Netflix (NFLX 4.36%) had a lot of good news for investors when it reported its fourth-quarter earnings results. The streaming leader produced subscriber growth that was much better than expected, adding 7.66 million net new subscribers. It added subscribers across every region. Those subscribers helped generate $7.85 billion in revenue for the quarter, in line […]
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In 2022, the entire tech market was dragged down by declines in consumer spending. The rise in inflation and interest rates led consumers and businesses to slash budgets. For instance, PC shipments fell 28.5% in the fourth quarter of 2022 (per Gartner), the largest decline since at least the mid-1990s. Meanwhile, U.S. digital ad-spending growth […]
What happened Dreams of the metaverse are alive again (for now) as the values of top metaverse-related cryptocurrencies jumped this week. Those gains were driven in part by macro news, but also due to bullishness about the metaverse. According to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, as of 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday, Axie […]
Meta Platforms (META 2.72%) reported losses of about $10 billion in its Reality Labs division, which is building out the company’s vision of the “metaverse,” in 2021. And it has already lost more than $10.2 billion on Reality Labs through the first nine months of 2022, with the potential for more than $24 billion in […]
For many investors, $1,000 is a solid amount of money. And with the S&P 500 down by 20% over the last year, now is a great time to shop for deals in the market. Let’s discuss reasons why Amazon (AMZN 3.56%) and Phillip Morris International (PM 2.65%) could turn your money into significantly more over the […]
Tesla (TSLA 2.46%) and Apple (AAPL 3.68%) have very little in common except for the fact that both stocks are top 10 holdings in the Nasdaq Composite and have been exceptional investments over the past decade. But while Apple stock held up better than the Nasdaq in 2022, Tesla stock has gotten absolutely crushed — […]
A stock market sell-off in 2022 led shares in Amazon (AMZN 0.80%) and Alphabet (GOOG 0.53%) (GOOGL 0.56%) to plunge between 40% and 50% since last January. Macroeconomic headwinds brought declines in the companies’ respective industries, dragging their stocks down. However, Amazon and Alphabet continue to have leading market shares in lucrative industries and have […]
Growth stocks have been feeling the squeeze of macroeconomic pressures lately. With inflation still coming in hot, the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in hopes of getting the situation under control, and the possibility that 2023 will play host to a prolonged economic downturn, investors have broadly turned away from companies with forward-looking valuations. While […]
Tired of the same old investments that everyone else is snatching up? Then 2023 looks like a great time to try something new. I’m about to show you a trio of promising technology stocks that most investors don’t know well. These hidden treasures may not be household names quite yet but have the potential to […]
Apple‘s (AAPL 0.25%) stock declined nearly 30% in 2022 as investors fretted over the tech giant’s persistent supply chain issues in China. A lack of clarity regarding its roadmap beyond the aging iPhone, which still generated 52% of its revenue in fiscal 2022 (ended in September 2022), and inflationary headwinds exacerbated that uncertainty. But could […]