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Alphabet reported its 3Q17 earnings on October 26, 2017. The company posted EPS (earnings per share) of $9.57, which beat analysts’ estimates of $8.33.

T-Mobile (TMUS) once again led the industry in year-over-year service revenue percentage growth in 1Q17. This marks the 12th consecutive quarter that TMUS has led the industry in this metric.

After 11 long months of uncertainty and many negotiations, Verizon (VZ) has completed its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core Internet assets. Let’s look at what’s in store for the US telecom space.

Twitter (TWTR) is considering rolling out a feature that could empower its users to report misleading or deceitful news stories, according to a Washington Post report.

T-Mobile (TMUS) once again led the US wireless sector in YoY (year-over-year) service revenue percentage growth in 3Q17.

Mexico has been a huge success story and should be a long-term value creator for AT&T (T).

US crude oil (USO) (OIIL) (USL) (DBO) futures contracts for May delivery closed at $48.24 per barrel on March 21, 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.

Analog Devices’ fiscal 1Q17 revenues will likely see seasonal declines, and this seasonality is something that it can’t escape.

Chesapeake Energy’s (CHK) 2016 debt management efforts included a combination of debt exchanges, open market repurchases, and equity-for-debt exchanges.

Non-farm payrolls in April showed a marginal improvement compared to March.

AT&T (T) will report its results for 3Q17 on October 24, 2017. Wall Street analysts are expecting the company’s earnings to increase in 3Q17.

In its quarter ended March 31, 2017, Sprint (S) reported total revenues of ~$8.5 billion, compared to ~$8.1 billion in March 2016.

Intel’s non-GAAP gross margin was almost flat at 63.2% in fiscal 2016. The company expects the margin to remain flat at around 63.0% in fiscal 2017.

The CBOE Volatility Index rose 0.6% in March 2018.

AMD slips back to losses in fiscal 1Q17 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported a 1% sequential revenue decline and its gross margin expanded between fiscal 1Q16 and fiscal 1Q17. However, the company slipped back to operating losses in fiscal 1Q17 after reporting operating profits in fiscal 4Q16. AMD’s profits are largely driven by volume sales, […]

We know the nation is politically divided, and now the market is showing us its split personality as well.

Billionaire investor George Soros recently shared his views on social media companies Facebook and Google.

Micron Technology (MU) is moving fast in both the DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and NAND (negative AND) space.

HP Inc. has valued its total available market (or TAM) at $560.0 billion.

Responding to increasing competition, Intel is set to launch the eighth-generation Coffee Lake Core i7-8700K processor.

Micron was mainly focused on DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) until 2016. However, the appointment of Sanjay Mehrotra as Micron’s CEO brought renewed focus on NAND.

The US-based (SPY) Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced its fiscal 4Q17 results on November 21 and reported revenue of $7.8 billion for the quarter, which ended in October 2017.

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google returned nearly 388%, 345%, 1,157%, and 217%, respectively, in the last five years.

On March 22, 2018, President Trump announced the imposition of retaliatory tariffs on up to $60 billion on China’s imports.

Key important US indicators released last week are US inflation and US retail sales.

Juniper Networks’ (JNPR) Services business segment generated revenues of $392 million in 2Q17, a rise of 9% year-over-year.

Apple (AAPL) and its partner AliveCor scored an important milestone in the final weeks of 2017 in their push into the multibillion-dollar digital health market.

Qualcomm and iPhone X in the limelight Just hours before Apple (AAPL) was set to unveil its new slate of smartphones, Qualcomm (QCOM) published a blog post on September 11, 2017, comparing the features on the rival smartphones. In particular, the blog post stated that the new features that Apple would highlight for its new iPhone […]

In 3Q17, Twitter generated advertising revenues of $503.0 million. In that quarter, the company generated total revenues of $590.0 million.

Legendary value investor Bill Miller has an optimistic view on the equity market.

In fiscal 1Q18, Apple expects revenues of $84.0 billion–$87.0 billion with a gross margin of 38.0%–38.5%.

Billionaire investor and bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach also shared his view on bond yields in an interview with CNBC.

Gener8 Maritime Partners’ YTD returns were -10% as of April 5, 2018. Gener8 Maritime Partners is the fourth-best performer among its peers YTD.

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index has risen to 100.7 so far in October 2017 compared to 95.1 in September.

On March 23, 2017, US crude oil futures contracts for May delivery closed at $47.70 per barrel—an ~0.7% fall over the previous trading session.

For the first time in history, the price of ripple has surpassed $1.

On October 3, US bond yields (BND) soared due to a bond sell-off. The sell-off continued on October 4, though at a slower pace.

OECD commercial crude oil and other liquids inventory days of supply could rise in April, possibly pushing oil prices back near $40.

On average, potash prices for these five producers fell ~33% YoY in 4Q16. Excess supply and weak demand added downward pressure.

According to the recent 13F filings, Soros Fund Management has increased its position in the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) by 36% in 1Q17 compared to the previous quarter.

PotashCorp reported diluted EPS (earnings per share) of $0.07 for 4Q16, which missed analysts’ estimate of $0.09 per share.

On a year-to-date basis, the dollar index has fallen nearly 9.5% as of August 2, 2017.

Both US (SPY) (IVV) businesses and consumers are expected to be negatively affected by the most recent round of trade tariffs.

In fiscal 3Q17, NetApp’s Strategic Solutions business accounted for 65.3% of its net product revenues, and its revenues rose 13% QoQ.

Teekay LNG Partners (TGP) stock has risen 37.9% in the past year as of March 20, 2017.

Bill Ackman, an activist investor and the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, shared his views on how geopolitical risk could affect market movement (SPY) in a CNBC report.

Facebook posted a net profit of $4.7 billion in 3Q17, an increase of 79% YoY year-over-year.

Whiting Petroleum stock has returned -25% since the beginning of 2017. It’s underperformed the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, which has seen a return of -8.2% during the same period.

On March 27, 2017, WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil May futures closed at $47.73 per barrel, ~0.5% lower than their previous closing price.

DHT Holdings’ (DHT) YTD returns were 1.1% as of April 5, 2018. DHT Holdings is the only crude tanker company with a positive YTD return.

In a classic Donald Trump move, the president wrote a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to cancel their planned meeting in Singapore next month.

Goldman Sachs estimated that Facebook’s annual sales growth could improve by 32% from 2016 to 2019.

The US May jobs report indicated weak improvement in the US labor market.

Despite recent declines, the SMH ETF has risen over 41% in the last 12 months. Meanwhile, NVIDIA has risen a whopping 186.7% in the same period, while AMD has returned 15.5% in that period.

The median gross margin for these companies’ phosphate segments was 14%, as a percentage of segment sales in 4Q15.

When asked in a recent interview his thoughts about the short-term and medium-term investment story, Jurrien Timmer said that the main issue for the market other than geopolitical risks is its valuation.

On December 26, US crude oil active futures settled at $46.22 per barrel—8.7% higher than the lowest closing level since June 21, 2017.

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) stock has fallen ~26.0% since the beginning of 2017.

Tsakos Energy Navigation’s (TNP) YTD returns were -12.8% as of April 5, 2018. Tsakos Energy Navigation is the fifth-best performer among its peers YTD.

In the past five trading sessions, natural gas April futures have risen 1%, closing at ~$3.01 per MMBtu on March 22, 2017—2.7% lower than the prior session.

Prominent bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach discussed the bond market’s performance and his expectations for the bond market in a recent interview.

On a YTD (year-to-date) basis, Amazon has returned nearly 40% as of November 3, 2017.

During ArcelorMittal’s 4Q16 earnings call, the markets will be waiting for the company’s fiscal 2017 guidance.

Last week, US crude oil May futures fell 2.7%, and natural gas April futures rose 4.3%. The broad market S&P 500 Index fell 1.3%.

Tepper thinks that the bond market’s (BND) performance is a good indicator to analyze the equity market’s (QQQ) performance.

Alibaba has developed an initiative called Brand Rights to enhance its brand protection efforts. Trade in counterfeit goods was estimated to reach ~$1.8 trillion in 2015, according to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition.

HP Inc.’s (HPQ) Personal Systems PC Group reported revenues of $8.2 billion in fiscal 1Q17, which rose 10% YoY.

According to a recent 13F filing, Warren Buffett increased Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-B) stake in Apple (AAPL). On a year-to-date basis, the stock has returned nearly 46% as of November 15, 2017.

By the end of fiscal 3Q17, HPE had returned $107 million to shareholders in the form of dividends and $625 million through share repurchases.

In calendar 2017, Seagate expects to see revenue growth in 80% of its storage product revenues.

US Services PMI in October The October US services PMI (purchasing managers’ index) report indicates no change in service activity in the United States (QQQ) (SPY) in October 2017. The US services PMI stood at 55.3 in October, showing no change from September. The PMI level didn’t beat the preliminary market’s expectations of 56.0. The […]

The Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rose 2%. XLK was the outperformer among sector-based SPDR ETFs.

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

Although GoPro missed revenue estimates in 4Q16, it was still the firm’s second-best-performing quarter in revenue, primarily driven by HERO5 sales.

On February 7, 2017, the API will release its weekly crude oil inventory report. A rise in crude oil inventories could pressure US crude oil prices.

IC Insights estimates that the IoT semiconductor market will reach $30 billion by 2019. Cypress is looking to tap this market through product innovation.

NetApp (NTAP) stock has returned 69% in the last 12 months, -2.3% in the last month, and -5.5% in the last five days.

On a year-to-date basis, AT&T stock has fallen nearly 15.3% as of November 22, 2017.

The August final US manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers’ index) stood at 52.8 as compared to 53.3 in July.

In a recent interview, Mario Gabelli shared his views on market movement and ETF performance, crude oil, the infrastructure sector, and various stock picks.

Wireless service revenue is a stable revenue stream that’s common to wireless carriers such as Verizon (VZ), T-Mobile (TMUS), AT&T (T), and Sprint (S).

T-Mobile (TMUS) continues to provoke the wireless telecom sector, offering innovative service plans and customer benefits every few months rather than just competing on price.

Billionaire Mark Cuban has a great love for technology stocks. He believes that the technology sector (XLK) has the potential to provide strong growth in the economy.

Euronav’s (EURN) YTD (year-to-date) returns were -9.2% as of April 5, 2018. Euronav is the third-best performer among its peers on a YTD basis.

September’s final US manufacturing PMI stood at 53.1, compared to 52.8 in August. It met the preliminary market expectations of 53.

T-Mobile (TMUS) continues to challenge the wireless telecom industry with innovative service plans and new benefits rather than simply competing for price.

Analysts expect Sprint’s (S) earnings to rise in fiscal 2017, which ends on March 31, 2018. Sprint is expected to lose $0.02 per share in fiscal 2017 compared to a loss of $0.30 per share in fiscal 2016.

BAC raised Inphi’s current target price to $46, which is an 18.0% upside from the closing price on Monday, October 9, 2017.

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) stock plunged 6.7% yesterday due to rising risks from trade war concerns.

Frontier generated total revenue of ~$2.3 billion in 3Q17, a fall of ~10.8% on a YoY basis and a fall of ~2.3% on a sequential basis, but in line with the consensus estimate.

Of the 27 analysts covering storage technology (QQQ) company NetApp (NTAP), 13 gave it a “buy” recommendation, two recommended a “sell,” and 12 recommended a “hold.”

Legendary investor Leon Cooperman shared his view on the market, oil prices, and his favorite stock picks at the conference on September 12.

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

The falling trend in Verizon’s wireless service revenue is expected to continue in 1Q17. In 4Q16, Verizon generated wireless service revenue of $16.3 billion.

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.

CenturyLink (CTL) stock was at $13.16 on December 24. This is down 0.23% from the previous session. However, CenturyLink generates robust free cash flow.

It’s easy to be early after a correction I always get pretty excited during a stock market correction, assuming I have positioned correctly with cash on hand.  This market showed so many signs of toppiness, extreme optimism, and high valuations that hopefully many investors at least were selling the highly valued names they owned.  My […]

Although the Dow Jones Index fell 0.7%, the tech-heavy NASDAQ (IXIC) index fell 1.4%. This was the second big tech stock sell-off in 2014.