Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 24)

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Postby behappyalways » Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:36 pm

Watch this Russian hacker break into our computer and take complete control in minutes
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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:40 am

Traders are fleeing the year's hottest investment

by Joe Ciolli

Bank of America Merrill Lynch clients sold more than $1 billion of tech stocks last week.

Tech stocks in the S&P 500 are up 23% this year, more than double the benchmark.

Having surged 23% year-to-date through Monday, the S&P 500 Tech Index has been the best-performing industry of 2017, more than doubling the return of the benchmark S&P 500.


Source: Business Insider

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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby behappyalways » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:54 am

Chinese satellite sends 'hack-proof' message
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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:57 am

Two charts point to big trouble for tech stocks

by Alex Rosenberg

Expected earnings per share growth for the sector was "at about 20 percent for the first half of the year. That's the reason they were leaders".

"For the second half of year, we're looking at about 10 percent, … and it gets even worse when you get into 2018.

So we're going for these really high growth stocks into really below average stocks."



"We could see these stocks make about a 9 percent dip from here and still be well within the past six months' range" of valuations.


"I think it's time to step out of the way for a little bit here, especially if your time frame is sometime over the next year," Baruch said.

"But on the flip side, if your time frame is very long and you're young and you don't think your portfolio has enough tech in it, use some of this fallback to start nibbling at some of those better names" in the index.


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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:13 pm

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The iShares Exponential Technologies ETF (NASDAQ:XT) makes for an interesting spin on a diversified approach to tech stocks.

In fact, XT is not confined to the technology sector. The ETF devotes 30% of its weight to healthcare stocks, its second-largest sector allocation behind technology at 32%.

XT holds 191 stocks and follows the Morningstar Exponential Technologies Index. None of XT’s holdings account for more than 1.2% of the ETF’s weight, an approach that helps limit single stock risk.

XT is also a global ETF, featuring exposure to about a dozen countries in addition to the U.S. The approach is working as evidenced by the fund’s 30.5% year-to-date gain.

Source: Investor Place
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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:17 pm

Best Tech ETFs: Fidelity MSCI Information Tech ETF (FTEC)

Expense ratio 0.084% per year, or $8.40 on a $10,000 investment

Acknowledging that this could change at anytime, the Fidelity MSCI Information Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:FTEC) is, as of this writing, the least expensive tech sector ETF in the U.S.

Actually, frugal investors that like sector ETFs should know that, again at least for the moment, Fidelity, not Vanguard is home to cheapest bunch of sector ETFs on the market.

Aside from its low fee, FTEC is known for having one of the largest weights to Apple among all tech ETFs at 13.6%. Home to $1.1 billion in assets under management, FTEC is also the largest ETF in Fidelity’s sector suite.

FTEC holds 360 stocks, which is far more than XLK, indicating the Fidelity tech ETF features some exposure to smaller tech names though the fund is dominated by mega-caps such as Apple, Alphabet and friends.

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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:26 pm

Juniper’s predictions for 2018

1. Amazon and Facebook Lead OTT Bids for Major Sporting Rights
2. Apple, Facebook, Google Bring Social Payments to the Masses
3. AI and Blockchain to Power Numerous Fintech & Insurance Solutions
4. Edge Computing to Fast Track the IoT
5. Facial Recognition Applications Surge
6. The Rise of Robo-advisors & App-based Investments
7. Machine Learning Coming to Verify Your Identity
8. Chinese Cards and Wallets Achieve Scale in Western Markets
9. Smart Toys Educating the Masses
10. Wireless Charging Market Moves Up a Gear

Source: 24-7 Wall Street

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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:10 am

Here is how Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi fare against Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple

Everything you need to know about China’s technology conglomerates – and how staggeringly big they are

Source: SCMP

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/ ... nst-google
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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 18)

Postby winston » Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:32 am

Amazon is valued at twice the size of Walmart.

Uber is valued at almost 40 times the size of Hertz.

And Tesla, which has lost $2.5 billion over the past five years, is valued the same as General Motors, which has made $43 billion over the same period.


Source: Forbes
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Re: Technology Sector 02 (Jun 16 - Dec 18)

Postby winston » Mon Dec 25, 2017 6:39 pm

The Tech Stock Boom Is Just Beginning

Tech stocks have enjoyed a great 2017, despite a recent pullback. Don't think for a second that tech stocks are headed for destruction in 2018.

By Kinsey Grant

The tax bill contains an 8% one-time tax on illiquid assets and a 15.5% tax on cash and cash equivalents held overseas.


Apple, for example, had more than $250 billion in overseas cash at the end of last quarter. Instead of paying the old 35% corporate rate to bring that back to the U.S., Apple would now pay just 15.5%. That's the difference between $87.5 billion and $38.8 billion.


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