Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)

Let me give you the items I want to see before I bless buying anything in what has become a plain, out and out, treacherous market.

Though CSCO has tried to transition into a growth name, the stock remains a value play.

Hate Trump or like Trump, the economy does respond to a lower Fed funds rate.

Plus, defense contractors remain stocks to own as geopolitical risk isn't going away.

The networking giant was reportedly willing to pay much more than $7 billion for infrastructure and app monitoring software firm Datadog, which delivered a strong IPO on Thursday.

A trade deal still seems far away, so check your China exposure, again, as earnings season approaches.

I like the risk-reward here for traders.

The cybersecurity name fired off some punches at the competition and picked up another bolt-on acquisition amid earnings.

Marvell brushed off a light quarterly outlook, while Workday slumped in spite of raising its guidance. Valuations are a factor, but so are long-term expectations.

Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade Wars continue to weigh on many tech companies with Marvell being no exception.

Everyone seems to be either thinking we're going to hell in a handbasket or that we're strong and nothing's wrong -- here's my take.

CSCO appears a bearish drag on the Dow Jones industrial average, so proceed with caution.

Stocks to buy on this volatile global macro environment, and what needs to change to avoid a recession.

Former presidential adviser James Carville was right about the bond market being intimidating; it is right now.

As is the case with CA, Broadcom wants to significantly cut the spending of Symantec's enterprise security unit and streamline its offerings. But the unit faces a tougher competitive environment than CA's core mainframe software business.

LYFT's earnings beat appears to be giving hope to Uber investors in advance of its own report later Thursday, but the two rivals have key strengths to watch, such as Lyft's U.S. focus and Uber's move on food delivery.

AAOI remains green into its earnings after the close on Wednesday.

Let's check to see if the charts say 'bye' instead of 'buy'.

The deal drives home the importance of cutting-edge optical component and module technology to networking hardware vendors. It also might strengthen Cisco's sales pitch to cloud giants.

Analog chip suppliers, optical component firms and chip equipment makers could be among the firms that see M&A interest if trade tensions continue to ease.

Broadcom's success to date at making its $18.9 billion acquisition of CA Technologies work provides reason to think a Symantec acquisition could also pay off. But there are differences between Symantec and CA.

Do we finally have too many new stocks, and are we running out of ammunition to buy them without wholesale liquidation of other stocks?

Oracle tells investors it can regain the crown it once held among enterprises and end-users, but some aren't so sure.

On a historic day when we set new records, let's look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average's Top 10 winners to see how lofty -- or nosebleed -- we really are.

Our brewing Cold War over regional and global spheres of influence with China, has forced some merger activity across the aerospace and defense industry.

They may be too rich now, but they made you rich if you stuck with them.