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Choose Privacy Awareness Week Is Near: Let's Discuss The Biggest Data Breaches Of 2018
Friday, April 27, 2018 - 1:26pm | 566Whether you like it or not, most of your day-to-day activities leave behind digital footprint You access banking services, use online day trading outlets, store photos of your family on a cloud service, and enter credit card information online. As you know, this information isn’t completely...
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Investors Cheer Facebook, Tech Stocks Amid Zuckerberg Testimony
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 4:19pm | 583Tech stocks rallied Tuesday as Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before U.S. Senate members regarding the recent data scandal and consumer privacy policies. What Zuckerberg Said Zuckerberg confessed Facebook had not taken “a broad enough view” of its...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg On Data Privacy: 'My Mistake'
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 3:22pm | 491Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Washington, D.C., where he'll testify Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The executive is also set to speak to a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Tuesday. What He Said Zuckerberg will...
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Tech Strategist: Twitter Is The Main Beneficiary Of Facebook's Privacy Scandal
Friday, April 6, 2018 - 8:00am | 787Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) started 2018 with roughly the same valuation, but vastly different sentiments. Both companies started 2018 at around $18 billion in market cap, but a lot has occurred in the social media realm since then. First there was the infamous Kylie Jenner...
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Facebook's Privacy Scandal Will 'Linger,' But Aegis Capital Remains Bullish In The Long Run
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 1:45pm | 408Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s ongoing privacy saga has resulted in multiple high-profile companies suspending ties with the social media platform. Investors should expect the "storm to linger" in the near-term, but ultimately it "should pass," according to Aegis Capital....
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Baird: Will Data Scandal Impact Facebook Usage Metrics?
Monday, March 26, 2018 - 11:43am | 364Depending on who you ask, Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s data privacy fiasco may or may not spell the beginning of the end of the social media giant. The Analyst Baird Equity Research's Colin Sebastian maintains an Outperform rating on Facebook's stock with a price target lowered from...
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Gene Munster: After Facebook Fallout, Investors Could Flock To Privacy Safe Havens
Monday, March 26, 2018 - 10:18am | 483Amid the fallout over Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)’s privacy concerns, investors may pay special attention to “privacy safe havens” Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), said Loup Venture's Gene Munster. Facebook’s New Risk Factors...
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3 Charts That Show Facebook Is In For More Downside
Friday, March 23, 2018 - 2:17pm | 637VantagePoint Trading Software is a forecasting tool that uses both end of day data and artificial intelligence to provide traders a forecast of market movement. These forecasts are 1-3 days in advance and help traders improve their timing on making trades and maximizing profit potential. The...
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Lawsuits, WhatsApp And Zuckerberg: The Latest On Facebook
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 8:23am | 484Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was trading lower by more than 1.5 percent early Wednesday morning. The stock has been crushed this week amid reports of a potential data breach. Here is a summary of the latest developments. Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Cambridge Analytica, the data analytic firm...
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Credit Suisse: Facebook Investors Should Expect Continued Risk After Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 4:03pm | 403Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares were volatile Monday after reports that Cambridge Analytica harvested unauthorized user data through the social networking site in an attempt to collect information on voters in 2016. While the company should continue to generate long-term revenue, it's unclear...
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Analysis: The Facebook Data Controversy, And Why Wall Street Could Take It Harder Than Washington
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 12:06pm | 501After another 5 percent sell-off on Tuesday, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) stock is now down more than 13 percent in two days following reports that data from more than 50 million users was improperly shared during the 2016 campaign season. Facebook investors are concerned the company’s data-...
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Facebook's Data-Driven Sell-Off Weighs On The Markets
Monday, March 19, 2018 - 4:20pm | 653All eyes on Wall Street were focused on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) Monday after reports that data from more than 50 million users was improperly shared during the 2016 campaign season. The news sent Facebook’s FANG peers tumbling as well, perhaps on fears that their data-driven businesses...
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Investors Are Getting 'Sick' Of Facebook, Says Jim Cramer
Monday, March 19, 2018 - 1:59pm | 391Facbeook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is no stranger to negative headlines about user growth, combating fake news and now the latest controversy involving Cambridge Analytica. Cramer: Investors Losing Patience Investors are looking at the latest round of headlines and becoming "sick" of the...
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Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica, Might Have A Privacy Problem On Its Hands
Monday, March 19, 2018 - 8:26am | 545Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) investors woke up to a concerning development Monday related to the privacy of its users. What Happened Cambridge Analytica, a privately held company that specializes in data mining and data analytics, was able to mine data of more than 50 million Facebook users without...