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Can Internet ETF Break Out as Big Tech Stocks Announce Earnings?

Can Internet ETF Break Out as Big Tech Stocks Announce Earnings?

Major Internet stocks are running as investors prepare for a crowd of earnings. The First Trust Dow Jones Internet ETF (FDN) is challenging its old highs from 2018, hours before Facebook (FB) and PayPal (PYPL) announce quarterly results. Other big names like...

Media ETF on the Move as Disney Shifts to Streaming Services

Media ETF on the Move as Disney Shifts to Streaming Services

Media stocks are on the move as a key player in the space makes an historic shift. The SPDR Communications Services ETF (XLC) has risen almost 4 percent so far in April -- almost twice the performance of the broader S&P 500 over that period. It was also one of...

Is Advanced Micro Devices the Latest Esports Player?

Is Advanced Micro Devices the Latest Esports Player?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ripped to a five-month high on news it may be getting into esports. Alphabet (GOOGL) announced it will use the actively traded company's chips in its new Stadia cloud-based video-game service. That could make AMD a key player in a...

Waiting for Uber IPO? Here Comes Yandex

Waiting for Uber IPO? Here Comes Yandex

Everyone's waiting for Lyft and Uber to go public. Did you know Russia's top Internet stock is also active in the ride-sharing space? Last month, Yandex (YNDX) reported 216 percent revenue growth for its Taxi division as ridership more than doubled. The service...

Nasdaq-100 E-Minis: Contract of the Week

Nasdaq-100 E-Minis: Contract of the Week

The "Nasdaq." Few words better represent the most innovative parts of the economy. Did you know the entire Nasdaq market can be traded virtually any time with CME's Nasdaq-100 futures? Like CME's S&P 500 E-minis, Nasdaq futures are active from Sunday night through...

Stock Bulls Rest Amid Political, Economic Worries

Stock Bulls Rest Amid Political, Economic Worries

Stocks drifted last week as investors started worrying about politics and the global economy. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1 percent between Friday, February 1, and Friday, February 8. It was only the sixth and smallest advance in the last seven weeks, following...

Showdowns in Tech: Battle for the Cloud

Showdowns in Tech: Battle for the Cloud

The world of technology is all about disruption, and now a fight is brewing in the cloud. Microsoft (MSFT) is making serious efforts to enter the world of "cloud computing," the business of large companies using third-party servers and software instead of running...

Showdowns in Tech: Let the Ad Wars Begin

Showdowns in Tech: Let the Ad Wars Begin

Amazon.com (AMZN) has disrupted plenty of industries, and now the e-commerce giant is challenging major players in Silicon Valley. We're talking about digital advertising, a field long dominated by Alphabet (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB). While those two companies control...

Don’t Worry, October’s Almost Over

Don’t Worry, October’s Almost Over

Here's one good thing you can say about October: It's almost finished. The S&P 500 is in the midst of its worst month since early 2009, down almost 9 percent since the end of September. That includes a 4 percent drop last week as waves of bearishness swamped...