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Shares of Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK) soared after its 2015 initial public offering but are now down by around 25 percent since the company's first day of trading. But the company is still in the very early stages of its long-term plan, which should bode well for investors. Shake Shack is only...

Monday marks the 25th anniversary of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) becoming a public company. To commemorate the anniversary, Starbucks CFO Scott Maw was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to talk about the past and the future. When Starbucks became a public company, it boasted...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced Monday new steps to protect advertisers from having their brand exposed to offensive and hateful content on YouTube, including the use of artificial intelligence technologies. Google's approach to combat offensive and hate content is certainly a...

Who cares about politics? Investors clearly don't, at least according to Morgan Stanley's Ruchir Sharma. Investors want to care about politics and use it as a factor in decision making, but at the end of the day politics in developed countries like the United States is "minimal,"...

Many Wall Street analysts and investors were not initially supportive of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s multi-billion acquisition of its sister company SolarCity. For instance, notable fund manager James Chanos said the acquisition represents a "shameful example of corporate governance at its worst."...

Billionaire investor and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shareholder Ron Baron explained Tuesday morning why he remains bullish on the company even though the stock has already gained nearly 70 percent in 2017 alone. Baron was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" and proudly stated that his firm...

Internet stocks suffered a notable pull-back Friday, but an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) downgrade Monday morning merely added to the bearish sentiment. As such, the question fresh on many investors mind: Is now a time to be buyers of internet stocks or sellers? RBC Capital Markets' Mark Mahaney, one...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is best known for operating as a flawless cross-platform company and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is on a mission to duplicate the strategy. The only problem is, Musk faces many more tailwinds ahead, according to Robert Safian, "Fast Company" editor....

Did you know Friday is National Doughnut Day? While most investors are excited to celebrate the unofficial national holiday, are they just as excited to invest in a name synonymous with the pastry: quick service restaurant and coffee chain Dunkin Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ: DNKN)? Dunkin's CEO...

MoffetNathanson's Michael Nathanson was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Wednesday to discuss a problem that plagues both Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s stock: monetization. President Trump Isn't A Positive Nathanson said Twitter's platform isn't set up properly to be...

Shares of Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (NYSE: KORS) lost around 10 percent Wednesday and traded at their lowest level in years after the company's fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat was overshadowed by poor guidance. Investors looking at the stock's decline and thinking it represents a...

Economist Mohamed El-Erian was a guest on CNBC Wednesday to explain why the "Trump trade" is over and what it has been replaced with. The Trump trade refers to investors buying stocks under the assumption that President Trump's administration will implement favorable policies to...

Which company will hit a $1 trillion valuation first, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (current valuation $430 billion) or Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (current valuation $756 billion)? According to Piper Jaffray's Michael Olson, Amazon will be first to hit the coveted milestone even though Apple has a...

It's safe to say the vast majority of people won't know what it's like to lose $800 million throughout their lifetime. But ask Warren Buffett what it feels like to lose this amount in a single day and his answer might be anything but panic, anger and frustration. Buffett owns 81.2...