Jim Cramer loves when historical patterns pop up in the stock market, especially ones like the recent concerns about FANG stocks being overvalued and emblematic of the 2000 tech bubble. “But you know that history doesn’t always repeat itself. In fact, there are times when it can lead you very much astray,” the” Mad Money” […]
Read moreThousands of people are getting genetic tests, for everything from their cancer risk to their likelihood of passing on a disease to a child. But many doctors aren’t adequately trained to interpret these results, or tell patients how to act on them. And genetic counselors — who do have that knowledge — are in short […]
Read moreWhen Jim Cramer was new to the stock business, he read legendary fund manager Peter Lynch’s 1989 book, “One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market.” The book revolved around a key piece of advice: if investors kept their eyes open to products or experiences […]
Read moreThe “selfie generation” could be even more of a needle-mover than you thought, at least according to Allergan Chairman, President and CEO Brent Saunders. Of the 30 million people in the United States who consider getting aesthetic treatments like Allergan’s Botox, only three million people actually follow through with getting the procedures. But within that […]
Read moreJim Cramer loves when historical patterns pop up in the stock market, especially ones like the recent concerns about FANG stocks being overvalued and emblematic of the 2000 tech bubble. “But you know that history doesn’t always repeat itself. In fact, there are times when it can lead you very much astray. For example, if […]
Read moreTwilio shares jumped after the company issued a strong quarterly earnings report. The stock was up 12 percent at around $34 a share in after hours trading Monday, after going as high as 20 percent. The cloud communications platform reported Q2 revenue of $95.9 million on Monday, up 49 percent year-over-year. Twilio sells customer service […]
Read moreMillions of people don’t have access to their medical records. A recent exchange between former Vice President Joe Biden and the CEO of one of the largest health IT companies in America offers some insight into why. As reported by Politico, Biden asked Judy Faulkner, CEO of medical record vendor Epic Systems, why patients shouldn’t […]
Read moreAs much as U.S. technology stocks have climbed this year, their Chinese counterparts have surged far more as investors are drawn to the world’s second-largest economy. Among the big Chinese tech stocks traded in the U.S., messaging app Momo, e-commerce site JD.com and its bigger rival Alibaba have each gained nearly 80 percent or more […]
Read moreThose of us who were around for the early days of the internet remember when Amazon was just a bookseller, or “Earth’s biggest bookstore,” as the company fondly described itself. Amazon has since expanded to just about every market imaginable, becoming one of Earth’s biggest companies altogether. But books — even the physical kind — […]
Read moreBack in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, investors went gaga over 50 large-cap blue chip stocks called the Nifty Fifty. These equities were often described as “one decision” trades that you bought and kept for life. At their peak, the NIfty Fifty were trading at 42 times earnings — more than twice the […]
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