Technology & Communications

Few economic releases elicit as much reaction from both the stock (IVV) and bond (BND) markets as the employment reports issued by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (the BLS).

Overall, in 2018, the most significant contributors to Greenlight Capital’s gains included Micron Technology (MU) and Twitter (TWTR).

In the past two weeks since Disney+ launched, Netflix stock has recovered from the early shock. The stock has risen 7.0% from where it closed on November 12.

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 year 2017 was an important one for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Let’s take a look at why—and how far the company has come since then.

The sequential binding of applications through the use of middleware is known as enterprise application integration (or EAI).

NVIDIA (NVDA) has been benefitting from the growing popularity of gaming.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a small competitor in the CPU (central processing unit) and GPU (graphics processing units) space but a market leader in the game console market.

If Qualcomm (QCOM) loses its chance to acquire NXP Semiconductors, its strategy to grow beyond smartphones into embedded and automotive could take the back seat, and it may be pressured to settle its licensing disputes with Apple.

The guidance from Apple (AAPL) and its foundry partner TSMC (TSM) show that smartphone demand should pick up in the second half of 2018.

In 2018, AMD decided to divide the production of its 7nm products between TSMC and GlobalFoundries.

Micron, a pure-play memory chipmaker, has one of the semiconductor industry’s most cyclical stocks.

In the manufacturing sector, gross margin is an important fundamental, as it significantly impacts a company’s earnings per share.

Without admitting wrongdoing, Facebook (FB) agreed to pay $35 million to settle claims that it had misled investors in the run-up to its IPO (initial public offering) in 2012.

Media players Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS) are again talking about a merger.

NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Data Center segment reported its first sequential revenue decline in more than three years in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019.

The rising cost of manufacturing chips caused a decline in IBM’s (IBM) volume base. It forced the company to divest the business.

Twitter stock surged by about 73% in the first trading day after its IPO to $44.90.

During 2012, Expedia introduced the Expedia Traveler Preference (ETP) program in the U.S. that offers travelers the choice to either pay Expedia at the time of booking or pay the hotel at the time of stay.

Here is how Steve Jobs strategy to price and differentiate the products that Apple offers has taken shape over time

A smaller node improves transistor density, thereby improving performance and power efficiency.

Business intelligence firm eMarketer estimates that CPG brands spent more than $7.0 billion on digital advertising in 2017, compared with $6.0 billion in 2016.

In a well-strategized move, Apple (AAPL) is relocating its production base to India. Apple’s investment in India will be around $1 billion.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has cut ties with the company and its parent Alphabet. He served as Google’s CEO from 2001 to 2011.

According to Jon Peddie Research, NVIDIA’s new RTX 2080 AIB would cost gamers $800 in September, $880 in the fourth quarter, and $1,000 in the first quarter of 2019.

In the first quarter, Intel had an ROE of 16.19%, which was lower than AMD’s 27.94% and NVIDIA’s 54.65%.

An important factor driving iPhone revenues was the increase in iPhone’s ASP. iPhone’s ASP of $603 in fiscal 4Q14 increased by $42 sequentially and $26 on a YoY basis.

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.

Analysts have projected AMC Entertainment’s (AMC) revenue in 1Q18 (ended March 31) to increase 5.2% to $1.4 billion, boosted by acquisitions.

While REITs started trading in 1951 and MLPs started off in 1981, the first yieldco was floated in 2005 by Seaspan Corporation, a shipping company.

There had been a lot of speculation about Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) unveiling its most awaited next-generation 7-nm (nanometer) Navi GPU (graphics processing unit) at Computex 2019.

The trade war between the United States and China revolves around the supremacy of 5G technology, which is expected to form the basis for the data economy.

Cisco Sytems, Inc.’s stock is up 13% since 2013, and it has underperformed the S&P 500 Index.

Nike (NKE) faces some challenges in its target markets. In the US, economic growth rates have tapered down, and the trade war could affect its China market.

Mattel (MAT) has a market cap of $11.2 billion. It rose by 1.4% to close at $32.83 per share on July 20, 2016.

Apple’s business strategy leverages its unique ability to design and develop its own operating systems, hardware, application software, and services to provide its customers new products.

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

Applied Materials’ (AMAT) performance is an indicator of the overall semiconductor industry’s outlook.

Facebook (FB) fell 3.1% in February but has surged 27.7% on a year-to-date basis as of March 4.

The S&P 500 Index, represented by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), rose 0.3% on October 23, nearing the all-time high it saw in July.