China-based video game firm and Web portal NetEase (NTES) is set to report Q2 earnings after the close Wednesday, with at least some analysts expecting the company to post a strong quarter thanks to rising popularity for its games. The most high-profile game of late is “Fantasy Westward Journey Mobile,” the mobile version of NetEase’s franchise PC game “Fantasy Westward Journey.” The mobile game launched on both Apple ‘s (AAPL) iOS and Google’s
Apple’s (AAPL) ballyhooed smartwatch went on sale Friday in select Best Buy (BBY) stores nationwide. It marked the first time that the Apple Watch has been available at retail stores in the U.S. other than Apple’s own shops. Best Buy announced July 26 that it would sell the Apple Watch through its online store and at more than 100 Best Buy stores starting Aug. 7. But Best Buy appears to have fallen well short of its goal. The retailer’s website
IBD’s latest Screen of the Day is Accelerating Mutual Fund Ownership, which lists the companies that mutual funds have been loading up on recently. The semiconductor sector had been hot this year, but Apple’s (AAPL) recent slide after it reported lower-than-expected iPhone sales dragged down many of its chip suppliers, including Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Qorvo (QRVO), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) and Avago Technologies (AVGO).