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Posted at 01/8/2023 15:11 by tradertrev "potentially well positioned" - "depending on how they respond" Classic Chronic Investor, absolutely no value to add. They seriously know nothing. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 19/7/2019 14:40 by littleredrooster Cloud Lifts Microsoft Revenue To Record -- WSJ 19/07/2019 8:02am Dow Jones News By Asa Fitch "Revenue in Microsoft's cloud-computing businesses, which accounted for about a third of sales in the period, rose 39%. The company's transition to offering customers subscriptions to cloud-based versions of its Office productivity suite and other popular programs has helped propel that growth. So has the popularity of Azure, a cloud service that is second in size only to Amazon.com Inc.'s AWS. There are no signs that Microsoft's fortunes will reverse anytime soon. Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood told analysts that the current fiscal year should again see double-digit sales growth. Still, while cloud-computing sales are growing fast, the business also is increasingly competitive. Alphabet Inc.'s Google and China's biggest tech companies are vying for their share. Google last year poached a top Oracle Inc. executive to run its cloud business as it seeks to challenge Azure and AWS. International Business Machines Corp. recently closed its $34 billion purchase of open-source software giant Red Hat, as it gears up to compete for cloud contracts. Research company Gartner Inc. forecast in April that spending on cloud services would rise nearly 18% this year, topping $214 billion. AT&T Inc. said Wednesday that it is shifting most internal business applications used by its biggest unit to Azure, in part to cut costs. That came a day after AT&T announced a separate cloud deal with IBM. Microsoft shares traded up more than 2% after-hours Thursday following the earnings report. Investors have rewarded the company's recent success by pushing its stock to a record close earlier in the week and giving it a market capitalization north of $1 trillion. Mr. Nadella credited deep partnerships with companies in every industry with propelling Microsoft's strong performance in the latest period. Since taking over in early 2014, Mr. Nadella has guided Microsoft through a major reorientation of the business, making up for slowing sales of Windows by expanding in other areas. That has put Microsoft back at the pinnacle of the tech industry after years of struggle to find its way as computing shifted to mobile from desktop computers. The rise of cloud computing has been central to the success of that retooling. Azure revenue in the latest quarter grew 64% from a year earlier, Microsoft said, though the pace has been moderating as the business got bigger." Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 24/6/2019 22:05 by littleredrooster $100bn European listing and the wrong envelopes were dispatched to shareholders. South Africa’s Naspers postpones planned $100bn European listing Administrative error forces group to delay Dutch move until September Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg June 21, 2019 South Africa’s Naspers delayed its planned $100bn European listing of global internet assets, which includes a large stake in China’s Tencent, after the wrong envelopes were dispatched to shareholders. Johannesburg-listed Naspers said on Friday that it would postpone listing what is likely to be Europe’s biggest consumer internet group until September, following the administrative error by an external service provider. The listing on the Euronext Amsterdam, a landmark in the rise of Africa’s most valuable listed company as a global investor, was originally scheduled for July 17. Naspers, which also announced results for the year ending in March on Friday, said that the outside company mixed up names and addresses on circulars sent to shareholders ahead of a meeting this month to consider the listing. “This could in some cases lead to confusion” and the company has delayed the meeting to August “so as to allow all shareholders equal opportunity to fully consider the circular and resolution,” Naspers said. The listing is aimed at reducing a significant discount in Naspers’ share price that is being driven by the sheer size of its investment in Tencent, which it has held since 2001. The company’s 31 per cent stake in the Chinese gaming giant — of which it sold a portion last year — has pushed its value to about a quarter of the Johannesburg stock market. South African investors have been forced to sell the stock to cut down on concentration risk as a result. Naspers plans to retain about 75 per cent of the vehicle, which has been named Prosus, the company said on Friday. It will also include assets such as Russia’s mail.ru and India’s Swiggy as well as internet classifieds. The free float of about 25 per cent will be offered to shareholders and is also likely to be snapped up by European investors as the company will enter major stock indices. Prosus will have a secondary listing in Johannesburg. Naspers increased trading profits by 10 per cent to $3.3bn during the 12 months ending in March, a year in which it spun off its African pay-TV arm, MultiChoice, in Johannesburg. “Naspers enters the 2020 financial year as a fundamentally different group, with virtually all revenues now generated from online activities, and is well positioned as a global consumer internet group,” the company said. The group invested more than $3bn during the period as it expanded segments including classifieds, food delivery and payments. Naspers reported $6.3bn in cash after it reduced its Tencent stake for the first time ever last year, and sold a stake in India’s Flipkart. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 06/3/2019 08:49 by littleredrooster Europeans double UK investment since Brexit vote By Tim Wallace 3 March 2019 • 7:00pm "European investors are taking major bets on the UK economy, more than doubling investment in Britain over the past three years. Uncertainty around Brexit has not stopped companies on the continent from embarking on a major deal spree in the UK, indicating faith in the economy’s long-term prospects among foreign money managers. Buyers in the EU have snapped up 553 UK assets through mergers and acquisitions and private placements in the past year, according to S&P Capital IQ data. Purchases of companies, property and stakes in fast-growing firms totalled $31.1bn over the past 12 months." Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 21/9/2018 12:13 by littleredrooster Cloud Video Streaming Market Worth USD 16.6 Bn by 2023 at 18.9% CAGR \| Cloud Video Streaming Market Advancing Swiftly Due To Scalability and Cost Effectiveness The global cloud video streaming market is set to witness rapid growth due to high adoption of live streaming and widespread use of cloud video streaming to deliver over the top content (OTT). September 18, 2018 07:06 ET \| Source: Market Research Future Pune, India, Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Market Research Future’s in-depth analysis of the Global Cloud Video Streaming Market, By Components (By Streaming Cloud Content), By Streaming Type (Live Streaming, Video on Demand, Video Hosting), By Cloud Deployment (Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud), By Vertical (Media & Entertainment, Education, Government) - Forecast 2023 Market Insights Cloud video streaming is a rapidly advancing market which is anticipated to witness a CAGR of 18.9% during the forecast period of 2017 to 2023. This projection, among others, has been made in Market Research Future's latest report on the global cloud video streaming market. The market is becoming increasingly competitive due to the cloud platform being easy to embrace for enterprises of all sizes, particularly SMEs. The growth of the market is anticipated to result in a market value of approximately USD 16.6 Bn by the end of 2023. The introduction and widespread adoption of over the top content (OTT) has created considerable opportunity for the global cloud video streaming market. The popularity of on-demand videos and streamed content is based on the delivery of this content in real-time. Increasing network speeds across the globe and consumer demand for higher speeds in the age of technology and the internet are highly conducive to the growth of the cloud video streaming market. Consumption patterns have changed drastically due to urbanization and increasingly busy schedules which have turned consumers toward live streaming as it offers the ability to stream content at any given time. Expansion of the market has been the result of novel applications being employed for the technology. Sports, news, TV shows and many other forms of entertainment are easily viewable. Moreover, it has also found application in the education industry by allowing live streaming of lessons for remote learning. The proliferation of personal smart devices which carry the capability to stream live content is another key factor affecting the global cloud video streaming market. Cloud video streaming offers competitive costing and scalable growth which allows small businesses to participate in the market. The increasingly competitive market carries a high potential for growth, as applications for cloud video streaming are consistently being developed. Opportunities for growth will arise as OTT content providers prepare to offer increased original content and tap into consumer consumptions trends. Request a Sample Report @ Market Segmentation MRFR's segmental analysis is performed on the basis of components, streaming type, service, deployment, vertical and region. By components, the market is divided into media players and service. The media player segment consists of JW Players, iOS media player and adobe flash players & Adobe AIR. The service segment is sub-segmented to include managed services and professional services. By streaming type, the market is segmented into video on demand streaming, live streaming, and video hosting. By cloud deployment, the market is categorized into hybrid cloud, private cloud, and public cloud. By vertical, the market includes healthcare, government, media & entertainment, education, and others. Regional segmentation of the market divides the market into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Rest of the World. Concentration of Market Players Establishes North America as Top Regional Market North America has a high concentration of market-leading players who lead growth for the global and regional market, thus catapulting the region into top position with the largest share. The U.S leads the market due to high adoption of cloud-based services in the region across small and medium enterprises. Moreover, largescale investments towards outsourcing of video streaming solutions are driving growth for the global Cloud Video Streaming Market. Europe has a similar growth pattern which has contributed considerably to the market size of the region. The growing number of content providers leveraging cloud video streaming as a method to deliver high-quality OTT content is a significant driver of the market. Additionally, these regions have high internet speeds which drive the consumption of live streaming and other OTT content services. Meanwhile, the Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a rapid pace due to the high potential available in the region. The presence of a massive consumer population which is witnessing dramatic changes due to urbanization and changing lifestyles is highly conducive to the adoption of cloud video streaming solutions. The presence of a significant IT sector and the fact that several international players are moving to establish themselves in the region due to the recognized potential is expected to encourage market growth. Key Players Encoding.Com, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Akamai Technologies Inc., Forbidden Technologies, Haivision Hyperstream, Sorenson Media, and A-frame are some of the leading market players participating in the global cloud video streaming market. MRFR has profiled and recorded the market strategies employed by these players and their role in expanding the market. Product innovation, expansion of capabilities, acquisitions, and mergers are among the most employed market strategies with the highest impact. Browse Complete Report @ About Us GlobeNewswire is one of the world's largest newswire distribution networks, specializing in the delivery of corporate press releases financial disclosures and multimedia content to the media, investment community, individual investors and the general public. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 22/8/2018 17:04 by littleredrooster S&P 500 hits all-time high ahead of bull market record US stock market hits new all-time high and is set to record the longest bull market in its history today. by Daniel Grote on Aug 22, 2018 at 11:11 The S&P 500 is marching towards the longest bull market in its history in style, notching up an all-time high ahead of another record tumbling today. The US blue-chip index touched 2,873 points, a new record, during yesterday's trading, although it closed below that level. That all but guarantees the index will today break the record for the longest-ever bull market in its history. Provided the S&P 500 doesn't suffer a 564-point, or 19.7%, fall today, the US bull market run which began in the aftermath of the financial crisis will be 3,453 days old. That will break the previous record, set at the end of the last century, when the S&P 500's bull market lasted from October 1990 until the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000. 'If someone had said in March 2009 that we were setting out on the longest bull market investors have ever seen, they would have been laughed out of court,' said Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity International. 'In the aftermath of the financial crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers 10 years ago next month, investor sentiment was at its lowest ebb.' The marking of the milestone will lead some investors to question whether this record-breaking bull market could be drawing to a close. But Stevenson said the 'euphoria' that typically accompanies the final stages of a bull market was 'notoriously absent'. 'This most unloved of all bull markets has left sentiment relatively subdued,' he said. 'With earnings having been boosted by tax cuts, valuations are high but not excessively so.' Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, agreed, although he added that the valuation of US stocks, which are more expensive than shares on the UK stock market, 'does give some pause for thought'. He cited the widely used Shiller price earnings ratio, which charts the current price of the market compared to its inflation-adjusted earnings over the last 10 years. 'In the US, the market valuation has only been at this level in 1929 and in the late 1990s, shortly before the Wall Street crash and the tech bust respectively.' The long bull run in the US isn't matched by the UK stock market, as the FTSE 100 fell into a bear market, defined as a loss of 20% from its peak, in early 2016. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 15/8/2018 12:11 by littleredrooster Why video gaming is set to become a major industry - and how to invest in the firms that could cash in •Paris 2024 Olympic organisers said to be 'in deep talks' about including esports •In less than two years, esports could have more viewers than any other sporting tournament except NFL •Waiting in the wings are patient young technology companies By Lucy White City Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 09:38, 11 August 2018 \| Updated: 10:37, 13 August 2018 "Having video game leagues in the Olympics may seem like heresy to sports fans. But with the Paris 2024 Olympic organisers said to be 'in deep talks' about including esports in the world's oldest sporting tournament, it could soon be a reality. Esports is essentially competitive video game playing. Watching millennials play Fifa or shooting games against each other may sound tedious, but it's big business. Tens of thousands of fans at big stadiums watch their favourite players or teams use their consoles to battle against each other in a digital world. Waiting in the wings are patient young technology companies ready to serve the gamers' and viewers' needs, hoping to cash in on what could be a multi-billion-pound industry. Investors who put their money in the right place could do well. Technology consulting firm Activate thinks that by 2020, 70m people will watch an esports final, more than the number watching the American professional baseball, soccer, and hockey finals." "The big break is likely to come in the 2022 Asian Games, where players will be on a mainstream stage for the first time. After that, esports' rise could be meteoric." Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 10/7/2018 17:23 by littleredrooster $761 million has been stolen from digital currency exchanges so far this year Bitcoin price warning: BTC will drop to ‘$100' after being 'regulated into oblivion' BITCOIN could be “worth just $100 in 10 years” says Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz who claims digital currencies will be “regulated into oblivion” in a future clampdown on money laundering. By David Dawkins PUBLISHED: 12:23, Mon, Jul 9, 2018 Joseph Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank has warned the crypto community central banks have not yet clamped-down on bitcoin and other leading coins because the market is still relatively small. The Columbia University professor told Financial News that once crypto “becomes significant” they will “use the hammer”. He said: “People in power will move to regulate anonymous transactions. That you can be sure of. “Bitcoin could easily be worth just $100 in 10 years.” Professor Stiglitz says that the main problem with bitcoin and other decentralised cryptocurrencies comes from the conflict between the near anonymity for users and the necessary transparency needed for a banking system. He said: “You cannot have a means of payment that is based on secrecy when you’re trying to create a transparent banking system. "If you open up a hole like bitcoin then all the nefarious activity will go through that hole, and no government can allow that.” On the need for regulation, industry onlookers are in agreement that changes are needed and new rules would help bring in the next wave of investment from big bank and institutional investors. However more shocking losses are expected to surface, leaving risk-adverse money markets unsure over what’s often dubbed a ‘wild west’ for investors According to new data from cybersecurity firm CipherTrace, $761 million has been stolen from digital currency exchanges so far this year compared to $266 million for the whole of 2017. Yet in the UK, trust in the exciting new technology appears to be on the up with recent discussion in the UK being described as a “model example” for how regulation should be fashioned. Last week MPs heard from a Treasury select committee on the potential for fraud, money laundering, hacking, crypto-jacking and phishing in the crypto space. The meeting has been viewed by industry onlookers as a positive step, and Kevin Murcko, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange CoinMetro argued that the Treasury hearing "set the right tone for the future of crypto-assets in the UK – one that reconciles the risks and benefits of the asset." During the hearing Director Donald Toon, Prosperity Command at the National Crime Agency, told MPs that the use of crypto-assets in money laundering was minimal, and that it paled in size to other laundering strategies. While Martin Etheridge, Head of Note Operations at the Bank of England, argued that crypto didn’t pose a threat to financial stability. (Today 1 Bitcoin = 6,384 United States Dollar) Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 14/6/2018 02:58 by littleredrooster But was any of the manipulation illegal? Iain Gilbert WebFG News 13 Jun, 2018 19:03 Bitcoin's meteoric rise was the result of manipulation, new report says As much as half of the Bitcoin boom in 2017 may have been part of a campaign of price manipulation, according to a new paper by John Griffin, an academic known for his ability to spot fraud in financial markets. Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, and Amin Shams, a graduate student, looked at the flow of digital tokens moving through Bitfinex, one of the largest and least regulated cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, and saw distinct patterns that suggested that the exchange aimed to push up prices when they dipped at other exchanges. In order to achieve their goals, the person or persons involved used Tether, a virtual currency sold by the owners of Bitfinex, to stock up on other cryptocurrencies. Many within the crypto industry accused Bitfinex of being at least partly responsible for artificially inflating the price of Bitcoin at the time and the paper looks set to pour fuel on the fire of an existing debate over just how much of Bitcoin's meteoric rise was caused by the covert actions of a handful of players, rather than actual demand from legitimate investors. "There were obviously tremendous price increases last year, and this paper indicates that manipulation played a large part in those price increases," Griffin said. Bitfinex, which has previously denied it was involved in any kind of manipulation, is registered in the Caribbean, holds offices in Asia, and was subpoenaed by US regulators shortly after concerns over its actions were raised in 2017. Griffin and Shams scoured through millions of transactions on the blockchain, to identify patterns, a method that, while not conclusive, has aided government authorities and academics in spotting suspicious activity in the past. Griffin and Shams focused on the use of Tether, a token that is allegedly tied to the value of the US dollar, and found that 50% of the rise in Bitcoin in 2017 could be traced to the same times as Tether had flowed to a select group of other exchanges, specifically when the cryptocurrency's price was on the decline. Bitfinex did not respond to requests for comment. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 23/5/2017 16:23 by littleredrooster My estimate is that an early investment in IBG has significantly outperformed Google but the real star has been Amazon, and I would expect that I have benefitted from the rise in the Amazon share price via my investment in a global technology fund (and probably other such collective investments). Amazon at 20: some shareholders have gained 49,000pc, others lost 94pc James Connington 20 May 2017 • 7:23am Investors who stuck with Amazon over the past two decades would have enjoyed a return of nearly 49,000pc, despite a 94pc collapse in its shares when the tech bubble burst at the turn of the millennium. This week marked the 20th anniversary of the online retail giant’s public listing. The stock has been “split” multiple times over its lifespan. Share splits involve investors being given, for example, 10 shares for each they already own. This dilutes the value of each share but prevents them becoming prohibitively expensive. Adjusting for share splits, Amazon closed its first day of trading on May 15 1997 at $1.96 a share, after a 30.5pc rise that day. Today the stock trades at $959. However, the ascent of Amazon's share price has not been smooth. During the 1999 tech bubble it hit a high of around $107 before collapsing to $6 by late 2001 - a 94pc loss. Many retail investors own Amazon through funds, as it has become a perennial favourite of professional investors who target growth. Of the 3,636 funds included in the classification system of the Investment Association, the trade body, 113 have Amazon as a top-10 holding, according to data service FE. A constant cause of concern for many investors is the company's valuation, and whether it can be justified. On a price to earnings (p/e) basis, it has repeatedly looked untenable. The p/e ratio measures share price relative to annual earnings per share. At times Amazon's p/e has registered in the thousands, and its average since 1997 is 236. Today it sits at 182 according to data service Bloomberg, compared with 23 for the wider US market. These valuations have not prevented the share price from rising, and many investors see Amazon as unique and almost impossible to imitate. The business is notoriously guarded in terms of explaining its investments - even to fund managers - but many investors believe in its ability to innovate and disrupt existing sectors to continue to deliver growth. hxxp://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/082715/if-you-had-invested-right-after-amazons-ipo.asp If You Had Invested Right After Amazon's IPO By Investopedia \| Updated May 15, 2017 — 11:09 AM EDT "Today — May 15, 2017 — is the 20th anniversary of Amazon.com Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AMZN) initial public offering (IPO). Those in the investment industry know that Amazon has been a hot stock for quite some time. However, this was not always the case. When Amazon first went public in 1997, its stock was priced at just $18 per share. From that modest beginning, the online retail giant has seen its stock skyrocket, despite a rocky period during the dot-com crash. In fact, if you had invested just $100 in Amazon's IPO, that investment would have been worth $63,990 by close last Friday. On the 20th anniversary of its IPO, the stock price opened at $958.68, slightly under the all time high the previous week at $962. Hidden Growth It is clear from the figures above that even a modest investment in the company in 1997 would have turned into a healthy contribution to anyone's retirement savings. In fact, the stock has multiplied almost 491 times, using the split-adjusted close of $1.96." Read Full Thread Reply

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