Is Adidas Cool Again?

The latest data from Ticker Tags provides some surprising insight into the booming popularity of a pair of adidas AG (ADR) ADDYY 3.21% product lines. Ticker Tags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words or phrases that are found together in social media content, such as tweets.

How Healthy Would Financial Markets Be Without Oil?

Slumping oil prices have weighed heavily on global financial markets in the past couple of years. With shares of the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) USO 3.03% already down more than 21 percent in 2016, Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew Sheets recently discussed the impact that oil is having on the global economy.

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Should Alphabet Raise Its Buybacks?

Alphabet Inc GOOGL 2.58% GOOG 2.61%’s Q4 earnings report was good enough to send the company catapulting past Apple Inc. AAPL 0.26% as the world’s largest company by market cap. Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak likes what he sees from Alphabet, but believes the company is in position to be even more aggressive with its…

How Much Is Time Warner Worth In A Break Up?

In a new report, Credit Suisse analyst Omar Sheikh explores the potential for Time Warner Inc TWX 0.53% to unlock value by breaking up its businesses into separate companies. Sheikh explored three possible breakup combinations of Turner, HBO and Warner Bros: 1. Three separate companies, 2. HBO plus Turner/Warner Bros. and 3. Turner plus HBO/Warner…