Why Netflix Stock Lost 17% in June

Russ Cohen

Key Points Netflix co-founder and longtime CEO Reed Hastings left the board at the beginning of the month. Media outlets reported that the company had put in a bid for Roku and was interested in Lionsgate. The stock is down more than 40% from a year ago as its valuation may have gotten stretched. 10 … Read more

F & GM's Deals With Micron: Is MU Stock Worth Buying Now?

Russ Cohen

Micron Technology MU received another vote of confidence from the auto industry after signing a long-term agreement with Ford F to supply memory and storage solutions for the automaker’s next-generation vehicles. The deal comes just days after Micron announced a similar supply agreement with General Motors GM, highlighting the chipmaker’s growing role in powering increasingly … Read more

Blockchain

Fiserv’s Debit Network Talks Raise a Bigger Question for Visa and Mastercard

Russ Cohen

A consortium of Tier 1 U.S. lenders is exploring a $15 billion acquisition of the STAR debit network to bypass federal fee caps and circumvent legacy interchange fees. As traditional credit networks face compounding headwinds from capped merchant settlements and the adoption of decentralized payments, this potential regulatory arbitrage poses a severe structural threat to … Read more