Investment strategy
SoftBank Vision Fund posts record $27 billion loss as tech stocks plummet
SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son said there is “confusion in the world” and in the markets due to a number of factors including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, high inflation and central bank moves to raise interest rates. These factors have contributed to a record annual loss at SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Kentaro Takahashi | Bloomberg | Getty […]
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UK economy ‘only going to get worse’ as growth slowdown begins
The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% in March and the situation is expected to worsen as the country’s cost-of-living crisis escalates. Tim Ireland | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images LONDON — A growth slowdown is underway in the U.K. after the economy shrank by 0.1% in March, with economists expecting further contractions this year. […]
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Online grocery delivery platform Instacart confidentially files for IPO in the U.S.
A shopper prepares fill his cart at a Giant supermarket in Washington, DC, April 6, 2020. Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Grocery delivery platform Instacart said late Wednesday it has filed a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), paving the way for the firm to list its shares. […]
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Retail investors are continuing to buy the dip in tech despite recent turmoil, says TD Ameritrade
Retail investors have continued to buy the dip in the recent market turmoil, even liking tech despite the sector rout, according to brokerage TD Ameritrade’s AJ Kahling. “Our indicators, TD Ameritrade [Investor Movement Index], just came out this morning indicating indeed that the retail traders are continuing to buy the dip,” Kahling, head of international […]
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Uber, Lyft and more: Goldman says buy these stocks to cash in on a $25 trillion opportunity
Goldman Sachs has picked a slew of buy-rated stocks that it says are currently “underappreciated” by the market, predicting that they will benefit from new business models that could be worth $25 trillion by 2050. Goldman’s picks include ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft , as well as sportswear firms Nike and Adidas and several waste […]
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Disney did not give us everything this quarter, but parks and streaming really delivered
It wasn’t a perfect quarter, but we’re pleased to see theme park operating income and Disney+ subscriber additions beat expectations. Source
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Stock market’s dismal performance is ‘part of the fight against inflation,’ Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that while the hot consumer price index suggests the Federal Reserve is losing in its struggle against inflation, the dismal performance of stocks, particularly in the Russell 1000, offers a different view. “When I talk about the Fed winning or losing the fight against inflation, I mean the fight to […]
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Cramer’s lightning round: I like Blackstone over KKR
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he’s giving his answers to callers’ stock questions at rapid speed. Source
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Unity CEO says ‘we expect to be profitable’ in Q4 after rough quarter
Unity Software expects slower growth in the second and fourth quarters while rebuilding its data but expects to be profitable at the end of the year, chief executive John Riccitiello told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday. “We brought our guidance down, and what that’s about is [a] self-inflicted wound. We did some things on the […]
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Roblox CEO says April bookings are starting to turn around after a difficult March
Roblox CEO David Baszucki told CNBC on Wednesday that the company is seeing its bookings recover in April after the company said earlier this week that they declined 3% in the March quarter. Bookings are how the company describes sales of its virtual currency, Robux, which players use to buy digital items such as avatars […]
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