Month: October 2019

Russia’s largest internet group Yandex raised its 2019 revenue forecast for the third time on Friday after strong third-quarter growth, but its share price fell after a company earnings call. Chief Executive Arkady Volozh said on Friday’s call that the initial version of a draft law aimed at limiting foreign shareholding in Russian IT firms was “very damaging”, saying the company was in discussions with the government over the proposals. “As we look to address national interests, we want to do so in a way that supports our own business interests and the interests of all of our …read more […]

Phillips Baker has been the CEO of Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) since 2003. First, this article will compare CEO… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Bankrupt California utility giant PG&E Corp. had an equipment failure on a high-voltage transmission line just minutes before a wildfire was reported to have broken out late Wednesday.A 230-kilovolt PG&E power line went down at about 9:20 p.m. local time, according to a report filed with the California Public Utilities Commission. The Kincade blaze was reported to have erupted five minutes later. As of early Friday, it had scorched at least 16,000 acres and destroyed 49 structures. California’s fire agency is investigating the line, according to the company.PG&E’s equipment has already been blamed for sparking a series of …read more […]

Amazon reported third quarter earnings, showing profit fell for the first time in more than two years after its high spending for one-day-delivery proved costly. CEO of Amplify ETFs, and manager of the Amplify Online Retail ETF Christian Magoon joins Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss. …read more […]

“Since 2006, value stocks (IVE vs IVW) have underperformed 11 of the 13 calendar years and when they beat growth, it wasn’t by much. Cumulatively, through this week, it has been a 122% differential (up 52% for value vs up 174% for growth). This appears to be the longest and most severe drought for value […] …read more […]

Out of thousands of stocks that are currently traded on the market, it is difficult to identify those that will really generate strong returns. Hedge funds and institutional investors spend millions of dollars on analysts with MBAs and PhDs, who are industry experts and well connected to other industry and media insiders on top of that. Individual investors can piggyback […] …read more […]

Is Jumia Technologies AG (NYSE:JMIA) a good stock to buy right now? We at Insider Monkey like to examine what billionaires and hedge funds think of a company before spending days of research on it. Given their 2 and 20 payment structure, hedge funds have more incentives and resources than the average investor. The funds […] …read more […]

Like everyone else, elite investors make mistakes. Some of their top consensus picks, such as Amazon, Facebook and Alibaba, have not done well in Q4 due to various reasons. Nevertheless, the data show elite investors’ consensus picks have done well on average over the long-term. The top 20 stocks among hedge funds beat the S&P […] …read more […]