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Sebastien
Investment analyst at Gorgorus.
503 articles
China's Slow Schism
According to a Western official and a US diplomat, the US has knowledge that China has expressed some interest in giving Russia with requested military and financial aid as part of its attack on Ukraine.
15 Mar 2022
Google To Buy Mandiant in $ 5.4B Cybersecurity Deal
Google is paying $5.4 billion to acquire cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc, a purchase that could have a "ripple effect" as cloud competitors Microsoft and Amazon ratchet up their attempts to secure the fast-growing industry.
11 Mar 2022
Bed Bath & Beyond, The New GameStop?
In premarket trading Monday, Bed Bath & Beyond stock jumped more than 70% when GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen revealed that his investment firm, RC Ventures, owned a roughly 10% position in the business.
08 Mar 2022
Hermes, A Valuable Luxury Business
Hermès is a premium fashion house based in France that was founded in 1837. Leather products, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, fragrances, jewellery, watches, and ready-to-wear are among its specialties. It has had a Duc carriage with horse as their emblem since the 1950s.
07 Mar 2022
Higher Inflation And Rates Hikes Ahead
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is likely to raise inflation according to Jerome Powell, which would be a blow to the Fed's predictions of easing pricing pressures in the coming months.
04 Mar 2022
SoftBank Is Cutting Its Alibaba Stake
SoftBank Group Corp is set to reduce its holding in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, according to an analyst, as the Japanese tech titan focusses on unlisted companies and repurchases its shares. In the last quarter, SoftBank sold 20 million Alibaba shares and could sell even more shares in 2022.
02 Mar 2022
Tesla's Gigafactory On Hold
Tesla revealed plans for its first Gigafactory in Europe near Berlin in late 2019, challenging Germany's conventional car industry titans Volkswagen and Daimler.
28 Feb 2022
Louis Vuitton Scales Up Manufacturing In France
The luxury group's sales, as well as those of its rivals Kering and Richemont, have risen dramatically as a result of rising demand for European fashion and accessories.
23 Feb 2022
Intercontinental Exchange: Growing Steadily
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is a Fortune 500 corporation based in the United States that manages worldwide exchanges, clearing houses, and provides mortgage technology, data, and listing services.
20 Feb 2022
Airbus' Engines Restart
After swinging to a record net profit of € 4.2 billion ($ 4.8 billion), Europe's largest aircraft business has reinstated its dividend for the first time in two years.
17 Feb 2022
Blackstone Sells Mileway For $ 24B
Mileway was formed by Blackstone in 2019 to store the portfolio of urban warehouses and dark kitchens owned by its European property funds in and near populated areas. Companies such as Amazon.com, Deliveroo and parcel delivery provider Deutsche Post rely on these so-called last-mile locations.
15 Feb 2022
Adyen: A Growth & Profits Story
Adyen, a Dutch payments processor, reported a 51% increase in core earnings in the second half of 2021, exceeding expectations and sending its stock price soaring.
10 Feb 2022
Peloton Has A New Leader
Peloton co-founder John Foley, who has overseen the firm for its entire 10-year history, is stepping down as CEO and will become executive chairman. Barry McCarthy, the former CFO of Spotify and Netflix, will take over as CEO and President of Peloton and join the board of directors.
08 Feb 2022
Constellation Software, A Tech Giant
Constellation Software is a software conglomerate based in Canada. The firm is based in Toronto, Canada. It is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is a component of the S&P/TSX 60 index.
06 Feb 2022
Amazon Surprises, Meta Fades
Amazon's profit nearly doubled during the holiday season, thanks to better-than-expected labor and supply cost control, as well as advances in its cloud computing and advertising divisions.
04 Feb 2022
Labour Market Heals
According to Labor Department figures released Tuesday, job postings totaled roughly 11 million in December all while the Great Resignation slowed.
02 Feb 2022
Retail Traders Go Back To Large U.S. Stocks & ETFs
What changed in the last quarter was what retail investors were trading. They shied away from meme stocks, opting instead for more conservative exchange-traded funds.
01 Feb 2022
Thematic Investing Is Showing Cracks
According to a recent report from JPMorgan, the attractiveness of investing in thematic ETFs that target diverse topics like renewable energy, innovation in developing markets, robots and space exploration does not benefit the end investor in the long run.
29 Jan 2022
Markets Pressured By Uncertainty
Tensions are heating up as Russia massed an estimated 100,000 troops along Ukraine's border, encircling the country from the north, east, and south.
25 Jan 2022
Estée Lauder, The Beauty Giant
The company was founded by Estée and Joseph Lauder in 1946 in New York. They started by selling only basic oils and skin solutions and opened their first department store account with Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in 1948.
23 Jan 2022
