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Are Private Companies Overvalued?
Most recently IPOed companies have seen their valuation cut in half in the last months. These include well-known companies like SoFi, Marqeta, Robinhood, Affirm and many other so-called FinTechs or SaaS companies.
23 Mar 2022
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
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
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
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
The Fed Blunders, Again
After a relatively large miscalculation of inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and labour shortages, the Fed is now trying to work back against some of its mistakes. Yet, this time, many investors fear that the Fed might act too strongly and push the economy into recession.
06 Jan 2022
Stock Pickers' Weak Performance
The January meme-stock mania and a rally in smaller and cheaper stocks boosted optimism that active investing would make a comeback this year. However, as the year comes to a close, most professional stock pickers are finding themselves at the same spot, again: lagging the S&P 500 index.
30 Dec 2021
High Valuations, Little Stimulus. Time For A Pullback?
Due to high valuations and less supportive Federal Reserve policies, Jim Paulsen of The Leuthold Group forecasts a 10% to 15% fall next year. However, due to ongoing solid GDP and profit growth, he anticipates a large market setback to be temporary.
20 Dec 2021
Buy Now Pay Later Tumbles - Time To Buy?
Following the opening of an inquiry into the sector by the US consumer authority, shares of numerous "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) companies plummeted.
17 Dec 2021
LSE's Lackluster Performance
London's attempt to compete with New York by transforming its stock market into a refuge for fast-growing technology businesses is stumbling as trading volumes decrease and some big-ticket initial public offerings fail.
14 Dec 2021
Rivian, A Bubble?
Rivian Automotive will go public on Wednesday, in what is believed to be one of the year's biggest IPOs. The stock is expected to open at $125 per share, implying a valuation of up to $107 billion and a 60 percent increase above its IPO price of $78 per share.
10 Nov 2021
Futu And Tiger Brokers Under Pressure
Futu Holding and UP Fintech Holding (the company behind Tiger Brokers), both U.S.-listed Chinese online brokerages, face regulatory concerns when China's new personal data privacy law takes effect on November 1, according to an analysis on the People's Daily website.
17 Oct 2021
Meituan Hit With $ 534m Antitrust Fine
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced on Friday that Meituan had abused its monopoly in the country's online food delivery market.
11 Oct 2021
Beijing Is Preparing For Evergrande's Downfall
Evergrande, the Chinese property developer, has yet to confirm whether it would make interest payments on its US-dollar bond, a critical milestone that investors have been watching.
24 Sept 2021
Evergrande, The Tip Of The Iceberg?
China's most indebted property developer could fail to pay interests on its debt. The company might then default on its $ 305B in liabilities, sending shock waves through the Chinese real estate market.
21 Sept 2021
An Ugly September, Again?
Investors are preparing for more market volatility in the coming weeks even if equities hoover near fresh highs after seven months of straight gains.
20 Sept 2021
Peloton's Growth Is Slowing, Cuts Prices
The fitness bike maker is expected to cut the price of its flagship bike as people head back to their local gyms and do less exercise at home. The company is also starting to shift its business mix back toward treadmill sales, which are less profitable than its cycles.
30 Aug 2021
The Tech Boom Is Over?
Despite reporting stellar results for the second quarter, many tech companies were punished by investors for their more cautious forecasts. Major lockdown-winners are now warning that growth going forward might be pressured as consumers get back to their pre-pandemic lives.
15 Aug 2021
Invest In China? Today?
The Chinese Government has taken extraordinary measures to keep its tech giants in check. It started with Alibaba and Jack Ma and has now expanded to Tencent, DiDi, Meituan and many other tech leaders.
01 Aug 2021
Bubbles? What Grantham Is Seeing
Right now, Grantham believes that the stimulus, vaccine optimism and the ongoing economic recovery have enabled investors to buy some time. Yet, serious issues such as rising interest rates, sustained inflation, labor shortages and exploding commodity prices could trigger the next fall.
22 Jul 2021
