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MarketWatch rounded up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week.
1. Zuckerberg’s performance
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fared quite well in his testimony before two congressional committees this week. Here’s additional coverage and opinion:
2. Other tech stocks
Here are five overlooked tech stocks that could leave the FAANG group behind. (FAANG stands for Facebook, Apple Amazon.com Netflix and Google holding company Alphabet )
3. Bed Bath boo-boo
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond dropped 20% on Thursday. Here’s one reason the company is having difficulty competing.
4. Paul Ryan is leaving
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has announced he will not seek reelection in November. He plans to remain speaker until the end of his term, but some Republicans question whether it is a good idea to have a lame-duck speaker heading into the elections. Tim Mullaney believes Ryan is leaving behind a terrible mess.
5. IPO of a company that expects to ride a tremendous trend
More companies are moving to subscription models to keep money flowing in and Zuora expects to ride this trend by providing better enterprise resource planning (ERP) software than its major competitors, which include SAP and Oracle
6. This retailer is forcing its suppliers to behave
The actions of this retailer reflect a growing industry trend to force wholesalers to be more environmentally responsible.
7. A more realistic way to plan for retirement
Traditional retirement planning no longer works, according to Mark Jaeger, who offers a different approach.
8. Advice for investors from the head of the world’s largest asset management company
During a period of higher market volatility with swings and frightening headlines every day. this advice from Larry Fink is remarkably simple.
9. Trade bluster cools for now
William Watts considers the meaning behind China President Xi Jinping’s recent comments about trade import restrictions.
10. Intriguing coming attractions for the Apple Watch
Patent filings indicate future models of the Apple Watch will be able to do some amazing and helpful things.
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