Games Software/Hardware Over $150B In 2017, $200B By 2021, Record $2.8B Invested
Games software/hardware combined are set to drive more than $150 billion revenue for the first time ever in 2017, with software taking around three-quarters and hardware around one-quarter of the total (Note: this is games software/hardware combined – non-hardware revenues could deliver over $110 billion globally this year). With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% […]
Adjusting Debt Levels Based On Interest Rates
Photo Source The United States and much of the world has been in a long period of low interest rates. But the Federal Reserve, the independent body that sets base rate targets for the financial markets, has been slowly raising interest rates since 2015. Over the last 6 months, the interest rate has climbed twice, […]
3 ETFs Loaded With Positive ESP Stocks
The second-quarter earnings season is expected to be strong, with the S&P 500 index anticipated to see earnings growth of 5.6% and revenue growth of 4.5%, per the latest Earnings Trends. The stock market is also at record levels. However, the ongoing turmoil in Washington, geopolitical risks, Fed-related uncertainty, and lofty valuation could bring some […]
IT Security Peers Retreat After CyberArk Warning
The shares of the number of IT security stocks are declining after one of the names in the sector, CyberArk (CYBR), issued a negative pre-announcement last night. Analysts had mixed views on CyberArk following its results, as some downgraded the shares while other defended the stock. PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT: CyberArk lowered its revenue view for Q2 to […]
A Long-Term Look At Inflation – Friday, July 14
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released this morning puts the year-over-year inflation rate at 1.63%. It is substantially below the 3.76% average since the end of the Second World War and also below its 10-year moving average, now at 1.75%. For a comparison of headline inflation with core inflation, which is based […]
Is The Market All-Knowing?
“The tape tells all” is a Wall Street bromide we’re all familiar with. It neatly summarizes the belief that the major averages discount everything pertaining to the business outlook. It’s also a basic tenet of Dow Theory. Writing a century ago, Richard Wyckoff was one of the very first market pundits to put this belief […]
Emerging Markets: What Has Changed – Friday, July 14
(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin) In the EM equity space as measured by MSCI, Brazil (+8.5%), Qatar (+6.6%), and Egypt (+5.8%) have outperformed this week, while the Philippines (-0.2%), Malaysia (-0.1%), and Indonesia (flat) have underperformed.To put this in better context, MSCI EM rose 4.4% this week while MSCI DM rose 1.6%. In […]
Fool Risk Realized
Legendary football coach Bill Parcells once said, “you are what your record says you are.” It was a pearl of wisdom plucked from wherever Yogi Berra used to wander, made into a brutal truth delivered cunningly as a blatant tautology. We’ve all heard of how sports teams are “good on paper” or “better than their […]
May 2017 Headline Business Sales Decline
Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) shows unadjusted sales improved whilst inventories were unchanged. This is in contrast to the headlines which showed sales declined. Analyst Opinion of Business Sales and Inventories This was a better month for business sales compared to last month – but inventories remain elevated. […]
Rig Count Rises To April 2015 Highs As Analysts Warn “Oil Market Rebalancing Hasn’t Even Started Yet”
After falling for the first time this year two weeks ago, Baker Hughes reports US oil rig count rose once again (up 2 to 765) for the 24th week in the last 25, to the highest since April 2015. “The so-called re-balancing is likely to happen later than earlier,” Michael Poulsen, an analyst at Global Risk Management Ltd, said on Friday. […]
