StockWatch: Week of November 29 – December 03
This week we saw M&A news, with Australian firms in the spotlight, while Didi’s delisting announcement, Nvidia and Facebook regulatory scrutiny, were some of the themes that also stood out.
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This week we saw M&A news, with Australian firms in the spotlight, while Didi’s delisting announcement, Nvidia and Facebook regulatory scrutiny, were some of the themes that also stood out.
The robust equities market of 2020 and 2021 brought a rush of fresh initial public offering (IPO) listings to Wall Street. Nearly every sector was represented in the bonanza, including offerings from the cryptocurrency, technology, and manufacturing spaces. Of all tech companies that planned to make their 2021 market debuts, the Databricks IPO garnered extensive fanfare and coverage. What Is Databricks? Founded in 2013, Databricks is self-described as being "the…
Stock Price Performance Amazon has been a star performer over the last five years. The holding period return is an astounding 330%, from $790 to the current price of $3,400. The yearly returns are as follows: 2017: 53% 2018: 28% 2019: 14% 2020: 72% 2021*: 5% Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results. Return on Equity During this period, the company increased its return on equity…
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued on Thursday, to block Nvidia Corp.’s $40 billion acquisition of U.K. chip designer Arm Ltd
According to Bloomberg, Apple Inc (AAPL) has told its suppliers that demand for its iPhone13 has slowed. The company cut production by as many as 10m units due to the global chip shortage. However, the remaining orders are now also under pressure, given this slump. The holiday season is Apple's biggest quarter. Given these developments, turnover will become a key focus for short-term prospects. We ran a Monte Carlo discounted…
The two Chinese Electric Vehicle (EV) makers released today their deliveries for the month of October, not long after they had provided their quarterly results for the third quarter
The social media giant, now named Meta, was instructed by UK regulator to divest the popular GIF platform, GIPHY
This holiday-shortened week for the US stock markets ended with risk-aversion due to Covid variant warning by the WHO and marked the winding down of the earnings season, with a handful of high profile results
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a newly found COVID-19 variant, sparking fresh fears sending stocks of major airline companies lower
The Chinese firm reported its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday, after the Hong Kong stock market closed, with the results disappointing investors and pushing the stock lower today
The Chinese electric vehicle maker released solid financial results for the third quarter, earlier today, with the stock rallying at the beginning of trading in the US
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