The race to create the world’s first fully autonomous vehicle is still in its infancy, with Ford Motor Company F 0.24%, General Motors Company GM 0.56%, Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 2.16% and evenAlphabet Inc GOOG 0.64% GOOGL 0.64% in on the competition. There seems to be little question that automation is the next step in…

Next year, Apple Inc. AAPL 2.62% will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the most successful product of all time — the iPhone. Several news sources have reported that Apple may choose to make a big design splash by opting for a glass back and/or curved edges that would enable new functionality.

Apple Inc. AAPL 2.62% was reportedly on the verge of taking a large stake in ride-sharing company Lyft. However, Apple has a long history of opting to hold onto its cash.

The market wasn’t particularly impressed by Tuesday’s Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 2.16% product announcement. The company unveiled a new P100D battery pack that it claims will make its Model S the fastest production car in the world.

The global collapse in oil price that started in 2014 has devastated many oil & gas companies. Casual observers know the general consensus is that OPEC is to blame for the huge crude oil supply glut that has bogged down the market. However, many may not know exactly what OPEC is and why it is…

On August 24, 2015 the S&P 500 plunged 5 percent within minutes of the open, in what became the largest “flash crash” since 2010. The sudden downward pressure led to a massive panic across the market. 

Prior to the opening bell on Monday, August 24, 2015, market optimists may have hoped that the S&P 500 would be approaching the 2200 mark within a year. Five minutes later, it was the last thought on their minds.

The six degrees of separation theory is a theory that each person in the world can be connected to every other person in the world in only six steps. The same theory could easily apply to the self-driving car industry. In fact, all the major players in autonomous driving can be connected in much fewer…

Dividend investors are primarily looking for two things when choosing stocks: high yield and reliability. Maintaining a dividend through thick and thin is one thing, but actually raising it during recessions, economic crises and cyclical business downturns is even more impressive.

There’s a whole class of traders out there that trade merger & acquisition (M&A) rumors and news. When one company makes a buyout bid for another company, the bid is typically priced at a premium to the target company’s market value at the time of the bid. As a result, buyout offers typically result in…