Technology Select Sector SPDR® ETF

Electronic Arts’ (EA) Packaged Goods segment includes games created and published by the company for consoles, handheld devices, and PCs.

On May 21, 2015, HP (HPQ) officially announced the sale of its 51% share in H3C Technologies to China-based Tsinghua Holdings subsidiary, Unisplendour.

The Digital Media segment of Adobe (ADBE) provides tools and solutions that enable individuals, businesses, and enterprises to create, publish, promote, and consequently monetize their digital content anywhere.

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

Sprint is cutting down on operating costs to manage high capital expenditures. But marginal cash flows aren’t alleviating Sprint’s liquidity concerns.

In July 2015, investors poured approximately $23 billion in US ETFs with 50% of total investments in equity funds.

In 4Q14, AQR Capital raised its holdings in Apple (AAPL). AAPL constituted 1.46% of the fund’s fourth-quarter portfolio.

The Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) fell ~2.6% on March 22, 2018.

Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Lowe’s were the four retailers in the United States that spent the most on YouTube video ads last year.

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

In February 2015, Apple announced its 1Q15 results and once again beat all analysts’ estimates.

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

During 4Q14, Citadel Advisors started a new position in Altera Corporation (ALTR).

Paul Singer, the CEO of Elliott Management, increased his holdings in NXP Semiconductor (NXPI) in 3Q17, according to a recent 13F filing report.

Industrials, utilities, and telecommunications have much higher leverage, as these sectors have massive capital needs.

Motorola Solutions has a market capitalization of $14.21 billion, and competitors Harris Corporation and Cisco have market capitalizations of $9.37 billion and $131.29 billion, respectively.

Dimensional Fund Advisors’ top buys are Apple (AAPL), AT&T (T), Microsoft (MSFT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Adjusted revenue from IP-based strategic services grew by 14.3% YoY in 4Q14. Adjusted consumer wireline revenue increased by 2.4% during the quarter.

If you’re preparing your portfolio for the short term, the allocation to cash should be high. As the horizon increases, allocation to cash should go down.

The information technology sector shined last year. A rapid increase in tech stocks and earnings growth contributed to the bull run.

In this series, we’ll discuss the main drivers behind AT&T’s wireline business. AT&T’s wireline business is as important for the company as its wireless business.

The double-digit growth of open source databases is posing an additional threat to Oracle, which has a revenue share of 48.3% in this space.

FIS’s Integrated Financial Solutions segment caters to North American banks and is the largest contributor to the company’s total revenues (~60%).

Most investors are well aware of how fabulous tech stocks have been this year. As mentioned, the tech-heavy NASDAQ is up over 25%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, or SOX, is up over 37% this year.

Except for Oracle’s relational databases, all other databases—especially MySQL—are losing to NoSQL databases.

Mobile use has been critical to Facebook’s user growth and engagement over the long term, and accordingly, it’s prioritizing mobile product development.

In a recent consumer survey, Apple became the most gifted luxury brand in China ahead of other luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Chanel.

Pershing Square Capital Management’s top sectors in 3Q17 were consumer discretionary (XLY), information technology (XLK), consumer staples (XLP), real estate (IYR), and materials (XLB).

Several players in the smartphone industry have seen their average selling prices decline in recent quarters. Meanwhile, Apple’s continues to increase, as does its profit.

The health care sector played an important role in the recent bull market (SPX-INDEX) rally.

While Google’s (GOOG) YouTube is already leading the online video advertising space, Facebook (FB) last year announced it’s foraying into video advertising.

It’s important to note that higher real yields, not rising inflation, are driving today’s higher nominal yields as investors are demanding more compensation for holding bonds

IBM’s partnership with Apple is especially appealing. Watson Health will bring cloud services and analytics to Apple’s HealthKit and ResearchKit.

Moore’s Law holds an important place in the semiconductor space. It’s a law that was based on an observation by Gordon Moore. Moore co-founded Intel in 1968.

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.

Since GPUs are installed into every system or PC before they’re shipped, they indicate the PC market’s health. The Gaming PC segment requires higher-end GPUs.

Although General Motors has been the top holding of Einhorn’s portfolio for a long time, he reduced some of his position in the stock in 3Q17.

AAPL and other tech stocks are trending! Let’s take a look at what drove revised price targets, downgrades, and upgrades for today’s top tech stocks.

Applied Materials’s merger with Tokyo Electron is expected to provide Eteris with a 25% market share in the chip manufacturing equipment market.

As I write in my new weekly commentary, over the past two weeks, several polls have suggested a realistic chance that the people of Scotland will vote for independence in this week’s referendum.

Last week, The Trade Desk announced its third-quarter results. The company reported revenues of $164.2 million—growth of 38% year-over-year.

Kenneth Cordele Griffin is the CEO of investment management firm Citadel Advisors LLC. He is the hedge fund manager and he founded Citadel in 1990. 

In today’s Get Real, we saw that California Governor Gavin Newsom has ideas about Warren Buffett’s next elephant. Plus, earnings takeaways, the Fed, oil risk, and more.

This year, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) have risen 19.2% and 35.5%, respectively. What’s driven this rally?

The technology sector is popular among investors. Tech stocks provide a significant opportunity for high growth and capital returns.

The Technology Select Sector ETF (XLK) has fallen 0.8% on the day. Several tech stocks are trading in the red, particularly the overvalues stocks.

The currency can be weakened by the central bank or government intervention. If President Trump is reelected, a currency war seems obvious.

Comcast’s (CMCSA) NBCUniversal business segment consists of filmed entertainment, theme parks, broadcast television, and cable networks divisions.

Legendary billionaire investor George Soros made some changes in his firm, Soros Fund Management LLC’s, portfolio in the first quarter.

The Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK), which tracks the performance of the US technology sector, fell marginally by 0.4% in February 2018.