Despite earlier this week announcing disappointing first-quarter results, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) says it expects its second quarter will be stronger. However, many analysts are skeptical, as the company’s attempted takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) has not gone as smoothly as planned.
Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) is a cyclical company. That is, its stock does extremely well when the economy is ready to accelerate, and does poorly when the economy decelerates. So it’s no wonder that last year the stock fell more than 50% from the record-high of $27.78 a share it reached December 2007. However, the company has rallied more than 50% from its Feb. 23 low of $12.08 a share. It closed Friday at $19.64. So, what’s next?
A longtime investment adage holds that “As goes Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), so goes the rest of the semiconductor industry.”
Sometime over the next 16 months, one-quarter of the Internet will go on sale. But you shouldn’t be suckered into this deal…
Small caps have done it once again. Proving they want nothing to do with the realm of Blue Chips, some of the world’s smallest companies are surging while the rest of the market plunges.
Imagine waking up tomorrow morning with no access to the Internet. No e-mail. No news. No streaming video.
Chinese stocks are dominating the domestic equities market. If you think the trend is going to end sometime soon, you had better think again. Winners like China GrenTech (NASDAQ:GRRF) are here to stay.
On October 29, 2008 a pipeline company, Western Gas (NYSE:WES), announced plans that made its shareholders very happy. I wasn’t a shareholder at the time but its announcement caught my attention and I began following the company.
Bubbles seem to be a recurring theme on Wall Street. While most folks are still blind to it, there is a dangerous bubble about to pop. Either stand clear and wait for it to blow, or act fast and take advantage of the situation.
The cell phone industry is making big moves today. Palm’s (NASDAQ:PPL) new phone release is taking its share price down. While speculation over Steve Jobs and the iPhone is creating its own problems for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL).