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Why Qualcomm Acquired A Machine Learning Startup
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 17:55
Last week, Qualcomm announced that it had acquired Netherlands-based machine learning startup Scyfer for an undisclosed amount. The company also laid out its vision for artificial intelligence, indicating that it would d...
RBI scope for rate cut drives IDFC Asset's bullish bond call
livemint.com - 21 Aug 2017 08:44NASDAQ Looks Like During The End Of The Dotcom Bubble
Forbes - 22 Aug 2017 01:35
Tech heavy NASDAQ is beginning to look like the last days of the dotcom bubble back in the early 2000s. Popular stocks are failing to make new highs, selling is in the news, and the "buying in the dips" mentality is begi...
Market roundup | More misses than beats in first-quarter earnings
livemint.com - 21 Aug 2017 22:49
Unlike Q3FY17, which surprised with a beats-to-misses (BTM) ratio of 165% after muted expectations following demonetisation, Q1FY18 has been worse than expected
Before Vishal Sikka exit, mutual funds had hiked Infosys share holdings
livemint.com - 21 Aug 2017 21:10Virtual Reality's Real Sticker Shock
Wall Street Journal - 21 Aug 2017 20:49
High-end virtual reality headsets are getting a little cheaper with price cuts by Oculus and now HTC. But compelling games still needed to make a sustainable business.
13Fs Show Players Moving To Risk-On
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 20:28
Facebook, Alibaba and Alphabet wax bigger in portfolios at Third Point and other hyperintensity players, some 15% of its portfolio weightings. This hardly exceeds market weighting for such jitterbugging properties.
A Fund Manager Shares His Top Stock Picks
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 20:16
Ferrill Roll: I think the first thing to understand about Harding Loevner's global strategy is that it is one of several strategies based on the same research platform as our other strategies, which include our internati...
COHR Stock: Tiny Tech Stock Could Deliver Triple-Digit Gains
Profit Confidential - 21 Aug 2017 19:53
Myriad Growth Catalysts to Power Coherent Stock Higher Today's stock represents another of our favorite investing methods. It is called venture capital investing and involves investing in the stocks of companies that hav...
Q2 Equity Trading Revenues For Largest U.S. Banks Highest Since Early 2015
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 19:19
The 5 largest U.S investment banks reported more than $7.4 billion in total equity trading revenues for Q2 2017 - marginally higher than what they made a year ago, and also 4% better than the figure for the previous quar...
Apex Foods raises Rs43.5 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO
livemint.com - 21 Aug 2017 19:06
Apex Foods IPO will see a fresh issue of 7.25 million shares, which at the upper end of the price band will fetch the company approximately Rs126 crore
Buffalo Pet Products Breaking Out with 50% Potential
Profit Confidential - 21 Aug 2017 19:00
Buffalo Pet Products Is Undervalued Given Growth The pet foods market is massive, especially the demand for high quality products versus the standard cans and packages produced in China. A mid-cap pet foods stock that ha...
Is VIX The Tail Wagging The Dog?
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 18:27
VIX Futures Open Interest Hits a Record High. Inverse VIX ETFs and ETNs hit record AUM. Is VIX now the tail wagging the dog?
Goldman's Q2 Reinforces View That FICC Trading Has Changed Completely In The Last Decade
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 18:20
The second quarter of 2017 was a fairly bad quarter for investment banks in terms of FICC (fixed income, currencies and commodities) trading revenues, with the five largest banks making less than $11.1 billion in total F...
Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Guess On Wednesday
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 18:00What To Watch For In Salesforce's Q2 Earnings
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 17:59
We expect Salesforce's solid revenue growth to continue when the company reports its second quarter earnings on August 22nd. The company expects to generate revenues of $2.51 billion, representing 23% year-over-year grow...
What Can We Expect From Cree's Q4'17 Earnings?
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 17:48
Leading LED manufacturer Cree is set to announce its fiscal Q4 results on August 22. The company has seen its top line and profitability decline drastically in the last few years, owing to fierce competition in the LED i...
4 Reasons European Stocks Will Make A Big Comeback This Year
Forbes - 21 Aug 2017 17:27
It's clear that years of stagnation pushed European equities down to bargain levels. Couple it with improving economic fundamentals, and we have a strong case for Europe's big comeback this year.
BSE to 'compulsorily' delist 200 firms, bar promoters, from 23 August
livemint.com - 21 Aug 2017 17:21
BSE will delist 200 firms this week and bar their promoters from the markets for 10 years as trading in these shares have remained suspended for over a decade
Why Monetary Policy Isn't the Only Game in Town Anymore
Wall Street Journal - 21 Aug 2017 16:53
The Jackson Hole gathering of central bankers has been an opportunity for policy makers to pledge extraordinary support for economies, in particular via quantitative easing. But this year looks different.
Ripple Price Forecast and Analysis - August 21, 2017
Profit Confidential - 21 Aug 2017 16:45
Is Ripple entering the Chinese market? Is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) secretly running a validator node? What impact would it have on the Ripple price prediction? So many questions, so little time. Last week wa...