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Lowe's struggles against Home Depot

2013-05-22T17:14:07Z

As the housing market heats up, so is competition among home improvement retailers.

A day after Home Depot (HD) delivered earnings and revenue that were much better than forecasts and raised its guidance, Lowe's (LOW) reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit for the first-quarter on declining sales.

Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock blamed "cooler than normal temperatures and greater precipitation" for the soft sales figures. In contrast, Home Depot CEO Frank Blake said his company continued to MORE

Apple's Tim Cook is Wall Street hero for a day

2013-05-21T20:10:43Z

While lawmakers took turns bashing Apple (AAPL) for its creative tax policies, investors were cheering on CEO Tim Cook as he defended the company and pushed Congress to overhaul the tax code.

The general consensus among traders on StockTwits was that Cook looked like a capable leader compared with the elected officials doing the questioning.

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The market doesn't lie: Housing recovery is real

2013-05-21T17:06:37Z

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.

If the housing market is really on the mend, that is undeniably a good sign for the broader economy and the stock market.

Guess what? It's increasingly looking like the housing rebound is, to pull a MORE

Elon Musk's SolarCity jumps 16%

2013-05-20T19:07:47Z

Investors can't seem to get enough of Elon Musk.

Just take a look at SolarCity (SCTY).

Shares of the Musk-backed solar energy company rallied 16% Monday.

Shares took a hit last week after the company reported a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss. But the stock quickly bounced back after SolarCity reached a deal with Goldman Sachs (GS) to finance $500 million of solar projects.

Investors on StockTwits were quick to jump on the Musk bandwagon.

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Tesla may be a bubble ... but nobody cares

2013-05-17T15:29:04Z

Tesla shares did something on Friday that they don't often do. They fell.

The stock was down nearly 3% in late morning trading even though Tesla (TSLA) announced that it was boosting the size of its secondary offering. Earlier this week, the electric car maker said that proceeds from this stock sale would be used to pay back the terms of a loan from the Department of Energy.

Still, it's understandable why MORE

The U.S. looks like Japan: Investors rejoice

2013-05-16T16:43:15Z

The U.S. economy is still not close to being fully recovered from the Great Recession, but investors could give a mouse's posterior about this sad fact.

That point was hammered home Thursday. Stocks, which many believe MORE

Cisco soars but doesn't lift whole market

2013-05-16T16:10:09Z

Cisco's CEO John Chambers no longer dictates the moves in the broader stock market. Or even just the Nasdaq. Stocks were relatively flat Thursday.

But he still must be smiling. Cisco's (CSCO) stock rallied more than 10% following a blowout quarter.

Chambers told investors that he's encouraged by the "good signs" he sees in the economies of the United States and the rest of the world. Several traders on StockTwits shared MORE

Netflix stock goes bananas

2013-05-15T17:15:48Z

"There's always money in the Banana Stand!" George Bluth tells his son, Michael, in the first season of "Arrested Development."

Of course, Michael and his son, George Michael, burned the Banana Stand to the ground, along with $250,000 in illicit cash, in a botched attempt at father-son bonding.

But it looks like there's always money in Netflix -- the home of the fourth season of "Arrested Development" -- too.

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SodaStream pops on strong outlook

2013-05-14T17:44:25Z

SodaStream shares jumped 13% Tuesday, as investors welcomed the company's upbeat outlook and analyst upgrades.

"Our goal is to be a billion dollar company by 2016," said CEO Daniel Birnbaum, at SodaStream's very first analyst meeting. That would nearly double the $550 million the company expects to rake in this year.

The optimistic CEO suggested that he thinks the company could hit the milestone even earlier, as consumers continue to embrace the MORE

Will Google hit $1,000 or is it the next Apple?

2013-05-14T19:22:51Z

Is Google Glass rose-colored? That's clearly the right hue for investors.

Shares of Google (GOOG) are up more than 25% so far this year and the stock hit a new all-time high above $888 Tuesday morning.

So MORE