Thanks for checking out this week's In Focus, our look into a company, companies, or markets that made the Wall Street news cycle. This week we bring Google and FedEx in focus. Google Enters Gaming This week Google (GOOGL) announced Stadia, it's live streaming video game service. From the demo it looks great, but... I've said it in these In Focus writings before, I grew up a gamer, I still consider myself a gamer, just with too little time to play. I've seen many companies e

Thanks for checking out this week's In Focus, our look into a company, companies, or markets that made the Wall Street news cycle. This week we bring Amazon back in focus. Blackmail, Scandal, and D!ck Pics! Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos released a blog discussing an attempt by American Media Inc.(AMI), the publisher of The National Enquirer to blackmail him. According to Bezos AMI has obtained personal photos of him and girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, including a d*ck pic. A decade into

Amazon announced on Thursday that it will acquire the online pharmacy PillPack. There has been speculation for quite a while that Amazon would enter and disrupt the healthcare industry. In typical fashion of Amazon announcements, stocks of companies who operate in the invaded industry declined in pre-market trading. Stocks prices of Walgreens Boot Alliance (WBA) and CVS Health (CVS) fell sharply on the news. To Continue Reading Full Story, We've previously discussed how inves

The New Boogie Monster The new boogie monster is the second most used search engine online, has the second largest cloud platform, and is the number one retailer. Do you want electronics, toys, games, books, clothing, music, video, streaming? The new boogie monster has it. Under one name you can purchase almost anything you can think of. There is no longer a need to go to bestbuy.com, then toysrus.com, then gamestop.com, then macys.com, then barnesandnobles.com, and then who

In 2017 we could not get away from the conversation around artificial intelligence. Is it good, is it bad, will it take our jobs, or will it help solve the world's problems? There are conflicting answers for all of the questions posed, but the reality of artificial intelligence and machine learning is that it is here. The technology that seemed far, far away is here. Our apps, software, smart phones, cameras, cars, and smart speakers, are no longer just reacting, they are lea

Spotify is Going Public It's been reported by Danny Vena of Motely Fool that the music streaming company Spotify has filed registration documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public. Spotify becoming a publicly traded company has been rumored to happen for a while now, but instead of pursuing an Initial Public Offering (IPO), Spotify will look to do a Direct Public Offering (DPO). What's a DPO and Why a DPO? In a DPO the company offers its shares di