Now we know that Morgan Stanley is one of the financial behemoths that we don’t want to mess with when they give an opinion. So many pundits in the aviation sector paid close attention when Morgan Stanley gave indications that Virgin Galactic’s stocks will soar after it gave the stock of the aviation upstart higher ratings than many pundits thought necessary. The investment behemoth’s analyst Adam Jonas explained this position:“A viable space tourism business is what you pay for today… but a...
Read More »Apple Stock Dwarfs All Others on the Dow in 2019
Apple began the year disappointing its investors. On Thursday, January 3, Apple stock (AAPL) hit its 2019 low of $142, a 10% plunge just one day after CEO Tim Cook announced that iPhone sales had begun to decline in China. Since then, AAPL has been performing quite impressively and is now the most profitable stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA) as it has climbed about 70% this year alone, and hit $270.One of the factors said to be responsible for APPL’s performance is the...
Read More »Art Market Returns Rivaled Bond Investment Gains Consistently for over 30 Years
There are several investment opportunities popular all over the world and as time goes on, trends seem to always change. For many years, the stock market has been the most popular and also one of the most lucrative especially in the U.S. as records show that the S&P 500 has gained more than 180% in the last ten years. However, another investment channel that doesn’t seem to be talked about much but pulls in mouth-watering rewards, is the art market.A recent Citi report which was put...
Read More »Stock Markets Surprised Investment Funds in 2019 but Bearish Sentiment Continues for 2020
The traditional stock market has performed against the predictions of some of the world’s top investment funds. During the start of 2019, financial institutions predicted that stock markets will see a major downturn. However, to their surprise, the Dow Jones surged 18% year-to-date nearing its all-time high.Similarly, the S&P 500 has given over 24% returns so far this year. With this performance, 2019 is likely to turn out as the second-best performing year in a decade, in terms of annual...
Read More »Market Analysts Forecast International Stocks over U.S. Stocks in 2020
Knowledge of the U.S. stock markets has shown that over the last decade, there has been consistent growth in general, ensuring that the market remains one of the best places to invest since 2010. However, if strategists and market analysts are to be believed, the U.S. market could soon lose the superiority it currently enjoys.In the last ten years, U.S. stocks have been impressive, especially as international stocks, on the other hand, have sorely disappointed its players. The S&P 500,...
Read More »Apple Is Expected to Release a New iPhone without Any Ports in 2021
Apple’s iPhone 11 is just over 2 months old but has been so successful that there have been several reports that the company is struggling under the high volume of demands. It’s worth mentioning that it has a positive impact on the company’s stock. Along with the new iPhone, Apple also released other products such as the Airpods Pro, which has also caused quite a bit of competition among Apple’s manufacturers as they also are finding it hard to meet up. In the midst of all of the confusion...
Read More »Citi Says Stocks in 2020 will Perform Much Brighter than Many Expect
As 2019 draws to a close, many analysts and other players in all of the world’s different markets, are taking a hard look at the last eleven months and trying to make a forecast for 2020. All the ups and downs with stocks and investments that have happened in one year are usually used as base points to form a prediction for the following year. While things have not been exactly terrible in 2019, American multinational investment bank and financial services giant Citigroup Inc. has predicted...
Read More »Apple to Launch 5 New Models in 2020, 3 of Them with 5G, Says Ming-Chi Kuo
It seems that this year hasn’t been nearly enough for Apple. According to the recent forecasts from the famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company plans to release five new iPhone models next year. In a research note with TF International Securities, Kuo drafted his presumptions for a new phone dubbed iPhone SE 2. As Kuo predicts, it could come with a 4.7-inch LCD display in the first half of 2020. After SE 2 comes a higher-end all-OLED lineup comprised of 5.4-inch, two 6.1-inch, and...
Read More »Facebook in 2020: E-Commerce, Ads, $250 Stock and Libra?
We all know how it is to forget someone’s birthday, holiday or, god forbid, anniversary. Before we used our little calendars with post-its all around saying: “your first kiss anniversary, he wore a brown jumper, buy beer”, etc. However, since we have Facebook, it was hard to forget, well, almost anything. With its ‘calendar’ and ‘memories’ it reminds us of all the things we’ve done in the past – yes, that includes your drunk uncle puking after New year’s brunch. Its “Year in Review” videos,...
Read More »Duolingo Receives $30 Million Series E Funding Pushing Valuation to $1.5 Billion
One of the world’s most used language learning platform Duolingo has successfully pulled in $30 million in a new series F funding. The funding was handled by Alphabet’s investment division CapitalG, which had led the platform’s series D funding round a few years ago in 2015.Duolingo seems to be doing something right especially since CapitalG has decided to come back to pump more money after 4 years. So far, the language learning platform has raised a total of $138 million in funding, climbing...
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