In February of 2016, CNBC’s Jim Cramer started recommending the stock of Wynn Resorts, which was then trading at about $79 a share. Since then, Wynn’s share price has nearly doubled — making it one of S&P 500’s best-performing stocks for 2017 — so Cramer thought it was worth revisiting some of the casino names. […]
Read moreBack in the day, CNBC’s Jim Cramer would always hear that the four most dangerous words in the English language were “this time it’s different.” And when it came to market-rattling events like the dotcom bubble burst — when investors chased internet stocks to artificial highs hoping to catch the “next big thing” — that […]
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After hours of marveling at the tape’s incessant march higher, CNBC’s Jim Cramer took a step back to check the market layout. “What’s driving it? … Same as always: [a] stock shortage — it’s really been acute in the industrials — 401(k) money being thrown at the market, animal spirits, a stronger consumer, tax reform, […]
Read moreWhen Vayyar first developed its tiny sensors, it was on a mission to give doctors a low-cost alternative to mammograms, and a way to see malignant growths in human tissue without making patients physically uncomfortable. The start-up, based in Tel Aviv, is still working on that medical technology. But it has also found plenty of […]
Read moreAt the end of every year, investment fund Rock Health asks the venture and start-up community to vote on the top digital health IPO of the year. In 2017, Tabula Rasa Healthcare won — even though the company actually went public in September 2016. It was such a drought that Rock Health couldn’t find a […]
Read moreIt’s been four years since investors valued Dropbox at $10 billion. Since then, in the eyes of mutual funds and other shareholders, the company has been unable to justify that price. But as the cloud file sharing and document collaboration company prepares to go public, investment firms have been gradually marking the price up They […]
Read moreThe market rally has left RiverFront Investment Group Chief market strategist Kevin Nicholson bullish on earnings, but not complacent. Anticipating higher rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, Nicholson said RiverFront is moving investments into Europe and Asia. “We expect more volatility because last year, you had the fed raising rates from 0 to 1 percent […]
Read moreAn Indian-built PSLV rocket successfully deployed 31 satellites from seven countries into orbit Friday, a big step in the burgeoning global space industry. Among them was Planetary Resources’ Arkyd-6 satellite, which has the ambitious mission of learning how to prospect asteroids for mining. Arkyd-6 will test 17 new technologies, with one of its most important […]
Read moreAmazon has about 500 patents pending. Of course, not all of them will form the basis of products, but Amazon has had some very notable patents — like one-click shopping and many of the technologies that make up the foundation of cloud computing, now its most profitable business. So we looked at some recent patent […]
Read moreFacebook said it’s going to limit the amount of news its users see soon. What it should really do is take news off the platform entirely. We shouldn’t be looking to a social media platform that established itself as a place to connect with friends and family to read about local, national and world events. […]
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