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Yandex Hit as Kremlin Backs Limits on Foreign Stakes in IT Firms

(Bloomberg) — The Kremlin is backing a draft law to restrict foreign ownership of Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex NV, and other local tech firms on national security grounds, despite warnings from providers that it will harm their businesses.The presidential administration supports proposals by Anton Gorelkin, a United Russia deputy in the lower house of parliament, that would limit foreign ownership in “significant information resources” to 20%, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing internal issues. Yandex fell more than 15% in U.S. trading Friday, its biggest decline in a year. …read more […]

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Apple shares hit new highs

Apple is hitting its highest levels in over a year in the wake of the company pulling a controversial app linked to the Hong Kong protests. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Brian Sozzi, and Dan Howley discuss. …read more […]

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The Era of Upcoming IPOs Continues to Surge in 2019

There are many historic periods dating the stock market—some good, some bad. The Dot-Com Bubble. The Roaring 20s. The Great Recession. Right now, we’re in the middle of yet another epoch: The age of unicorn IPOs.
This exemplary period in stock market history is aptly-named for the slew of upcoming IPOs that have investors clamoring. A surge of venture-backed, game-changing companies have already made their way to the public markets. Their subsequent success fueled even more IPOs. The result? Company after company has gone public, with still more lining up to offer shares.
These aren’t no-name companies, either. The reason IPOs are …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Are Warming Up To Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR)

While the market driven by short-term sentiment influenced by the accomodative interest rate environment in the US, increasing oil prices and deteriorating expectations towards the resolution of the trade war with China, many smart money investors kept their cautious approach regarding the current bull run in the second quarter and hedging or reducing many of […] …read more […]

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Were Hedge Funds Right About Betting On General Mills, Inc. (GIS)?

Our extensive research has shown that imitating the smart money can generate significant returns for retail investors, which is why we track nearly 750 active prominent money managers and analyze their quarterly 13F filings. The stocks that are heavily bought by hedge funds historically outperformed the market, though there is no shortage of high profile […] …read more […]