Month: July 2020

(Bloomberg) — Shopify Inc. is a growing rival to Amazon.com Inc. in e-commerce. The Canadian tech company is still much smaller than the U.S. giant, of course — except in one respect.Ottawa-based Shopify, which went public only five years ago, has come to have an outsized impact on equity returns in its home country. It now accounts for fully 6.5% of the S&P/TSX Composite Index, more than Amazon’s 4.9% weight in the S&P 500.As Shopify goes — and most of the time it goes up, not down — so goes Canada’s main equity benchmark. The stock’s blistering run has added …read more […]

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Second quarter GDP reportedly contracted approximately 32% from last quarter. Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director at Oppenheimer Asset Management, John Stoltzfus, joins The Final Round panel to break down why the Q2 GDP report isn’t as bad as it appears. …read more […]

As cases of coronavirus continue to rise, health and government officials remain skeptical about the best ways to reopen. Dr. Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine, joins The Final Round to discuss why he believes that the best way to proceed is for a federalized opening plan which could allow the U.S. to see schools, sports, and everyday life resume to normal by October. …read more […]

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On Friday, Deutsche Bank analysts led by Lloyd Walmsley raised their price target on shares of Amazon from $3,333 to $4,000, just one day after the e-commerce giant reported a blowout second quarter, which would the value it at $2 trillion. The firm said “it’s tough to see anything this quarter that was not positive”, although it did cite key risks to its call including higher competition and regulation. The Final Round panel discusses the bullish call.
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Donald Trump is gearing up to issue an order requiring ByteDance to sell its ownership interest in TikTok, according to multiple reports — otherwise, he’s threatened to ban the short-form video app in the U.S. over security concerns related to its ties to China. At the same time, Microsoft is currently in talks to buy […] …read more […]

“It is time to return to our roots and break up” big tech to “oxygenate the marketplace,” says NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway. …read more […]

According to the New York Times, Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok. This comes after President Trump and the White House administration have been looking into shutting down the company in the United States. The Final Round panel discusses the details. …read more […]

Suzanne Judd, Ph.D., an Epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to discuss the latest coronavirus developments, as Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis. …read more […]

Apple announced July 30 that it would split its stock 4 to 1. But why would a company want to divide its shares up and what does it mean for shareholders? …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is exploring an acquisition of TikTok’s operations in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the matter.TikTok, a video-sharing app, is owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd., which has been evaluating changes to its business structure because of the U.S. government’s national security concerns.President Donald Trump plans to announce a decision ordering Bytedance to divest its U.S. ownership of TikTok, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. has been investigating potential national security risks due to the Chinese company’s control of the app. Trump’sdecision could be announced as soon as Friday, said the people.Microsoft …read more […]

When the U.S. dollar loses value, it creates a ripple effect across markets around the world. The prices of some things go up. Some go down. And it almost always creates increased demand for safe-haven investments like gold ETFs.

Now, some courageous investors see a weakened dollar as a time to jump into the markets because it’s shown to lead to a median 2.6% bump in the S&P 500. But when a weak dollar is paired with market volatility, it will almost certainly create a boon for gold bugs.
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Apple ‘s (AAPL) “massive home-run type quarter” is a drumroll for whats to come from the iPhone maker, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

“To me this was really a massive blowout quarter,” Ives told Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade. …read more […]