Technology giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) posted its third quarter fiscal 2015 earnings results on June 21, missing iPhone sales expectations. Despite this miss, however, Apple had a successful quarter with earnings per share of $1.85 on revenue of $49.6 billion, beating expectations of $1.81 per share on $49.43 billion in revenue. As such, Apple’s report…
Since it’s debut in 2007, iPhone sales have become one of the most watched line items in Apple’s quarterly report. With the iPhone segment making up over 70% of sales for the tech behemoth, it’s now become critical for the company to start diversifying their revenue stream. For their fiscal third quarter, 500 Estimize contributors have made…
A big topic of discussion in the finance and investing space is the Federal Reserve. During the depths of the financial recession of 2008 and 2009, the Federal Reserve reduced interest rates to an all-time low of 0.25%. However, we knew that the low rates wouldn’t last forever; and all of this year, experts have…
Some guys have all the luck. Or is it business acumen? In 2001, Koos Bekker – Chair of the South African media company Naspers (NPSNY) – put $34 million of his company’s money into a then-obscure Chinese web company, Tencent Holdings (TCEHY). Today, that stake (now diluted to 34%) is worth $66 billion, and Bekker is a billionaire….
Gold prices dropped $6.75 an ounce yesterday, giving back all of the gains made in the previous session, as a bounce in the dollar drew investors away from the precious metal. The XAU/USD pair headed south after the 1094 level was broken, however the expected support in the 1088/6 zone did kick in and held…
I recently had a call from a very opinionated so called investor. He explained to me every reason that the stock market will crash and gold will go up to $5,000. He further explained what is happening now is only short term that he is losing money. He clearly did not understand the concept of…
QUESTION: Hi Martin, Could you please explain whether your Computer model integrates the Carry trade into its Algorithms, and what influence the Carry trade will have (if Any) in the 2015.75 Sovereign Debt Crisis. Thank You R R. H ANSWER: Of course. The carry trade typically impacts capital flows. However, this will also…
If world markets take it on the chin in the coming weeks I would consider it an intermediate-term buying opportunity – for some sectors. If Europe, in particular, is hit hard enough to provide great opportunities, we’ll be at least selective buyers. If we can buy cheaply enough, I’m OK holding even if we didn’t…
Little on the docket economically, we pay attention to charts Looking at the charts in general, and the lack of major economic announcements during the session on Thursday, we believe that certain themes will play out again. There are trends that we have been following for some time, and this of course won’t be any…
I wrote earlier this month about the Whole Foods imitators whom I think are, frankly, pretty lame. Sprouts springs to mind, and I’ve lost my fear of being short stuff that’s at lifetime lows. Consider if you’d like to join me. I’m sitting tight.
