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Six Reasons Why Rackspace Hosting Will Fall Further
By Vladimir Zernov - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, ORCL, RAX
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) is a cloud computing company that manages web-based IT systems for all kinds of businesses worldwide. With the help of cloud computing, companies can use IT resources via the internet. This is a win-win situation for both the provider and the customer. The specialized service provider gets customers and revenue, while customers do not need to implement difficult solutions that take time, effort, and are costly more »
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What The Next Ten Years Of Technology Will Look Like
By Alexander Cho - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, SNE
In this article, I want to highlight 3 very important trends that are going on in the technology space and how they will alter the technology landscape.
Faster internet
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been rolling out a fiber optic network. The company advertises that its internet speeds are 100 times faster than the average broadband internet speeds, and that its Gigabit internet will allow users to browse the internet at more »
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Why Apple May Have Bottomed After Earnings
By Andrés Cardenal - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, SSNLF
After reaching new lows for the year of about $385 per share, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) finally reported earnings on April 23, and the stock has made a nice turnaround to levels of roughly $450 since them. Maybe it´s too soon to tell, but there are some good reasons to believe that we may have already seen the bottom in the share price.
The slowing iPhone
Apple has been suffering more »
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Is Wal-Mart positioned to dominate US eCommerce?
By Anatoliy Telis - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, WMT
If you were to look closely at Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) in the US in comparison to other dominant ecommerce companies such as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), most will in all likelihood quickly brush Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) off as a giant laggard. Most would think of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) as a lost case, with odds stacked against it ever becoming an ecommerce leader. However, the one thing that many have considered more »
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Where Will Barnes & Noble Invest the $1 Billion It Gets From Microsoft?
By Alexander Cho - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MSFT
To what extent will Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) benefit from the sell-off of its Nook division to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) if, in the event it were to materialize? The question is on the minds of investors as the company struggles to find an identity in a market that’s becoming more and more dominated by digital media format books. The retail business model is low growth, but at least there more »
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The New Bubble: Elon Musk?
By Jason Hall - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, SCTY, TSLA |
I've done very well by Elon Musk, at least in the past few months. But is it coming to an end, and all the recent profits are just the product of a short squeeze?
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Solar City (NASDAQ: SCTY) both have prominent places in my portfolio, and unless you've been living under a rock this month, you know how that's worked out for me more »
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3 Must Buy Online Retailers
By Shweta Dubey - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, EBAY
The United States is one of the largest and rapidly growing online retail markets. Sales have grown significantly in the last few years, driven by e-shopping trends and adoption of mobile payments. For online retailers, e-commerce contributed $231 billion sales in 2012 and it is expected to generate $260 billion by the end of 2013.
I have picked up three online retail companies Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKSmore »)
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Should You Sell this High-Growth Stock?
By Madhu Dube - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, NFLX, TWX
Increasing online video consumption has once again proven to be a tailwind for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In its first quarter results, Netflix posted revenue of $1.024 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $1.016 billion. This quarter showed strong online subscriber growth in both the US and international markets. In the US, the company reported net subscriber growth of 2.03 million against the consensus estimate of 1.75 more »
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Can Online Sales Tax Win the Battle for This Retailer?
By Stephanie Faris - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, SPLS, WMT
As legislators continue to vote on a bill that will levy a sales tax on all Internet purchases, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) recently reclaimed its top spot on the Fortune 500. But, Wal-Mart's celebration is bad news for online giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) after a long period of competition that culminated in Wal-Mart removing Amazon's Kindle from its shelves.
Billions in sales
Granted, Wal-Mart has always been the more »
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Will Groupon be Able to Make a Comeback?
By Shas Dey - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, GRPN
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), a daily deal website, had made a special place for itself by answering a simple question “What should we do today?” Launched in November 2008, Groupon had managed to rule the online group-buying market quite seamlessly. It was giving its competitors a tough fight to acquire a market share. Currently, it provides its services in more than 500 markets in 44 countries.
Groupon is a 24 hour more »
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Microsoft Makes Money by Hook or by Nook
By Eric Whiteside - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, FB, GOOG, MSFT
Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finally positioned to provide a decent return to investors? Is the recent jump in price of over 20 % justified or is it just a temporary illusion created by traders?
Death of the PC
The minute the first iPads were placed in customers’ hands, people knew that Apple was on to something big and the computer business would never be the same again. Apple had eliminated many more »
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TESLA'S Charge Continues
By Tyler Daniel - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, F, TSLA
Telsa Motors surged ahead again today, marking its third consecutive day of double digit growth percentage as it closed at $87.80 (up 11.04, 14.38%). The Silicon Valley based auto manufacturer headed by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk is enjoying success that would turn even a causal observer's head, as the company shot up 57.37% in the last three days, and has more than doubled in the more »
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Amazon Is a Long-term Buy
By Ishfaque Faruk - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, GOOG
Even though Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been growing its top-line rapidly, the company's stock price suffered a recent pull-back. Investors seemed to be worried about Amazon's profitability issues, in spite of the company's current investment phase and rock solid footing in its business segments. The e-Commerce giant's current capital expenditures will position the company supremely well in the long-run, as it is increasingly becoming a major more »
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Competition in the Cloud Erases all Profits
By Jordan Wathen - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, MSFT, RAX
Earlier this year, I wrote about Rackspace's (NYSE: RAX) lack of a competitive moat in a highly-competitive industry: cloud computing. Dissenting comments followed, showcasing how this stock is one of the most controversial tech plays out there.
Many believe it is Rackspace's “Fanatical Support” that differentiates it in cloud computing. That is, the company's tech support adds value that should allow for higher prices for Rackspace's more »
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Microsoft's Response to Apple Is the Nook
By Alexander Cho - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS, MSFT
How will Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) benefit from an acquisition of the Nook? To me it seems that Microsoft is looking for a way to compete in entry-level tablets. This deal could potentially benefit Microsoft more than it could benefit Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS).
Barnes & Noble
In the latest quarterly filing, Barnes & Noble reported that it saw a pretty significant decline in year-over-year revenues from the Nook division. The Nook reported more »
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Why the Online Sales Tax Bill Is All About Logistics
By Daniel Cawrey - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, FDX, UPS
The Marketplace Fairness Act is a bill that is making its rounds in Congress this year. It will give states the capability to collect sales taxes from online businesses that aren't physically in their jurisdiction. This could be a boon for state coffers, and it will likely shift the landscape of how online companies do business.
Amazon's stance
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), previously, was against having to collect more »
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eBay’s Growth Story is Only Just Beginning
By Lennox Yieke - May 11, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, GOOG
For the past two years, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) has managed to meet or beat analysts’ earnings estimates in each and every quarter, in most cases coming ahead on the upper end of the estimates. This, coupled the 55% uptrend in its stock over the past 12 months, has stirred a lot of growth disposed write-ups on the online retail big wig. In my opinion, eBay’s growth story has been more »
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Why Netflix Is Too Rich for My Blood
By Marshall Hargrave - May 11, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, CSTR, NFLX
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) saw its stock soar some 32% during the week following its first-quarter earnings beat. I have my doubts as to whether the company will be able to maintain the momentum in the second quarter and move higher. The second quarter has historically been Netflix's weakest in terms of subscriber growth; so let's see how Netflix performed in 1Q and might fare in 2Q.
Q1 review more »
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Tablets Over PCs: The Buying Opportunity
By Tyler Wofford - May 11, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, MSFT
NPD group suggests that tablet shipments will increase by 67% in 2013, and will mark the first year that tablet shipments outpace that of notebooks. Notebook sales are predicted to fall 10% (from 203.3 million to 183.3 million) by 2017. Tablets? They are only expected to grow from an estimated 256.6 million this year to 579.4 million in 2017. What companies will be most effected by more »
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How to Tell If a Stock Is Overpriced
By Timothy Green - May 11, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, MSFT, RAX |
How do you tell if a stock is overpriced? How about when an earnings miss of a penny causes the stock to plummet by 25%. That's exactly what happened with Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) after reporting its Q1 results a few days ago. Even with revenue increasing by 20% and net income increasing by 16.4% year-over-year, a slight miss of analyst expectations led to a gargantuan decline in the more »