Social Stocks on the move: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is taking another stab at ephemeral mobile messaging with an app called Slingshot. The app is designed to appeal to fans of Snapchat and other messaging apps that let people send self-destructing messages to friends. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 1.86% in last session and finished the day at $65.60. Traded volume was 35.57million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Social Stocks on the move: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)

Watch List: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp (NYSE:AP), Industrial Services of America (NASDAQ:IDSA), The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSEMKT:GRC), Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN)

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) needs to have more data to back that they do provide value as an advertising platform, Kara Swisher said in a recent discussion on CNBC. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) stock finished the day at $38.02. Traded volume was 30.32million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 23.31million shares. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) insider ownership is 0.80%. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. … Continue reading Watch List: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp (NYSE:AP), Industrial Services of America (NASDAQ:IDSA), The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSEMKT:GRC), Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN)

Hot Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), GNC Holdings (NYSE:GNC), Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE)

Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), whose valuation is partially pinned on its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., declined after China’s largest e-commerce company reported slower quarterly revenue growth. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance was -5.77% in last session and finished the day at $34.81. Traded volume was 930.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 21.85million shares. The beta of … Continue reading Hot Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), GNC Holdings (NYSE:GNC), Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE)

Tech Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) CTO Michael Todd Schroepfer sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.53, for a total value of $1,270,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer now directly owns 182,485 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,593,272. Facebook Inc … Continue reading Tech Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

Hot Movers: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ:DNDN), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) was added to the “model portfolio” of JPMorgan’s European banking analysts Monday, who also added Banco Popular to the list following last week’s moves by the European Central Bank to improve funding to the banking sector. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) stock performance was -5.13% in last session and finished the day at $3.88. Traded volume was 8.96million … Continue reading Hot Movers: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ:DNDN), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB)

Twitter stock (NYSE:TWTR) to Benefit from Soccer World Cup Fever

This year’s World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp just as it progresses in stadiums from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. Nearly 40 percent of Facebook’s 1.28 billion users are football fans. On Tuesday, the world’s biggest online social network is adding new features to help fans follow the World Cup — the world’s most widely viewed sporting event — which takes place in Brazil from June 12th to July 13th.

Largely ignored during much of last year’s 30 percent rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the stocks leading the U.S. market this year rank among its usually sleepiest components. The best sector in 2014 is utilities, including Consolidated Edison. They’re up 14.5 percent on a total return basis this year, compared with 6.4 percent for the S&P 500 as a whole.

The Soccer World Cup in Brazil will be the most tweeted global event ever, according to a report from Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). Brazil’s Twitter director Guilherme Ribenboim said the volume of messages sent during the month-long competition starting on June 12 will dwarf the 150 million tweets sent about the 2012 London Olympic Games. “We have been showing them how they should use the Twitter platform, how to use hashtags, how to engage with their fans.”

Twitter is also bringing back the “hashflags” it introduced in the 2010 World Cup. Users who tweet three-letter country codes for participating nations — such as BRA for Brazil or ESP for Spain — will see the country’s flag appear in their tweet. Twitter says it will then tally the mentions in its “World Cup of tweets.”

Continue reading “Twitter stock (NYSE:TWTR) to Benefit from Soccer World Cup Fever”