REUTERS/Heino KalisStock market bulls are back in control.Something has changed in the stock market. In early October, bond yields fell, stocks dropped, and people began throwing out comparisons to the violent stock market crash of 1987. But since the October 15 bottom, stocks have rallied back to new record highs, but the reasons why make Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategist Michael […]
Question: do you think social and mass media sentiments are affecting some of the stock prices? No, we are not talking about a Tweet here or a popular Facebook post there from some mighty trader, we are talking about sentiments across the board, calculated over thousands of trader sound bytes!Answer: ?Well, truly speaking – who knows! But the truth is that even […]
Tech was helped by Skyworks Solutions, up more than 7 percent after the Apple supplier raised its guidance for earnings and revenue for the quarter ended in September. Intel, reporting after the close, also was trading higher.The good news for semis comes after Microchip Technology lowered its forecast for its fiscal second quarter after chip sales fell short. Beaten-down chip […]
Apple and U2, both launched in 1976, have each been brought down to earth in the last week in a fashion neither brand has likely experienced. All things considered, they can partly thank social media for that. For instance, the brands’ 1997 efforts—Twentieth Anniversary Mac and Pop, respectively—were less than memorable, but then again, the fallout was minimal in the […]
Tim Cook stated, “it is the next chapter in Apple’s story” as the technology giant revealed their latest batch of high-end consumer technology products, the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch at the Flint Performing Arts Center in Cupertino, California. The live-streamed event was visible around the world and millions responded almost instantly via social media, speaking along a series […]
Benchmarks began September mostly in the red after a drop in crude oil prices impacted the energy sector. The day’s upbeat manufacturing data was overshadowed by the fall in crude prices. The S&P 500 lost initial gains, but was able to settle above the 2k mark.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, lifted by new signs of strength in the U.S. economy and expectations that Europe’s central bank will provide more support to the flagging region.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.8 percent to 15,798.52 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1 percent to 24,990.16. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 inched up 0.1 percent […]
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) crossed the $100 (split adjusted) mark recently and now trades comfortably above it. A lot of people had their eyes set on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) crossing the $100 mark, now that the stock has done so, should one book profit, buy more or continues to hold their positions? That was the topic of discussion between the FMHR traders […]
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A new note from Barclays analystBen Reitzes says Apple is ready to make a “data and payments play” […]
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July 2014 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: Twitter buys Madbits, WalmartLabs buys Luvocracy, Zillow buys Trulia, Apple buys Booklamp, Yahoo buys Flurry, Salesforce buys RelateIQ, Couchbase, GE, Databricks, and more. By Gregory Piatetsky, Aug 7, […]
