The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 93 points in premarket hours as investors weigh a busy slate of earnings reports and raise new questions about trade discussions by China and the United States.
Markets have largely ignored the U.S. government shutdown and new concerns about the state of Britain's departure from the European Union. Expect investor focus to remain on earnings season.
EA stock is down 10% since Nov. 1 thanks to Internet outrage over its latest video game release.
A rash of negative headlines sounded a dire warning for Electronic Arts Inc. after a controversy brewed over the latest "Star Wars" video game.
Thankfully, you can safely ignore the hysteria and buy EA stock at a discount...
Since the "Tech Wreck" in early June, we've seen a "flight to quality" in the U.S. stock markets.
We can tell this by looking at the trading patterns for the four major indexes.
Each of them means something different, and each poses a different opportunity and challenge for individual traders and investors.
You can see them all in this chart I made on Friday...
There's not a major sports league in the world today that wouldn't love to undergo 138% growth in just four years.
We're talking a total of 238 million viewers around the world for a new kind of "sport" that didn't really hit its stride until 2010.
To cash in on this fast-growing trend, a group of owners from the National Football League, National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball recently invested more than $140 million to start their own teams.
And if the players look more like computer geeks than athletes, it's because that's just what they are. In the new field of "e-sports," teams duel it out over computer games while fans watch online or, believe it or not, at major arena-type venues like Madison Square Garden.
Here's the thing. Though the field is new, it's already ripe for disruption due to the richly immersive experience of virtual reality (VR).
Today, I'm going to reveal a VR firm that offers us a rare "Convergence Economy" play on the emerging lucrative mix of sports and digital tech.
