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Despite serious market problems that stem from the coronavirus outbreak, Samsung predicts a good profit from its first-quarter figures.Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many companies have significantly cut down their expectations for the first quarter of 2020. The pandemic and the resultant lockdown of many cities in many parts of the world, has affected the regular flow of business. This means that these companies cannot perform at their optimum level if they were doing so before....

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...

The price of Pfizer stocks fell 4% down to $38.51 during Q4 2019. During the last year, the company bought back approximately $9 billion in its stocks to foster market growth. However, the largest medicine giant is losing money and wants its Upjohn development to merge with Mylan NV, which is another big drugmaker aiming at new types of medications.The Upjohn is selling the drugs that lost patent protection, such as Viagra and Lyrica. By the middle of 2020, the company management will...

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,...

As it has become known at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the top organizations of the planet will join Refinitiv’s alliance to be able to research and edit the investment markets. Governments and corporations usually invest using the consensus of decisions of top officials. So basically, investment is a form of art. Now it is time to take a step into the future by turning data gathering into the science.David Craig, Refinitiv CEO, noted:“The need to channel capital towards the UN...

Shares of now pretty infamous exercise equipment company Peloton have been sinking lower this month, after in November just before the holidays they’ve witnessed a 48% bounce. This high-end fitness specialist had a great IPO and broke through it in October. However, this success hasn’t continued in December and most of its failure can be thanked – to a commercial. I guess we’ve all seen it, the commercial where already slender “wife” gets a Christmas present form her husband and she then...

Apart from the popularity of its ride-hailing services, Uber is also very well-known as a market player all over the world and especially in the finance sphere for its continuous and rising loss over the years. Recently the company announced a report for its just-ended 3rd quarter which surpassed estimates predicted by financial analysts. However, Uber’s stock (now it’s trading at approximately $31) still lost up to 5% as the company still announced that it had lost well more than $1...