contention.
In Dow Jones news today, the markets were only slightly up as investors are concerned President Trump's tax cuts won't happen until 2018.
Investors were also pessimistic about the retail sector as JCPenney announced it would close over 100 stores in the next few months.
Today's stock market news features Dow futures sliding in premarket hours as investors weighed the sustainability of the post-election rally and eyed oil prices, which were dipping.
Crude oil prices are falling after the U.S. government announced that domestic inventory levels have increased for the seventh consecutive week.
by Ashley Moore
The top three stocks to watch for today are GOOGL, JCP, and HPE.
The 10-day Dow streak may be coming to an end after poor earnings reports this morning.
Here's what you need to know this morning...
by David Zeiler
Look for a good showing from MSFT earnings today as the company's cloud business initiatives continue to gather strength.
The 2017 Q1 Microsoft earnings are expected after the market close.
The last MSFT earnings were an impressive beat of 19%, so investors will be watching to see if Microsoft can sustain that momentum.
Here's what investors can expect from the Q1 Microsoft earnings...
by David Zeiler
The HP company split of HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), official as of yesterday (Sunday), marks a herculean effort to create more shareholder value from two companies than was possible with one.
Both face challenges, but as smaller, more focused companies, they have a better chance of overcoming those challenges than did the unwieldy conglomerate that the old Hewlett Packard had become.
Here's how the HP company split could succeed - and how it could fail...
