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Online Trading In 2018: Brokerage Execs Talk Mobile Apps, Cryptocurrency And Regulation
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - 3:42pm | 719Read More...Brokerage expert Theresa Carey took the temperature of top executives from the sector at the 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards on emerging trends in a sector that’s rapidly shifting to mobile platforms and intersecting with new instruments such as cryptocurrencies. European Data Rules...
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Interactive Brokers Group Is Buying Covestor
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 5:25pm | 168Read More...Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) agreed to acquire the privately-held online online investment management platform Covestor for an undisclosed amount. Interactive's President Milan Galik said the acquisition will help the company "provide a more complete service to roboadvisor...
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Apple Crossed $700B - Will Microsoft Soon Follow?
Friday, November 28, 2014 - 10:36am | 592Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly rallied to a $700 billion market cap this week, highlighting the Mac-maker's success as the largest enterprise in the world. Now that the dust has settled, investors only have one question: Which company will hit $700 billion next? "I would put my...
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Will BlackBerry's iPhone Trade-In Deal Boost Sales?
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 7:17pm | 593Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) is offering up to $550 to persuade consumers to trade in their iPhone for a Passport. The deal starts on December 1 and includes every model between the iPhone 4S and iPhone 6/6 Plus. While most users are unlikely to trade in an iPhone 6 a couple months after its...
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Will Microsoft Corporation's Windows 10 Outsell Windows 8, OS X?
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 1:42pm | 734Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) teased its next OS this week and announced that will be called Windows 10. The new version contains a real Start button and looks like a cross between Windows 7 and Windows 8. Thomas H. Yorke, managing director of Oceanic Capital Management, told Benzinga...
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Experts, Investors Applaud eBay Inc-PayPal Split
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 11:09am | 550Read More...Investors, experts and industry analysts have applauded eBay Inc's (NASDAQ: EBAY) decision to part ways with PayPal. "I think they had to do it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told Benzinga. "I think it has to be free to be able to compete with what Apple...
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Apple's 'Reactive' Strategy Led To New Hires, Not New Products
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 11:25am | 709Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has attracted a lot of new talent over the past 12 months, but where are the new products? Some bloggers believe that Apple acquired Beats Electronics to perfect and promote the long-awaited iWatch. They have pointed to Apple's recent hires -- TAG Heuer's Patrick...
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In Defense of Defense Stocks
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 12:49pm | 282Read More...A story on Covestor details five reasons why defense stocks could outperform. The article, by Michael Tarsala, states that, when Russian President Vladimir Putin spends $770 billion on 400 new nukes and 2,300 new tanks, that is a challenge to the U.S. to keep up. Tarsala then details five reasons...








