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Strong Earnings but Mixed Guidance Create a Buying Opportunity in Tech Once Again

It’s no surprise why investors love tech stocks. Their ability to outperform the rest of the stock market can help boost portfolio returns and create life-changing wealth. But there’s a downside. Traders who buy at the wrong time and get caught up in short-term volatility sometimes have to deal with losses until the next move higher. That can be painful, at least in the short-term. The latest victims in the tech stock space have been investors inSalesforce.com (CRM). The company just reported ...
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The Latest Corporate Shakeup May Be a Boon for This Social Media Play

Most company executives want to leave at what they view as the top. Many aren’t fortunate in that regard. But those who succeed can also leave a company before building problems can come to the forefront, and potentially damage shareholder value. In the short-term, the market may give the thumbs-up to a leaving CEO by giving shares a boost on optimism the next CEO will fare better. That could be the case withTwitter (TWTR). CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced his sudden ...
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One Surprising Player May Win in the Quantum Computing Space

As a tech trend, quantum computing, a new and innovative way of processing information much more efficiently than traditional models, comes in and out of favor with investors. That hasn’t stopped a number of startup and old companies alike from working in the space. Yet one company that’s been a recent laggard in tech is now leading the way. And it could lead to a renewed surge in lackluster share prices. The company isInternational Business Machines (IBM). The tech giant best known ...
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Some Old-School Companies May Benefit from the Rise of the Metaverse

The rise of metaverse networks has the potential to reshape how people interact with each other in digital realms. While a number of companies large and small are investing heavily in the space, a number of existing companies could stand to profit from making a partial pivot into the space. That includes existing media companies, but also hardware companies supplying the key tech to building out the metaverse. One such player for this potential “Web 3.0” universe is a key builder of ...
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Memory Chip Stocks Start to Surge – With More Upside Ahead

The semiconductor chip shortage has led to a number of companies both rise and fall over the past few months. Now, memory-related chips are starting to see a strong rally, even holding its own as other tech stocks have dipped in the past few days. The move higher may continue, as analysts are starting to upgrade these companies on their strong potential in the next few quarters as well. One potential winner in the space isMicron (MU). The memory chip maker has ...
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Internet of Things Projections Point to Secular Growth For this Key Firm

The Internet of Things (IoT) tech trend is one of many such tech trends investors point to as signs of a big opportunity in tech investments over the next decade. IoT looks particularly attractive as it means the interconnectedness of a number of technologies today, even if the trend as a whole may not sound as exciting as, say, electric vehicles or cryptocurrencies. Any company that can play to this trend can likely earn a profit over the next few years. But ...
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Changing Regulations Favor Companies Changing First

The only constant in the world is change. Companies that have been around for decades or even over a century are ones that need to adapt to the times to survive and thrive. For some industries, this change can be quickly driven by technologies and competition. In others, regulatory changes can play a big role as well. Increased environmental regulations in the past few years ensure that even a stodgy industry like utilities have to change as well. Utility providerDominion Energy (D) ...
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11907

A Simple Way to Play This Alternative Asset Trend

For many alternative assets, there’s simply no way to make a liquid trade on an exchange. For those who care about fine art, the wine market, rare stamps or coins, there’s no easy fund to buy into. However, investors in the latest new asset class, cryptocurrencies, are finding an increasing number of options. It’s now been a year since major payment platforms have allowed users to park their cash in crypto names instead. A number of brokerage firms allow such trades ...
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