What? It is my opinion that cyber security and biotech will be the most noteworthy growth sectors of the 21st century. That said, I want to share my analysis of three prime cyber security stocks: Palo Alto Networks (PANW), CyberArk Software (CYBR), and FireEye (FEYE). For reference, some other noteworthy cyber security firms include Fortinet (FTNT), Check Point Software (CHKP), Rapid7 (RPD), and Cisco Systems (CSCO).
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15 Reasons To Love Alibaba Stock
Markets often encounter short-term volatility cycles, which present long-term investors with lucrative buying opportunities. Alibaba (BABA) has long been plagued by irrational macroeconomic concerns, specifically within China. As such, the company's share price has experienced an unjustifiable 38.84% decline since November 2014.
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Your Net Worth Is Falling, Here's How To Fix It
Let's start with a very basic question: like most Millennials, is the entirety of your wealth held in a checking or savings account? If so, do you know the APY associated with your savings account? Is your annual percentage yield lower than inflation? Do you even know what I'm talking about...?
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You're Not Smarter Than Markets
Valuing companies has become damn near impossible. America's volatile economic environment, currently fueled by low interest rates and a strengthening dollar, has left investors searching for "yield." Nowhere is this transition more evident than in fixed income markets. As investors sell bond and Treasury holdings for high dividend and growth stocks, valuations have soared to record levels.
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America's Most Powerful Female
What is quantitative easing, and why does it matter? Will a Fed interest rate hike derail global growth prospects? How will the stock market respond to lower inflation? Will investors panic and induce a global asset selloff? These are the questions that keep Janet Yellen, America's most powerful woman, awake at night.
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Why "Cult" Is A Dirty Four-Letter Word
What are the stock market’s most notorious “cult stocks,” and how do we identify them? While most investors consider “cult” to be a dirty four-letter word, the corporations that comprise this category have performed incredibly well over the past years. Whereas previously beloved companies like Yelp and Twitter (TWTR) have fallen 44.1% and 21.1% over the last two years, cult stocks like Ambarella (AMBA), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), Chipotle (CMG), and Amazon (AMZN) have experienced near triple-digit gains.
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You're Missing Out On $100,000s
Wealthfront, the Silicon Valley’s premier automated investing service, recently announced its decision to lower the minimum initial deposit requirement from $5,000 to $500, thereby giving younger individuals the ability to invest in an incredible product. For those unfamiliar with Wealthfront, it is a “robo-advisor” service that automatically allocates deposits into a diversified ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) portfolio.
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