The total number of M&A deals dipped a bit in 2016, but total deal value surged 44 percent to $218.9 billion. With interest rates still historically low and the U.S. economy still firing on all cylinders, 2017 will likely be another strong year for M&A deals.

Macy’s Inc M 0.13% shares are reeling on Thursday, down 13.5 percent following disappointing November-December sales comps and a guidance cut. Macy’s is looking to right the ship with some aggressive cost-cutting initiatives that includes shutting down another 63 stores by the middle of 2017.

If Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG 1.67% ever gets its act together, the stock has some impressive short squeeze potential. Chipotle’s struggles following 2015 food safety outbreaks have been well-documented. Opportunistic dip buyers such as Bill Ackman have yet to be rewarded for their turnaround bets.

Shares of Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW 5.31% were plummeting 9.2 percent on Thursday as the 2017 New Year’s resolution season gets into full swing. The selloff may be mostly profit-taking after a huge positive move in the stock in recent weeks.

Cloud computing has been one of the major themes in the tech world and on Wall Street in the past couple of years, but is it too late to be investing in the cloud in 2017? According to Pacific Crest analyst Brent Bracelin, there is still plenty of money to be made on the cloud.

Santa must not have been impressed by how nice Macy’s Inc M 0.13% and its shareholders were in 2016 because they have gotten a big lump of coal in their stockings this holiday season.

It hasn’t been a happy New Year for shareholders of some of America’s top brick-and-mortar retailers.

One topic guaranteed to trigger a heated debate among most groups of Americans is just how socialist America has become these days. Plenty of people believe programs like the Affordable Care Act, welfare, Social Security and food stamps have already made America too much of a socialist country.

After more than 70 years of being studied, emulated and critiqued, the world’s richest investor, Warren Buffett, still takes Wall Street by surprise every now and again.

There’s no question that 2017 will be a critical year for Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 1%. The company and its shareholders are making a huge bet that the Model 3 can transform a niche luxury electric car company into a dominant global force in the automotive industry worthy of the stock’s $36.9 billion market cap.