Microsoft Corporation MSFT 0.2% shares are surging 6.2 percent on Wednesday following the company’s Q2 earnings beat. Canaccord analyst Richard Davis admits that the numbers from Microsoft were strong, but he is still not convinced the stock is a Buy.

Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) NTDOY 4.14% shares shot up more than 100 percent following the launch of the hit game Pokemon GO, adding more than $21 billion to Nintendo’s market cap. At the same time,Apple Inc. AAPL 0.53%, owner of the App Store that sells the app, has added only $2 billion in market cap.

When Facebook Inc FB 1.07% held its highly-anticipated IPO back in May of 2012, shares began trading on the open market in the low $40s. If you had told early buyers that Facebook would be trading above $120 four years later, many of them wouldn’t have been surprised.

In the wake of the Brexit vote, U.S. mortgage rates have dipped near all-time lows. In fact, many homebuyers and homeowners have taken the opportunity to lock in low rates. This might make it a great time for first-time buyers to get into the housing market.

For the second straight quarter, the market was not impressed byNetflix, Inc. NFLX 2.18%’s subscriber growth numbers and the stock sold off by more than 12 percent. Netflix is now more than 37 percent down from its all-time highs, but has the decline made it a value compared to its FANG rivals Facebook Inc FB…

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY 0.38% is up an impressive 3.2 percent so far in July, but that strength comes as no surprise to Argus. The Wall Street adage “sell in May and go away” is a testament to the market’s historical weakness throughout the summer months. However, the S&P 500 has averages…

Yahoo! Inc. YHOO 0.13%’s core business may not be improving anytime soon, but the stock could see some major short-term upside upon the completion of a buyout deal. According to Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Youssef Squali, management commentary suggesting a deal is imminent was the most important takeaway from the company’s Q2 earnings report.

Yields on 10-Year U.S. Treasury bonds are sitting near all-time lows, yet Leuthold Weeden Capital Management’s Doug Ramsey doesn’t see many sellers stepping up to the plate publicly. According to Ramsey, bond traders likely have the memory of the “widow-maker” trade of shorting Japanese government bonds fresh on their minds.

Glu Mobile Inc. GLUU 2.27% shares are up nearly 20 percent in the past month, but the rise of Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) NTDOY 4.14%’s Pokémon GO may have changed the outlook for the mobile gaming company. There is certainly huge potential in augmented reality for game developers, and the success of Pokémon GO may…

The recent surge in U.S. stocks to new all-time highs has the Dow Jones Industrial Average sitting above 18,500, roughly 2.5 percent away from the 19,000 level. With the world’s largest public company,Apple Inc. AAPL 0.53% set to release Q2 earnings next Tuesday on July 26, could good numbers from Apple push the Dow to…