SAN FRANCISCO Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz and Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins are confirmed as guests at thenext great tech summit atthe White House on June 19.
About a dozen tech leaders including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt and others are expected to attend, according to Bloomberg News. Facebook was issued an invitation but not responded, the news organization said.
The inaugural meeting of The American Technology Council, President Donald Trumps group formed to modernize government services,should make for awkward body language as a previous tech summit did in December. The latest confab comesweeks after Cook, Nadella and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey raised objections to Trump’sdecision to exit the Paris climate deal.
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Glu Mobile Inc.(GLUU)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Jim Robertson]
The gaming space has a reputation for beingdominated by male gamers and full of big-budget combat and action orientated games geared for men. However, thats not necessarily the case. Last December, Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU)bought CrowdStarfor $45 million acquiring a game publisher that has had rare success with female gamers throughitsCovet Fashionwhile its last independently produced title, Design Home, has also proved to be another hit with women (about 90% ofDesign Homesplayers are female who are a little older than the Covet Fashion audience).
- [By Peter Graham]
The Q4 2016 earnings report for small cap mobile game stock Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU)is scheduled for after the market closes onWednesday (February 8). In the past, our SmallCap Network Elite Opportunity (SCN EO) portfolio had open positions in other mobile game stocks with our SCN EO newsletter notingin August 2015 before that summers market meltdown:
- [By Harsh Chauhan]
Mobile gaming specialist Glu Mobile’s (NASDAQ:GLUU) net loss almost tripled in the first quarter despite a slight jump in revenue from the prior-year period. Its adjusted net loss of $0.15 per share was more than twice than Wall Street’s expectations of a $0.07-per-share loss.
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows that Zynga Inc peaked after the IPO, but has at least been less volatile since then compared to the performance of remaining small cap mobile gaming stockGlu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) and large capActivision Blizzard:
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Mitel Networks Corporation(MITL)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
ShoreTel Inc (NASDAQ: SHOR) shares shot up 28 percent to $7.47. Mitel Networks Corp (NASDAQ: MITL) announced plans to acquire Shortel for $7.50 per share in cash.
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Microsoft Corporation(MSFT)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Elizabeth Balboa]
The primary WannaCry tool was a modified form of spyware purportedly developed by the National Security Agency and stolen by the hacker group, Shadow Brokers, back in March. The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) exploit played on Windows system vulnerabilities over an old and outdated protocol used to share files across computers.
- [By The Ticker Tape]
While you might think you’re buying the next Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), there’s also a chance you’re buying the next Fitbit (FIT) or drkoop.com. In case you’re wondering, things didn’t end very well for investors in drkoop.com’s IPO, which reached a valuation of more than $1 billion following its 1999 IPO. Drkoop.com was eventually sold for $186,000 in bankruptcy court in 2002. Fitbit investors fared slightly better, but shares have still declined approximately 70% from its IPO price of $20.00 as the company’s sales growth and profitability declined. Not a total wash but to put that into perspective, take a look at the S&P 500 (SPX) which returned almost 10% during the same time period.
- [By Vikram Nagarkar]
When you think of tech companies which rejected buyout offers, quite a few not so great stories come to mind. Starting with Yahoo (NSDQ:YHOO), whichrejectedMicrosoft’s (NSDQ:MSFT)$44.6 billion offer, to Groupon (NSDQ:GRPN), which shunned Google’s $6 billion buyout offer, many similar decisions have proven to be bad ones in hindsight. Snapchat is one of those few exceptions that have lived to tell the tale. At least for now. However, Facebookseems rather determined to leave no stone unturned in its fight against Snapchat.
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Intuit Inc.(INTU)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Thursday’s regular session.
- [By Asit Sharma]
It’s tax season — the four months when tax and small-business software providerIntuit Inc.(NASDAQ:INTU) makes most of its profit for the year. On Thursday, Intuit filed its fiscal second-quarter 2017 earnings report and issued a progress report on its tax business so far this year.Tax volumes are well off last year’s pace: Let’s review the details, as well as management’s interpretation, after a look at the headline numbers.
- [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]
As for individual stocks, Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Tiffany (NYSE:TIF) saw heavy trading following the companies’ quarterly earnings announcements.
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Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Shopify Inc.(SHOP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Dan Caplinger, Tim Brugger, and Seth McNew]
Risk is always a factor for stock market investors, but if you want the top stocks in your portfolio, you have to be bold. To give you some ideas on which stocks to look at, three Motley Fool contributors weighed in on companies they’re familiar with and made a case for why they deserve a closer look. Read on to learn more about Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG), and Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and why they deserve your attention.
- [By WWW.FOOL.COM]
Shopify(NYSE:SHOP)stock has been on a tear, rocketing up over 180% since the company went public in May of 2015. The company’s business model is pretty simple: Sign up merchants, charge merchants to use its platform, help merchants sell stuff, and take a small percentage from each sale. Then, rinse and repeat at alarger scale with more profitability. Shopify is executing this strategy extremely well, posting strong third quarter 2016 results with record growth in total merchants, sales volume, and revenue.
- [By WWW.MONEYSHOW.COM]
Shopify (SHOP) is especially designed for small and medium-sized businesses. It is based in Ottawa, Canada.
I like this stock recommendation because this is a young company that focuses on providing on-line marketing solutions at a reasonable price for small and mid-size companies.
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: AU Optronics Corp(AUO)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of Corning Incorporated in a steady uptrend since we recommended the stock while Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: OLED) has taken off even higher and LG Display Co Ltd (NYSE: LPL) and AU Optronics Corp (NYSE: AUO) have given a similar performance:
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Cellcom Israel Ltd.(CEL)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
That’s why Cramer said he’ll be listening for news coming from Celgene (CEL) , Amgen (AMGN) , Allergan (AGN) , an Action Alerts PLUS holding, and Regenron (REGN) , all of which are set to present. Of the four, Cramer said he’s sticking with Allergan and Amgen.
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Texas Instruments Incorporated(TXN)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Jim Cramer]
Net operating cash flow has slightly increased to $1,409.00 million or 1.87% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC has also modestly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -5.51%.
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
Chips from Texas Instruments (TXN) are built into a lot of devices that matter, Cramer said, and if investors want autonomous vehicles, they should be looking at Analog Devices (ADI) .
- [By Laurie Kulikowski]
We rate TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC as a Buy with a ratings score of A+. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.
- [By Jim Cramer]
Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. When compared to other companies in the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry and the overall market, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC’s return on equity exceeds that of the industry average and significantly exceeds that of the S&P 500.
- [By Keith Speights]
That’s a pretty good definition of leadership, but it’s not an easy one to accomplish. However, the CEOs of Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG), Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH), General Electric (NYSE:GE), MasterCard (NYSE:MA), and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) have been able to achieve this translation very well.
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Motorola Solutions, Inc.(MSI)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows large caps Cisco Systems and Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE: MSI) giving roughly the same positive performance whileQualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) began going in the other directionaround 2014/2015:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows Qualcomm breaking even whilepotential peers Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE: MSI) have performed better albeit they have seen their share of volatility:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows large caps Cisco Systems and Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE: MSI) giving roughly the same performance whileQualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) began going in the other directionaround 2015:
Top 10 Tech Stocks To Watch For 2018: Castlight Health, inc.(CSLT)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Todd Campbell]
Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT)share price climbed 13.2% Wednesday after an SEC filing revealed that Maverick Capital had significantly boosted its stake in the company to 10.6%.
