Tesla had (and still has) a great day on Tuesday since its stock is growing at a faster pace ever and is closer and closer to $1000. At 3:10 pm ET the stock was growing by 21.21% to $945.The surge has been happening as soon as the market had opened, which means it had grown by almost $300 a share in just two trading sessions. The rise drove the automaker’s general value to more than $160 billion after it just got to $100 billion in value less than two weeks ago.Jesse Cohen, an analyst with...
Read More »Investment Insights from a Self-Made Billionaire
Can anyone be a billionaire? Maybe. I sat down with Dr. Morgan Shi – who is one of China’s most well-regarded experts in domestic and international investment as well as risk management – and asked about his philosophy, which investments brought him the most return, and what investment vehicles have the most upside. The following transcript has been edited for clarity.Are billionaires, or even millionaires, different in how they approach money and investment?Everyone has the opportunity to...
Read More »Oracle Adds New Cloud Locations, ORCL Stock Is Slightly Up
A new announcement has come from the American multinational computer technology corporation Oracle. The company has expanded its activity, adding new cloud computing data centers in five countries. Oracle new cloud locations are Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Australia (Melbourne), Japan (Osaka), Canada (Montreal), and the Netherlands (Amsterdam).According to the company’s blog post, all of the countries mentioned are now available in the Oracle Cloud Console. Oracle has always strived to have at...
Read More »Visa and Mastercard Could Become Next Members of $1 Trillion Club
Tech and internet companies were the first that succeeded to reach $1 trillion in stock market value. However, the next U.S. companies that could join this prestigious clique are better known for something else. We are talking here about card companies as are Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc.Take Mastercard for example. In its fourth-quarter earnings report, the company said that its GAAP earnings per share (EPS) surged incredible 138% in the fourth quarter to arrive at $2.07, while revenues...
Read More »Amazon (AMZN) Stock Jumps 13% as Record Holiday Sales Send Capitalization toward $1 Trillion
Amazon has released impressive earnings figures for its fourth quarter. The figures show that the company beat its expectations for what its efforts for the quarter would yield. Amazon announced that its holiday sales profit crossed $3 billion. In response, Amazon stock jumped 13%, pushing its valuation into the neighborhood of $1 trillion.Amazon Holiday Sales Quarter HighlightsAmazon reported a total profit of $3.3 billion for the holiday quarter recently concluded with a total revenue of...
Read More »Wuhan and the Whole China Lost Tech Giants Like Microsoft, Google, Amazon
Google is starting a painful process of eliminating direct contact with key people in Wuhan, and across China. FAANG members officially closed four offices thanks to the virus. It is spreading fast, and the companies around the world understand that they have to act quickly.Numerous Companies Flee Away Because of Virus, Economic Freeze is OngoingGoogle is banned in China, but the locals are working as marketers, sales engineers and so on. They do not develop the local version of Google, they...
Read More »Apple, Amazon and Tesla: Which Stock Attracts Millennials More Than Others?
As per reports on January 28, 2020, CEO of Apex Clearing, Bill Capuzzi, stated that it is interesting to witness how the investing habits of millennials have shifted over the past year, claiming that millennials have proven to be unique and differed from their generational counterparts.Apex Clearing has disclosed the fourth-quarter Millenial 100 report that analyzed over 734,000 portfolios possessed by U.S.-based investors with an average age in the region of just 31 years. The result was...
Read More »MacKenzie Bezos Sells Her Amazon Stake Worth $400 Million
MacKenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has sold $400 million worth of the Amazon stock. The news has come from a filing that Jeff Bezos made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.According to the filing, Jeff Bezos retains sole voting authority over MacKenzie Bezos’ stake that stands at nearly 19.5 million Amazon shares. Notably, it is 200,000 fewer shares than MacKenzie received of their divorce. Those 200,000 shares are worth about $400 million at the current...
Read More »2 Red-Hot FAANG Stocks Are to Report Earnings This Week
As January draws to a close, the market is seriously anticipating the release of earnings reports from Apple and Facebook. Both companies, two of the world’s largest tech companies that make up the popular FAANG stocks, had a really great year in 2019. Before Wednesday when the last of these reports will be published, let’s take a look at their journey so far and what is expected.FAANG Stocks to AnticipateWhile the name comprises 5 different companies including Facebook, Apple, Amazon,...
Read More »Amazon Files Motion to Suspend Microsoft from $10 Billion JEDI Project
In an interesting turn of events, Amazon is seeking a court injunction against Microsoft. Amazon wants the courts to prevent Microsoft from continuing with the popular Pentagon cloud project until all related cases are resolved.Amazon Looks to Stop MicrosoftIn October last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it will be awarding Microsoft with the Pentagon contract. Called the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), the project is worth $10 billion. At the time,...
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