Akamai Technologies, Inc. reported third-quarter 2014 earnings of 56 cents per share.

For me current momentum is one of the most important attributes of a great stock.

1,900 on the S&P, 16,600 on the Dow! The month isn't quite over yet but we're up about 3% for the year now although, as Dave Fry points out, on record low volumes – which makes the whole thing sort of suspect.

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