Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTCMKTS:VLKAY) will cut investment of its namesake brand by at least one billion euros (US$1.3 billion) a year to cope with the aftermath of the emission scandal now popularly known as “Dieselgate.” Herbert Diess, the new head of the Volkswagen brand, said that a cost-cutting…

Healthy second-quarter results from technology companies and banks are helping to drive buying in stocks. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 traded at an intraday record and is again looking toward 2,000, while the blue-chip Dow Jones is edging toward another record. While we are hearing about how the…

Thinking of investing in the mobile technology market? You could try to play this market through cell phone manufacturers and decide which company—Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), or the slew of other players in this sector—is the best opportunity. At this time, Apple…

It’s a very interesting concept: I absolutely believe that energy innovation will help the U.S. economy tremendously over the coming years. Under that vast umbrella of energy innovation, alternative energy has the potential to become a genuine economic engine that can revolutionize personal transportation and the economic landscape.…

Technology stocks underperformed the S&P 500 and Dow Jones in the first quarter of the year, but that’s no big deal, as I continue to see technology as a market leader. The month of April saw some buying return to technology stocks, with the NASDAQ managing to outperform…

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) traded above $800.00 on February 19, and I still can’t believe I missed out on an early investment opportunity when the stock first debuted at $100.00 in August 2004. The company has become the king of the Internet space and the favorite of retail and…

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ/FB) is steadily edging higher on its chart and just flew above the $30.00 level last Wednesday, with nearly 105 million shares traded, the highest daily volume since November 16, 2012. There is clearly some market interest returning to…

The tech-laden Nasdaq fared the best in November, with a 1.1% advance, which was well ahead of the 0.3% gain in the S&P 500 and 0.5% decline in the Dow Jones Yet technology and growth stocks have not fared in the equities market since the end of the…

There was so much hype from Wall Street and investors when Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ/FB) made its debut in the public sector on May 18, 2012, and saw its stock price reach a high of $45.00. Well, that has been the high point so far for this company that,…

The trajectory of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) helps determine the movement of the Nasdaq. When Apple lost seven percent in five sessions from April 10 to below $600.00 on April 16, the Nasdaq. lost some ground and breached support at 3,000. Contrary to what some nervous traders believe, Apple…