Bloomberg Gadfly

There is an opportunity for investors to make a quick 150 percent return. No, this isn't some sort of penny stock or binary option trading scam. It is the Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) merger. According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Liam Denning, the spread between...

Malls are dying, apparently. So when an anchor tenant like Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) announced plans to close 100 stores it merely sped up the official demise of malls, right? According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, this couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, mall owners, such as...

If Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW)'s strategy moving forward is simply finding a new CEO and banking on the popularity of its "front woman" Oprah Winfrey, then the company may be in trouble. According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, Weight Watchers' search for a CEO to replace...

Despite all the negativity surrounding brick-and-mortar retail, especially in the electronics space, Barclays still believes Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) is a compelling value investment. The investment bank said that Best Buy is "well positioned to take modest share within the muted growth...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s upgraded Watch product, called the Apple Watch Series 2, will blow the competition out of the water, including Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT), right? Not so fast, says Bloomberg Gadfly's Gillian Tan. According to Tan, Apple's new Watch does contain a few "...

Anheuser Busch Inbev SA (ADR) (NYSE: BUD)'s proposed $105 billion acquisition of rival SABMiller plc (ADR) (OTC: SBMRY) is expected to cost the company just short of $2 billion in advisory fees, expenses and taxes. While this price tag may seem high, it pales in comparison to the $9 billion AB...

Activist investor Bill Ackman disclosed a 9.9 percent stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG). Ackman also noted that Chipotle's stock is "undervalued" and represents an "attractive investment." According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo and Tara Lachapelle, the...

Make Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) great again? According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Shira Ovide, Apple will indeed be great — just not after Wednesday's "annual media circus." According to Ovide, it has been an "awful" year for Apple by its own "high standards." With that said, she has an "...

It's no secret that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is in direct competition with big oil. Tesla's electric vehicles equate to their car owner never again paying another visit to the gas pump. As noted by Bloomberg Gadfly's Liam Denning, Tesla is merely a company that burns through cash, misses...

The once struggling department store J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) is now expected to post a $1 billion profit this year — the first time doing so since 2012. So, What Happened? According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, the first step of JC Penney's turnaround was...

The bearish case against owning GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has been well communicated to the market. The company is a retailer of physical hardware and video games that consumers can easily purchase online or download directly through their console. GameStop's stock plunged more than 10 percent on...

Carl Icahn may want to sell his winning stake in Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) to fellow billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who made a losing $1 billion bet against the company in 2012. According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Tara Lachapelle, the real story here isn't the fact that Ackman's...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)'s turnaround story appears to be playing out as planned, and the company is well positioned for continued growth, especially in the domestic business. However, with a lot of the focus on the domestic business, many investors may be ignoring Wal-Mart's international...

China's economy isn't growing as fast as it used to. The economy grew 6.7 percent in the second quarter, which falls short of 2015's 6.9 percent growth rate, which also happens to be its slowest pace of growth in a quarter century. Nevertheless, the economy is still growing and many assume that...

Investors withdrew more than $25 billion last month from hedge funds at a time when many insiders are claiming the industry is "under assault." According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Christopher Langner, the mass exodus of customers out of hedge funds is not a sign that the industry is dying, but it is...