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by | July 27, 2017 · 10:00 am

Amazon`s market cap is now over $500 billion

A company we talked much about in the late 90s was Amazon. Back then Amazons shares traded below $10. Now, shares are above $1000. On Wednesday, it closed at $1,052,80 which is up 12,93 points or 1,24% for the day. What a company.

It is a huge company and belive it or not, it is a strong momentum going on here and that indicates Amazon has strong growth potential for the future. The company reported a 34% YoY increase in third-party seller service revenues in the first quarter ($6,44 billion).

 

 

Amazon also had a 49% increase in subscription revenue in the first quarter ($1,94 billion). AWS revenues grew 43% to $3,66 billion.

Amazon acquired the brick-an-mortar grocery store chain Whole Foods and that will give the company a boost in the e-commerce business. This alone will add more value to its shareholders and therefore change Amazon`s margins.

Amazon.com Inc is expected to report earnings on Thursday 27 after market close. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending June 2017. Earnings forecast for the quarter is $1,4 versus $1,78 for the same quarter last year.

Expected revenue is $37,2 billion versus $30,4 billion in sales for the same quarter last year.  Amazons market cap is now over $500 billion. Thats BIG. B.I.G.

 

 

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by | July 25, 2017 · 10:00 am

Instagram`s audience is growing much faster than Facebook`s and Instagram can be Facebook`s best growth engine

Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook started its business 13 years ago on February 4, 2004. Many things have happened since then, and Facebook are now among the biggest corporations with its 2016 Revenue of US$ 27,638 Billion. The success continues.

The social media giant are growing like never before. Ad revenue grew by 51% YoY in Q1 2017. It jumped from $5,2 Billion to $8,85 Billion. Total revenue climbed 49% and earnings went from $0,60 to $1,04.

 

 

It is a big surprise for many to see that Facebook is still adding DAUs and MAUs (active users). Monthly active users have jumped to over 2 billion and their revenue will follow. Many companies are trying to take Facebook`s throne, but the giant are very strong and knocks off all challengers.

Snapchat is the latest challenger, but Facebooks Instagram seems to be strong in this market and will also contribute to Facebooks revenue growth. Instagram has over 700 million MAUs and 400 million DAUs.

Instagram is integrated in the social media business model and they have been selling ads for four years now. Instagrams audience is growing much faster than Facebooks audience and Instagram can be Facebook`s best growth engine.

Instagram is not the only growth engine of Facebook. They also have Messenger, WhatsApp and Oculus VR, and their next step will be to compete with YouTube.

Investors love the social media giant. In January this year, Facebook`s shares were trading at $115 per share and on Monday their shares were trading at $166 per share. The giant have jumped over 40% so far in 2017. Compare that to the rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period and see for yourself.

Facebook Inc is expected to report earnings on Wednesday 26 after market close. The report will fe for the fiscal Quarter ending June 2017. Earnings forecast for the quarter is $1,13 which is a big jump from $0,76 in the same quarter last year.

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by | July 20, 2017 · 10:00 am

Microsoft and Baidu plan to explore opportunities to deliver connected vehicle solutions

Microsoft is still among the biggest corporations, but far away so «hot» as the FANG stocks that everyone is talking about at the moment. With its market cap of $569,85 billion, Microsoft is still among the best and biggest companies.

Microsoft Corporations is expected to report earnings on Thursday after market close. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending June 2017. Earnings forecast for the quarter is $0,71 which is a bit more than last years earnings of $0,69 for the same quarter.

 

 

IBM is trying to give its cloud business a boost, but Microsoft`s open cloud format seems to be much better. A business that is giving Microsoft a huge upside. Azure and Xbox is two drivers for Microsoft at the moment, but there is more.

Who is talking about LinkedIn? Only a few. Reid Hoffman sold his «baby» to Bill Gates and Microsoft acquired the professional networking platform in an all-cash deal worth $26,2 billion in December last year.

Microsoft`s CEO Sataya Nadelia said at that time “The deal would bring together the worlds leading professional cloud with the worlds leading professional network.”

In addition; Microsoft wants to compete with Apple and Alphabet in delivering its self-driving car platform. They will collaborate with China`s search engine giant Baidu to use its Azure services for those self-driving cars.

Microsoft said in a press release on July 18, that Baidu and Microsoft plan to explore opportunities to deliver connected vehicle solutions and unique customer experiences that aim to digitally transform the autonomous driving industry.

Microsoft is focusing on cloud-connected car scenarios via its «Microsoft Connected Vehicle» strategy, and the company is aiming to get more vehicles to use their cloud services, like Office 365 and Azure, instead of using Microsoft itself inside cars via «Windows Automotive.»

Other Automotive brands are also interested in Microsoft`s cloud business. BMW and Volvo have both announced partnerships with Microsoft for its cloud-business car services.

Microsoft closed its previous trading session at $73,86 and is expected to report earnings on Thursday after market close.

 

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by | July 19, 2017 · 10:30 am

Morgan Stanley reached its all-time high in year 2000 which is twice as much as it is today

JP Morgan Chase & Co came out with its earnings report a few days ago and the company had its most profitable year in the history of banking. What about Morgan Stanley? They are expected to report earnings on Wednesday before market open.

The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending June 2017, and Morgan Stanley is expected to report $0,76/share on $9,47 billion in revenue. According to the Street`s unofficial view on earnings, the whisper number is $0,78. Earnings for the same quarter last year was $0,75.

 

 

Wells Fargo surprised many analysts when they reported a drop in lending. JP Morgan Chase & Co also toned down its outlook for loan growth and interest income in the second half. We can clearly see that the loan growth is falling huge, while the optimism in the stock market right after Trump`s election is beginning to fade away.

Analysts are projecting revenue to rise to $9,09 billion from $8,91 billion in the second quarter of last year.

Morgan Stanley will probably talk about its new automated wealth advising product on Wednesday. It would be the last of the big wealth-management firms to cave to the whims of the less affluent, younger crowd, following Bank of America Corps Merrill Lynch unit and UBS Group AG. Big news from long a sceptic of robo-advisings staying power.

Indian banks are trading at an all-time high valuation and that is more than we can say about Morgan Stanley. A bank that reached its all-time high in year 2000 which is twice as much as it is today. The stock came back to its all-time high in 2007, but it plummeted during the financial crisis.

Morgan Stanley have never recovered since then and the company`s stock price is trading at $45,14.

 

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by | July 18, 2017 · 3:00 pm

Netflix crossed the symbolic milestones of 100 million members and more international than domestic members

Netflix continue its journey to heaven. Straight up, and so goes the stock price. Netflix will go straight up from start today. Whats interesting to see is that Netflix now has more subscribers outside the U.S then inside its own borders.

Netflix said in its streaming video that «This would mark the first ever annual contribution profit from our international segment.»

 

 

Netflix said in a letter to its shareholders that it «crossed the symbolic milestones of 100 million members and more international than domestic members» in the latest quarter, ending it with 52,03 million international and 51,92 million U.S subscribers.

Yesterday, Netflix said they beat second-quarter earnings expectations as hit originals, such as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. Those are two examples of popular films that many of my friends are following regularly.

The stock price continues to rise and so are their popularity. The winner takes it all.

 

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