Sanmit Amin

International Business Machines (IBM) reported its 2Q17 results on Tuesday, July 18. The company reported falling quarterly profits and sales yet again.

Social media giant Twitter (TWTR) saw its stock price surge 7.3% on March 14, 2018.

Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT) has seen its stock rise 25% since it debuted in April.

Cobra Kai, a spin-off of Karate Kid that stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, is part of YouTube Red’s lineup of original content.

Facebook (FB) saw the worst year in its history last year.

Spotify (SPOT) reported a spectacular subscriber growth in the second quarter. It now has 83 million paid subscribers.

Twitter (TWTR) announced it will be closing its TV apps on streaming devices Roku (ROKU), Xbox, and Android TV as of May 24.

Apple (AAPL) was the biggest public company by market cap between 2011 and last November, when holding that title became a game of cat and mouse.

Amazon (AMZN) stock closed at its highest point ever on July 11, at $1,755.

Spotify (SPOT) generated 1.27 billion euros (or $1.49 billion) in revenue for the second quarter, up 26% from Q2 2017.

China’s (FXI) smartphone market saw its first annual decline in 2017, according to research firm Canalys. Total shipments declined 4.0% in 2017 to 459.0 million units.

Snapchat recently rolled out the biggest update to its app in more than three years. However, the update is facing a massive revolt by many users.

Facebook (FB) estimates that the sharing on its platform via Stories (pictures and videos that disappear in 24 hours) could exceed sharing via Facebook’s News Feed.

Snapchat’s parent company Snap (SNAP) has been laying off employees recently to curb rising expenses.

Snap (SNAP) announced disappointing earnings for the first fiscal quarter earlier this month and said that Snapchat’s redesign was the culprit.

The number of American households using only OTT (over-the-top) streaming services has nearly tripled since 2013.

Qualcomm (QCOM) reported its fiscal 4Q17 results on November 1, 2017. It easily beat revenue and earnings expectations despite the year-long legal battle with Apple (AAPL).

Wearable device shipments grew 7.7% in 4Q17 According to IDC Research, the wearables market (WEAR) saw growth in 4Q17 and fiscal 2017, mostly due to the increasing popularity of smartwatches.  Global wearable shipments reached 37.9 million units, marking a decent 7.7% increase from the same quarter last year. In 2017, total wearable device sales rose 10.3% […]

China Telecom, a company run by the Chinese government, announced on July 17 that it is now in charge of storing Chinese users’ iCloud data.

Chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM) reported its fiscal 2Q18 financial results on Wednesday, April 25.

The stock market has seen a huge correction over the last few sessions. On Monday, February 5, the broad S&P 500 Index (SPY) fell a whopping 4.1%.

Bloomberg has reported that Facebook (FB) is planning to design chips to power its servers, AI (artificial intelligence) software, and smart speakers, according to a recent job filing.

Earlier this year, Apple said it will be spending a whopping $1 billion on original content over the next couple of years.

Snap (SNAP) has had a blockbuster year, rising 104.5% as the company’s steps toward revival have wowed investors.

Amazon’s (AMZN) Amazon Web Service (or AWS) announced on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, that media giant Comcast (CMCSA) has made AWS its preferred public cloud provider.

Apple has announced a $300 million fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China over the next four years.

Snap’s social media platform, Snapchat, has seen its user growth curbed recently due to intense competition from Instagram.

The Charge 3 will be able to display pop-up notifications from apps like Facebook.

If you had to sum up investing in the US markets after the Great Recession in a few words, you would probably say something like “the quest for yield.”

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock has fallen 9.1% YTD and 30% from its high in 2018.

Esports (ESPO) continue to gain in popularity.

Dividend stocks have underperformed this year so far. The dividend yield measures dividends payed by a company in the last 12 months relative to its share price.

Technology stocks rose a combined 2.3% in the week ended June 23, 2017, after three weeks of negative returns. The S&P 500 Index rose just 0.2% in the same period.

On Tuesday, July 11, 2017, Intel (INTC) launched a new generation of microprocessor chips from the Xeon Scalable family.

On June 27, Microsoft (MSFT) made a deal with Box (BOX) to partner on cloud computing technology. Microsoft has a significant cloud partner in Box.

The European Commission fined Google (GOOGL) ~$2.7 billion, on Tuesday, June 27, for abusing its monopoly.

Blue Apron stock plunges yet again There has been no respite for meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron (APRN) since it went public last month. Its stock fell 12% on Monday after Amazon (AMZN) filed a trademark application for prepared food kits. Amazon has been the main driver of grocery stock since it announced that it will […]

A new survey by IHS Markit found that only 6% of smart speaker owners are currently using the device to control smart home devices.

Rising US-China trade tensions have caused all assets, and especially bond markets, to move considerably over the last few sessions.

Apple has finally started paying back tax benefits to the Irish government.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet (GOOGL)(GOOG), announced its 4Q17 financial results on Thursday, February 1.

Apple (AAPL) unveiled a new version of its iPad tablet at its education event in Chicago on Tuesday, March 27.

Chinese Internet giant Tencent (TCEHY) has seen its stock plunge recently due to the Chinese government’s crackdown on online gaming.

Netflix (NFLX) announced yesterday that it would be creating a Toronto production hub, which is expected to hire 1,850 Canadians per year.

Technology stocks (QQQ) rose 0.6% during the week ended July 7, 2017, compared to the 0.1% rise in the S&P 500 Index (SPY).

Facebook (FB) has announced that it will no longer use data from third-party data providers, which helped it sell targeted ads.

Netflix (NFLX) stock fell 6.5% on Monday, June 25, after signs that the US–China trade war could intensify. On June 26, NFLX surged 3.9%.

The video streaming sector is getting more competitive by the day.

Amazon’s Other segment, which mostly consists of ad revenues, grew 132.0% year-over-year to reach $2.0 billion in 1Q18.

Netflix has been launching a wide range of content to cater to more people in order to reel in more subscribers.

Social media company Snap (SNAP) saw its stock soar 45.0% on February 7, 2018, after it posted surprisingly good results on February 6.

Social-media company Twitter (TWTR) said that it will start testing a new limit of 280 characters.

The European Union’s far-reaching GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect on May 25.

Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) had a decent second quarter.

Amazon.com (AMZN) posted its fiscal 3Q17 numbers last week, handily beating its earnings and revenue estimates.

Social media company Snap (SNAP) reported its fiscal 4Q17 earnings on Tuesday, February 6. The company surprised the markets with a stellar performance.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung recently confirmed that it was delaying the release of its much-anticipated Galaxy Fold.

According to Canalys’s forecasts, only 2 million virtual reality headsets were sold worldwide in 2016, with Facebook’s Oculus selling only 400,000 units.

The US-China trade war escalated very quickly this month. This has caused global equities to plunge and safe havens like gold and treasuries to surge.

After a lull, Bitcoin (BTC) has finally taken off again. The cryptocurrency climbed to $8,297 on May 14.

Cryptocurrencies have had a 2017-like rally recently, which has seen Bitcoin (BTC) more than double in less than two months.

Cryptocurrencies continued their exceptional run on June 26. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 15% and reached $13,400—a 17-month high.

Hedge funds are built to outperform an index by a wide margin, and those that do so are generally able to charge a 2% management fee…

Netflix will be accessible in more hotel rooms soon due to a new partnership with Dish’s (DISH) Evolve Hospitality offering.

Square’s (SQ) peer-to-peer payment app is beginning to look like a bank account.

Chinese tech giant Tencent (TCEHY) posted better-than-expected Q2 earnings. Its revenue growth accelerated in Q2 due to a rebound in its gaming segment.

Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone has seen its average selling price spike since it launched the iPhone X two years ago due to the higher costs of its OLED screens.

Despite the trade war and the inverted yield curve, the S&P 500 Index is down 1.8% this month. Its resiliency reflects the US consumer sector’s strength.

During the market’s recent volatile phase, tech stocks have lagged. Since July 26, the S&P 500 Index is down 3.8% and the Nasdaq Composite is down 4.2%.

Apple (AAPL) announced today that its Apple Card is available to US customers today. This month, AAPL tested the card with a limited group of consumers.

Today, President Trump tweeted that he wants the Fed to cut the federal funds rate by “at least 100 basis points.” The Fed rates by 25 basis points in July.

The US Dollar Index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of other currencies, has risen 2.2% in the past month.

Chinese tech giant Tencent’s (TCEHY) recent Q2 earnings revealed YoY revenue growth of 20.6% to $12.9 billion. Tencent’s net profit surged 35% YoY.

The stock market has seen big moves both ways this week. The S&P 500 (SPY) has surged 1.3% today as bond yields have risen.

Global stock markets fell after the US yield curve inverted, an indicator of a future recession. Does it necessarily lead to a recession?

On Thursday, Apple shared an update on its promise. The company is on track to hit its promise of contributing $350 billion to the US economy by 2023.

The major bright spot in Apple’s (AAPL) recent earnings was the growth in its “Wearables, Home and Accessories” division—but don’t overlook Apple Watch.

Goldman Sachs (GS) is entering the consumer finance space as the bank behind the upcoming Apple Card. But is this a smart move for the investment bank?

Tencent reported its second-quarter earnings results today. It beat analysts’ earnings estimates, but its revenue growth was shy of estimates.

Tuesday’s stock market respite was short-lived. The S&P 500 Index fell 2.1% today after the yield curve inverted, an indicator of an impending recession.

Apple’s iPhone users haven’t been able to use Spotify via Siri. However, that may change as the companies are reportedly in talks to allow that capability.

It appears that President Donald Trump delayed tariffs to give stock markets some respite and boost the consumer sector.

Chinese music streaming giant Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) reported its second-quarter earnings results after the closing bell on August 12.

Microsoft showed stellar results in its fiscal fourth-quarter 2019 earnings. The software maker saw strong growth in most segments.

The ten-year Treasury yield hit a seven-year high of 3.2% back in October as US stocks were surging—but things have changed a lot since then.

India is the second-largest smartphone market in the world, and it’s one market Apple has found it tough to crack.

On Thursday, Apple (AAPL) launched the fifth public beta version of its new operating systems. The beta includes iOS 13, iPad OS, and tvOS 13.

Dish Network stock (DISH) surged nearly 4% on Thursday after chairman Charlie Ergen announced that he bought around half a million shares for $15.7 million.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock is up 37.6% YTD, with a market cap over $1.05 trillion. The tech giant has been the most valuable public company for most of 2019.

Apple’s smart speaker, the HomePod, has struggled to gain market share. Shipments haven’t improved despite the company cutting prices.

Apple’s bottom line has taken a hit once more. The tech behemoth reported a net profit that remains extremely robust but it was down 12.8%.

The second-ranked player in the cloud market, Microsoft Azure grew 64% YoY in the June quarter—a slowdown from 73% growth in the March quarter.

Yesterday, Twilio SendGrid—an email marketing and API provider—unveiled the beta launch of Twilio SendGrid Ads. Will the launch boost the stock?

Snapchat’s parent, Snap (SNAP), is seeking to raise funds through a new proposed private debt offering of $1 billion.

President Trump’s economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, said in an interview with CNBC today that the Chinese economy is “crumbling.”

The Apple Card is available. The first group of public test users is trying the card. The company unveiled the card five months ago.

Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone revenue has fallen in double digits for three consecutive quarters. AAPL stock has fallen over 14% since October 2018.

In the last week or so, major indexes have plunged as the US-China trade war has quickly escalated, leaving investors rattled.

Facebook (FB) has made a few changes to Instagram and WhatsApp by adding its own brand name alongside the apps acquired in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Pinterest reported its second-quarter results after the closing bell yesterday. It soared over 15% in after-hours trading after it beat expectations.