The FAANG stocks need no introduction. Their cumulative market cap forms 27% of the NASDAQ. The Fidelity NASDAQ Composite Index Track (ONEQ) has 44% exposure to technology.
In DLT (distributed ledger technology), details of the transactions are recorded in multiple places called blocks. These blocks are then chained together on a shared network.
February WTI crude oil futures contracts rose 0.34% to $64.52 per barrel at 12:05 AM EST on January 16, 2018. It’s the highest level since December 2014.
US crude oil futures contracts for February delivery also rose 0.6% to $62.01 per barrel on January 4, 2018—the highest settlement since December 2014.
According to the employment report, job growth was robust across all the sectors except for the information (VGT) sector, which saw 4,000 job losses in December and over 50,000 job losses in 2017.
US technology stocks have been split this year. NASDAQ closed at an all-time high of 5,106.6 on May 27. It took NASDAQ almost 15 years to regain the 5,000 levels.
Homegrown Facebook (FB) Messenger is an instant messaging application that enables people to connect, and also enables businesses to engage with customers seamlessly and securely.
Pandora’s (P) stock rose 10% on February 17, 2016, following an upgrade by FBR Capital. FBR Capital upgraded the stock to “outperform” from “market perform” and maintained its target price of $16.
Labor productivity is an important tool to measure the strength of a country’s economy. Policymakers often use this indicator to compare output efficiency during a particular period.
One of the most prominent effects of technology is on the asset side of the balance sheet. Many technologies drive companies to employ fewer assets in order to generate higher returns.
The mystery of waning labor productivity in various developed economies is still unsettled. However, various economic literature offers plausible explanations.
Although Apple (AAPL) has continued to post record-breaking earnings in 2015, it still fell 3.8% for the year. The negative calendar year returns were the first since 2008.
Technology (XLK) is advancing by leaps and bounds. The diffusion and adoption rates for new technologies have risen over the years as the population has become more tech-savvy.
Accenture has a current ratio of 1.36x, lower than the industry median of 2.03x. ACN’s quick ratio is 1.36x, also lower than the industry median of 1.92x.
Revenues for IBM fell 2.3% from $106.9 billion in fiscal 2011 to $104.5 billion in fiscal 2012. Revenues further fell 5.9% YoY in fiscal 2013 to $98.4 billion.
Twitter (TWTR) reported average monthly active users of 320 million for 3Q15, a meager gain of 4 million from the previous quarter. The consensus analyst estimate for MAUs was 324 million.
VGT’s fund flows in the trailing one week and trailing three months were $13.1 million and $153.6 million, respectively. Since August 3, 2015, VGT has been trading consistently below its moving averages.
Earlier this month, Twitter announced that marketers can now play six-second pre-roll video ads before videos from various publishers on Twitter’s platform.
VGT’s market capitalization is $7.20 billion with an expense ratio of 0.12%, and average daily volume of shares traded is $38.02 million. VGT’s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.25x.
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) tracks a market-cap weighted portfolio of U.S. technology companies. VGT’s market capitalization is $7.33 billion.
Through the Apple-Cisco deal, Cisco will enhance user experience, which is critical in enterprise mobility. Cisco pioneers Internet networking infrastructure and business collaboration tools.
With the new Apple-Cisco deal, companies that run on Cisco’s Internet networks will be able to transfer content securely and quickly to iPhones and iPads.
Accenture is one of the world’s largest multinational technology services, management consulting, and outsourcing companies and is headquartered in Dublin.
Blue Harbour initiated a new position in Alliance Data Systems (ADS) in 4Q14. It bought 1,153,390 shares worth $43 million. ADS accounts for 1.41% of the fund’s portfolio.
Looking at its EDA products through the Virtuoso platform, Cadence provides support for laying out transistors, wires, and chips for a variety of designs.
The departure of Twitter’s COO signals that the company is taking active steps to drive growth, and investors should be looking at other announcements from TWTR over its growth as one of the primary drivers of stock price.
Ali Rowghani, Twitter’s (TWTR) chief operating officer, or COO, resigned from his post. A filing from Twitter states that Rowghani will remain a Twitter employee and serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, Dick Costolo.
Beats Music is also into the similar business of subscription-based streaming music services, so Apple’s acquisition of Beats positions Spotify at a greater risk of losing business.
Twitter revised its guidance upwards, partly on better-than-expected 1Q14 performance and partly due to better expectations for its advertising business and inclusion of Gnip.
Despite posting earnings above guidance and Wall Street consensus, the stock dropped sharply lower, at $37.66 per share compared to the prior day’s close of $42.62 per share.
Investors relieved Monday, March 31 saw an important development relating to the jury selection of the Apple–Samsung patent law suit. It was also the day that the current Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke at a community reinvestment conference in Chicago. The markets had been eagerly waiting for Yellen to explain her recent comment that […]
WhatsApp competes with apps such as Line and WeChat in the mobile messaging industry, but it’s the global leader and is quite popular—especially in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
There were a few points that may have struck investors as disappointing about Twitter’s 4Q13 earnings report. Firstly, Twitter reported average monthly active users of 241 million as of year end 2013.
While Google’s (GOOG) YouTube is already leading the online video advertising space, Facebook (FB) last year announced it’s foraying into video advertising.
Mobile use has been critical to Facebook’s user growth and engagement over the long term, and accordingly, it’s prioritizing mobile product development.
Facebook offers products and tools that enable advertisers to leverage the company’s unique combination of reach, relevance, social context, and engagement.
One of Facebook’s key strategies is prioritizing product development investments to create engaging interactions between its users, developers, and advertisers.
Facebook invests in advertising to attract more marketers to work with the company, to create more value for its marketers, and to enhance marketers’ advertising relevance.
Twitter stock as appreciated rapidly since its recent IPO, but is it worth the price? The stock could continue to increase, based on hype, which is in fancy terms “irrational exuberance.”
Twitter stock as appreciated rapidly since its recent IPO, but is it worth the price? With so many eyeballs, there could be a lot of value in the advertising potential of Twitter.
