Sanmit Amin

According to the latest research by eMarketer, Amazon is taking a larger share of US digital ad space.

Music streaming service providers Spotify (SPOT) and Apple Music (AAPL) continue to gain subscribers.

Recently, Apple (AAPL) stock breached a valuation of $1 trillion and became the first public company to reach the landmark.

According to recent analysis, the number of customers using OEM contactless payments will grow to 450 million by 2020.

Snap (SNAP) stock has rallied 27.0% since the sharp decline it saw after it announced disappointing first-quarter 2018 results in May.

Instagram users spent as much as 53 minutes per day in June compared to Facebook’s 58.5 minutes per day.

AT&T (T) said on June 25 that it had agreed to acquire AppNexus, an ad tech company, for an undisclosed amount.

Oracle (ORCL) reported its fiscal 2018 results on June 19. Its fiscal 2018 revenues rose 6.0% YoY to reach $39.8 billion—its fastest growth since 2011.

HelloFresh saw its 2017 revenues touch $1.0 billion in 2017, which is a 52.0% increase from the revenues it generated in 2016.

Retail giant Walmart (WMT) will expand its home delivery of groceries from its current total of six cities to 100 cities by the end of this year.

Alphabet (GOOG) announced on January 25, 2018, that it is launching its 13th unit—cybersecurity company Chronicle.

While Samsung (SSNLF) has been the leader in smartphones in terms of units sold, Apple (AAPL) may be catching up.

Netflix noted that it would spend $8 billion on original content in 2018.

On Sunday, October 8, TCL Communication officially announced an all-touchscreen, water-resistant BlackBerry Motion smartphone at GITEX Technology Week in Dubai.

Tencent posts record earnings and revenue Tencent Holdings (TCEHY), China’s biggest gaming and social media company by revenue, reported its fiscal 2Q17 results on Wednesday, August 16. The Shenzhen-based company beat forecasts and reported its best-ever quarterly results. Its strong results were driven by higher income from its popular Honor of Kings mobile game, triple-digit growth […]

According to Euromonitor, Alibaba and JD.com make up two-thirds of the Chinese online retail market.

While Uber operates in 633 cities around the world, it faces stiff competition from local companies like Careem in the Middle East, Grab in Southeast Asia, and Ola in India.

Amazon sold bonds to finance Whole Foods acquisition On August 15, Amazon (AMZN) sold $16 billion in bonds to fund its acquisition of Whole Foods (WFM). The bonds were met with robust demand from investors, as the tech giant rarely visits the bond market. Amazon is taking advantage of a good borrowing environment. Amazon’s bond sale is the […]

Microsoft (MSFT) stock hit an all-time high of $74.30 on Thursday, July 20, 2017, on the back of strong fiscal 4Q17 results.

Microsoft has already agreed to partner with Qualcomm to develop server chips.

Trump could take measures to allow easy access to cheaper imported drugs. That has caused the underperformance of pharmaceutical stocks.

Small-cap stocks have outperformed large caps on a regular basis since 1926. Small-cap stocks had a stellar year in 2016.

Another factor that impacts small-cap stocks’ performance is the yield curve. The yield curve has remained on the flatter side since the recession.

Higher inflation rates suggest that the economy might be improving. It’s good for small caps. They tend to outperform large caps during economic upturns.

Donald Trump wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act (or ACA) and replace it with a new act that encourages free-market competition.

The dismantling of Dodd-Frank regulations for banks should improve their profitabilities, which explains why their stocks have soared since Trump’s win.

Market Realist’s Head of Macro and Commodity Research, Eric Shamilov, recently interviewed Dorsey Wright & Associates (DWA), a Nasdsaq Company, founder Tom Dorsey.

Lower oil prices and unemployment rates globally could support the restaurant industry.

GDP growth has explained 30% of returns in the consumer discretionary sector in the last ten years. This compares to only 20% for the consumer staples sector.

Alternatives improve your portfolio’s risk-adjusted returns. Let’s consider the correlation between stocks, bonds, and commodities. They’re alternative investments.