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The NASDAQ hit the all-important 5,000 level on March 2, 2015, for the first time after the dot com bubble burst of 2000.

Oracle’s Marketing Cloud allows customers to run marketing campaigns and manage data related to those campaigns on web, social, mobile, and email.

This year, Tesla (TSLA) stock has fallen 21.3%, underperforming broader markets. Let’s look at how Tesla’s Model Y could turn things around.

China (FXI) exported 5.56 million metric tons of steel in December, a yearly fall of 1.9%.

The Chinese stock market rose by 150% 15 months before June 2015. Approximately 12 million Chinese citizens opened trading accounts in May 2015 alone.

The S&P 500 Index is trading 1.2% above its 20-day moving average and 6% above its 100-day moving average.

In the trailing 12-month period, net fund inflows were $2.3 billion. FDN’s fund flows in the trailing one week and trailing three months were -$105.7 million and $719.3 million, respectively.

Last Friday, President Donald Trump in a tweet called the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes a mistake.

On March 8, 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast and the YES Network were locked in a dispute regarding the carriage fee for the YES Network.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) reported its 2Q16 earnings on July 27, 2016. VRTX surpassed Wall Street analysts’ projections and reported revenue of $431.6 million.

Calendar 2017 was a turnaround year for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as it moved from losses to profits.

PC gaming and accelerated computing played strong roles in the expansion of margins for Nvidia.

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.

The US saw positive fund flows in 2014 due to a relatively better economic position.

SanDisk (SNDK) announced its 3Q15 earnings on October 21, 2015. The market reaction was positive, which showed a marginal increase of 0.16% in after-hours trading.

Farmers for Free Trade’s campaign was rolled out on September 12 with the slogan “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland.”

On February 24, Microsoft announced that it will acquire Xamarin, a mobile app platform provider. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

The dollar index (UUP) rallied about 22% between October 2014 to July 2016.

Dish Network (DISH) has filed an application with the FCC to participate as a potential spectrum bidder.

Facebook has been concentrating its efforts on video for a long time now. It has ambitions of becoming the number one player in the video ad market.

In a recent interview, Jim Rogers said, “I’m on record as saying that we’re going to have a recession certainly within a year or two.”

In a recent interview with CNBC, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock (BLK), shared his views on market movement, the US economy, and the dangerous impact of the lower interest rates.

In this series, we’ll review updates in the US Internet space and discuss some of the current issues faced by companies in the industry.

Earlier in this series, we discussed the factors that might impede Oracle’s (ORCL) dominance in the database space, which is also the company’s cash cow.

In some aspects, 2018 looked like 2015 for investors. Like in 2015, China’s (BABA) slowdown spooked investors in 2018.

While there is no denying that China (FXI) needs stimulus measures to kickstart its slowing economy, any propping up needs to be done in a way to avoid another debt-fueled crisis.

With a fleet of almost 20 self-driving cars, Google now averages ~10,000 self-driving miles per week. Google claims that its cars have 75 years of US adult driving experience.

The US economy has been improving gradually, but some businesses in the US have suffered a lot over the years.

Micron (MU) in its fiscal 3Q15 presentation stated that it plans to start volume production of 3D NAND by the end of 2015.

PayPal (PYPL) has done very well since splitting from its parent, eBay (EBAY), two years ago.

With the development of 7-nm chips, IBM has surpassed Intel, which is still working on 10-nm chips.

When the crude oil futures forward curve to slopes downwards, the situation in the crude oil futures market is called “backwardation.”

Of the 35 analysts covering Qualcomm (QCOM), 18 have given it a “buy” recommendation, two a “sell” recommendation, and 15 a “hold” recommendation.

Over a good four decades, the S&P 500’s net profit margin has fallen notably when the economy was on the verge of, or already into, a recession.

Investment research firm Zenith estimates that worldwide spending on online video ads rose 23.0% to $27.2 billion in 2017.

In 4Q16, US (SPY) (QQQ) (IVV) (VFINX) real GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.9% compared to a 3.5% rise in 3Q16.

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

Facebook has been hiring new talent and investing heavily in improving user experience on Instagram, WhatsApp Messenger, and Messenger. Instagram is expected to churn big money for Facebook.

Various central banks in developed nations (EFA) have lowered their key interest rates close to the zero level to revive their economies.

Billionaire hedge fund manager David Einhorn is well known for his investment strategy, having advised long and short bets during different market scenarios.

Two business strategies that Micron can use to beat competition include innovating processes that reduce costs and developing next-generation products.

The 13F filing showed that George Soros bought almost 500,000 Slack (WORK) shares at an average price of $37.5 per share during the second quarter.

The Guggenheim China Technology ETF (CQQQ) is a passive fund that looks to replicate the AlphaShares China Technology Index.

Accounting for over $200 million in revenues, micro-transactions present users with the opportunity to buy items that enhance their gameplay.

In Q3 2019, Citadel Advisors’ portfolio of publicly traded securities was worth $212.04 billion. In Q2 2019, its portfolio was worth $155.1 billion.

In 2016, Celgene’s (CELG) Revlimid generated revenues of around $6.9 billion, which reflected a ~20% year-over-year (or YOY) growth.

The recovery of oil prices in the latter half of 2016 has helped the Russian ruble to appreciate along with improved exports.

In December 2014, the success of iPhone 6 and Plus helped Apple beat Google’s Android-based smartphones in terms of market share in the US.

Investors are concerned that US stock markets might crash. Notably, markets have staged a remarkable comeback from their March lows.

Gundlach also believes it’s interesting to look at the correlation between the size of the Fed’s balance sheet and the S&P 500 (SPY) (SPXS) (SPXL) level.