The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is down because German officials may need to provide a bailout for Deutsche Bank.
Hedge funds are reducing their exposure to DB stock.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is down because German officials may need to provide a bailout for Deutsche Bank.
Hedge funds are reducing their exposure to DB stock.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is flat as investors decide who won the first Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Global markets suggest Clinton won, as the value of the peso is climbing.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is down after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged in September.
The Fed still wants to raise interest rates before the end of 2016.
by David Zeiler
Wall Street smiled at a beefed up Microsoft dividend yesterday, but cheered at a $40 billion stock buyback program.
Of course, they got it exactly backwards.
Knowing your personality is key to profitable tech investing.
by David Zeiler
MSFT stock was edging up Thursday in anticipation of good news when the company reports earnings after the market close.
But unless Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has a really nasty surprise in store, it's a buy even if it doesn't post a strong beat. That's because Microsoft has worked hard on its transition away from its legacy PC business to capitalize on two major areas of growth.
Here's what those areas are - and why they'll enrich both Microsoft and those who own MSFT stock...
by David Zeiler
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...
by David Zeiler
Today's (Tuesday) Microsoft event was a showcase for a lot of slick new devices, including new Lumia phones, new Surface tablets, and the company's first-ever laptop. But as impressive as they are, for Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) investors, the flashy new gadgets aren't the only – or the most important – takeaway. Even though it […]
by David Zeiler
The Microsoft dividend will rise again in September if the company follows a well-established pattern.
For the past nine years, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced a dividend hike in September to be applied to the next quarter's payout. Over the past 10 years, the MSFT dividend has soared by 287.5%.
The only question now is how big this year's Microsoft dividend hike will be...
by David Zeiler
Now that two of Wall Street's biggest names have put an unusual "sell" rating on Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) stock, investors might be tempted to dump shares of the tech giant.
That would be a mistake.
Both Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have utterly misunderstood what's going on with Microsoft. Both have lowball price targets on Microsoft stock. Both ignored a string earnings beat last month.
They just don't get it.