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Semiconductor stocks are breaking out amid a global shortage of microchips. Let's take a closer look at an industry that's crushing the market, even with the broader technology sector lagging. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ($SOX) has risen 18 percent so far...
The fear index is crumbling as one positive story after another hits the market. Cboe's VIX, which measures the cost of hedging the S&P 500, closed at 18.86 on Friday. That was its lowest reading since February 24, 2020, immediately before the coronavirus pandemic...
Intel or AMD? The question is almost as old as "Coke or Pepsi?" For years, the two have battled for leadership in the semiconductor market and the stock market. Intel mostly led coming out of the financial crisis but started falling behind in 2016. Now, the charts...
Netflix and Intel reported strong results this week as earnings season marches toward the major tech stocks. Netflix's (NFLX) fourth-quarter results cleared two major hurdles that had been worrying investors. First, strong subscriber growth dispelled worries about...
Intel just had a massive rally on some potentially huge news: Pat Gelsinger is the new CEO. Gelsinger was the chipmaker's chief technology officer until 2012. During that time, he was instrumental in key initiatives like the Xeon chip. The market hopes he can fix one...
Stocks are holding key support as a major week of news begins. All four of the market's trillion dollar companies will report earnings: Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL). We'll also get the first reading on last quarter's gross...
Tesla just reported its "best quarter ever," but investors are afraid it might still run out of money. The electric-car maker earned $0.76 a share on a record $8.77 billion of revenue. Both numbers beat estimates and marked a fifth straight quarter of profitability....
Stocks are pausing with several important and uncertain events looming this week. The S&P 500 fell 0.3 percent between Friday, July 17, and Friday, July 24. It was the first decline in four weeks and occurred at the same level where the coronavirus correction...
This week's earnings featured a huge quarter from electric-car maker Tesla and several positive surprises in the housing space. TSLA's earnings and revenue beat estimates in the second quarter, despite coronavirus shuttering some factories. Its manufacturing practices...