Phil Hall, B.A.
Phil Hall is a research analyst and editor at Lombardi Financial. He has authored seven books and has written for the New York Times, Wired Magazine and The Hill’s Congress Blog.
Phil worked as a radio journalist out of the United Nations headquarters, did a ten year stint as a president of the New York-based Open City Communications and was the editor of MortgageOrb financial site. Phil holds a BA in journalism from Pace University, White Plains, NY.
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Over the past several years, Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) has been a disappointment to many investors. But a surprisingly robust earnings report has set off a buying frenzy that sent YELP stock soaring. Has this long-underperforming stock finally found its mojo, or are investors ready for another round of…
This was certainly a summer to remember for Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), which turned in a strong earnings report that appeared to reaffirm both its continued dominance in the video gaming market and the wisdom of its $5.9-billion acquisition of King Digital Entertainment. And while ATVI stock has…
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For millions of gamers, Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is a digital fun factory that has provided endless hours of distraction and amusement, with such titles as “Farmville,” “CityVille,” “Zynga Poker” and “Wizard of Oz Slots.” For a long time, however, the ZNGA stock has been as clunky as a…
Has GRPN Stock Finally Bottomed? If anything charitable could be said about the track record of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) stock, it would be that it has been consistent—albeit as a consistent disappointment to investors. But changes in the company’s product and service offerings, not to mention its leadership,…
It has been a tumultuous summer for Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR), with plenty of bad press and no shortage of rumors feeding the storyline that the social media titan is ripe for takeover or even shutdown. But to borrow Mark Twain’s classic smackdown, reports of Twitter’s death have been…
Historians may some day look back at this point of time as the “Summer of Tumult” for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE). Since it was spun off from Packard last year, HPE stock has never truly found solid footing in its corporate structure. A skein of bad publicity…
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A Very Rocky Road for Micron Stock Everybody loves a comeback and Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is the new comeback kid. Despite a trouble-plagued stretch with too many lows and few highs, the company is pointed in the right direction and Micron stock is poised to ascend. If…
Does ELLI Stock Deserve Your Attention? Ellie Mae Inc (NYSE:ELLI) stock may not be a household name for many. However, the Pleasanton, California-based company’s position as a leading provider of on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry is helping Ellie Mae stock to become one…
