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Shopify (SHOP) merchants made a record $11.5 billion in sales during Thanksgiving shopping, including Cyber Monday and Black Friday deals. A $1.27 billion UK lawsuit claims that Microsoft (MSFT) overcharges customers for using rival services to its Azure platform. The South Korean won tumbles to a two-year low after the president declared emergency martial law, sending the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) lower. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth! here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.
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Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, an investment management company, released the “Strategic Growth Strategy” third quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The U.S. stock market had another successful time in the third quarter of 2024, with the S&P 500® Index growing for the fourth consecutive quarter, which hasn’t happened […]
Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, an investment management company, released the “Strategic Growth Strategy” third quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The U.S. stock market had another successful time in the third quarter of 2024, with the S&P 500® Index growing for the fourth consecutive quarter, which hasn’t happened […]
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Over the past five decades, Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD (AMD), has become a staple of the tech industry. Let's take a closer look at the semiconductor company's biggest moments with Beyond the Ticker. 1969 AMD was founded by Jerry Sanders and a group of seven other individuals. 1972 The company went public on September 27, 1972, at $15.50 per share, bringing in a a total of $7.5 million. 1982 AMD and its main competitor Intel (INTC) signed a 10-year technology exchange agreement, as part of a deal to supply chips to IBM (IBM). 1991 AMD released the Am386, its version of the Intel 386 microprocessor, leading to a legal battle between the two companies. 1994 AMD landed a major deal with Compaq to supply Am486 processors to power Compaq PCs. 1996 AMD purchased NexGen for $857 million in stock, to take on Intel’s Pentium line of chips. 1999 AMD introduced the Athlon processor, the first 1-GHz microprocessor. 2003 AMD launched the Opteron, the company's first server-oriented processor. 2006 AMD acquired ATI Technologies for $5.4 billion, pushing ahead into the graphics card business for high-end gaming and design PCs. 2009 Intel agreed to paid AMD $1.25 billion as part of the pairs’ long-running antitrust battle. 2013 Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SONY) chose AMD as the chip provider for the Xbox One and PS4 game consoles. 2017 AMD debuted its new Ryzen line of chips aimed directly at taking on Intel’s top-of-the-line offerings. 2023 AMD acquired open-source AI software provider Nod.ai to boost its AI capabilities. Behind the AI wave, AMD hopes to continue riding this momentum well into the future. From tech giants to retail titans, Beyond the Ticker is a historical series that takes a deep dive into some of Wall Street's trending companies and how they transformed into the financial icons they are today. Check out more of our Beyond the Ticker series, and be sure to tune in to Yahoo Finance. Editor's note: This video was produced by Zach Faulds.
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Microsoft faces a dispute in the U.K. over how it charges customers who buy cloud software services that rival its own Azure, the latest antitrust challenge to the U.S. tech giant’s approach to licensing.
Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over a claim that thousands of businesses using cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba could be paying higher licence fees to use Windows Server software. Competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi filed a case at the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Tuesday, claiming that British businesses and organisations could collectively be owed more than 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion) in compensation. "Put simply, Microsoft is punishing UK businesses and organisations for using Google, Amazon and Alibaba for cloud computing by forcing them to pay more money for Windows Server," she said.
A legal action filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal claims Microsoft overcharged users of rival cloud platforms for access to its Windows Server.
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Indonesia is expecting to get a $1 billion investment commitment from tech firm Apple Inc in a week, its investment minister said on Tuesday, after the government banned iPhone 16 sales for failing to meet local content rules. Indonesia stopped sales of the smartphone because it requires those sold domestically to comprise at least 40% locally-made parts, which it said Apple had not adhered to. Indonesia plans to increase this requirement, a deputy minister said on Tuesday.
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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is up 26.8% through Dec. 2, and certain sectors are doing even better. Investment management firm Vanguard has an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the S&P 500's communications sector. The Vanguard Communications ETF (NYSEMKT: VOX) is up 33.4% at the time of this writing, and there's reason to believe the fund is still a great value for investors interested in communications stocks like Google parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS).
President Yoon Suk Yoel accused the opposition of 'trying to overthrow the free democracy'.
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We recently compiled a list of the Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Top 15 Stock Picks Heading Into 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stands against Ken Fisher’s other top stock picks. Ken Fisher is the founder of Fisher Asset Management, a financial adviser that he started nearly […]
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Up about 75% year to date as of this writing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), or TSMC for short, has been on a strong run this year as it has benefited from the AI infrastructure buildout. TSMC is the world's leading semiconductor contract manufacturer, and produces chips for some of the largest tech companies in the world, including Apple and Nvidia. Manufacturing chips is a capital-intensive business that requires building expensive foundries, and high utilization levels are necessary to ensure profits, which is why many of the world's top semiconductor companies outsource their chip manufacturing.
Lawsuit alleges Apple monitors employees' personal iCloud accounts and illegally limits them from discussing their wages and working conditions.
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Listen and subscribe to Financial Freestyle on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. The recent cryptocurrency surge is lending credence to the viability of digital currency. In the latest episode of Financial Freestyle with Ross Mac, Armando Pantoja joins Ross Mac to discuss the booming cryptocurrency market and the often misunderstood technology that underpins it. Pantoja, a former cryptology graduate student, is now an avid advocate for cryptocurrency—though his enthusiasm wasn’t always assured. He recalls the cryptocurrency exchange crash of 2013, which prompted him to withdraw from the market. However, his perspective shifted in 2015 with the emergence of ethereum. “I was interested in the computing side of ethereum (ETH-USD). How that whole system worked,” Pantoja continues. “Then I realized… how things work... how assets drop, how they come up and it got me into stocks, got me into crypto, got me into tech investing.” This knowledge led Pantoja to create ICO Ranker in 2017, which he would sell one year later to 360 Blockchain Inc. for $1.8 million. Today, Pantoja is a crypto and blockchain expert, frequently traveling to speak about the transformative potential of blockchain technology. As he told Mac, much of the skepticism surrounding cryptocurrencies stems from a lack of understanding of blockchain. “The problem [is] that most people don't understand what cryptocurrency is based on blockchain technology. The technology of blockchain is what makes everything so secure,” says Pantoja. His reasoning is that it “is the most secure database that's ever been created… There's... almost no way possible to lose data. And three is that it can't be tampered with.” For Pantoja, the true innovation lies not in cryptocurrencies themselves but in the underlying technology. “It's the technology and when you understand that that [the} technology can't be stopped,” Pantoja continues. “We'll understand that everybody on earth, all organizations, every country will have to accept this way of doing things because of… the transformative nature of the blockchain technology.” Financial Freestyle with Ross Mac on Yahoo Finance is dedicated to promoting economic prosperity for all. Through expert insights, practical advice, and inspiring success stories, we empower you to build and grow wealth. Join us on this transformative journey toward financial freedom and inclusive economic growth. This post was written by John Tejada.
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Starting the first trading session of December, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) leads stocks in gains as it jumps higher than 0.5% after the opening bell; the index is up over 28% year-to-date. Morning Brief host Brad Smith and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre observe this morning's market action, while looking back on the three major indexes' (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) performances in 2024, November's sector winners and losers, and Intel's (INTC) stock performance since Pat Gelsinger came on as CEO. Intel announced Gelsinger's retirement as CEO earlier this morning. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
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With $36 trillion in national debt, many in the US are beginning to look for radical and nontraditional ways of addressing the growing problem. For Benchmark Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst Mark Palmer that answer might be crypto. On a recent episode of Opening Bid with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi, Palmer explains why. For full episodes of Opening Bid, watch on our website or listen on your favorite podcast platform. This post was written by Rachael Lewis-Krisky, producer for Opening Bid.
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With the incoming administration only two months away, crypto savants like Benchmark Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst Mark Palmer are focused on how the entire sector could rapidly change. Palmer spoke with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi on Opening Bid, touching on his hopes for the kinds of changes the country would see with a new administration. Palmer explained that the foremost expectation is that crypto policing will change. "The SEC under Gary Gensler as commissioner has used what's known as 'regulation by enforcement,' which is a way of saying that they really didn't have a framework through which they were regulating the space... This has been a big problem from the standpoint of institutional adoption because if you're an institutional investor, the last thing you want to do is get involved in an emerging asset class and suddenly have a federal regulator come in and shut down your project." For full episodes of Opening Bid, watch on our website or listen on your favorite podcast platform. This post was written by Rachael Lewis-Krisky, producer for Opening Bid.
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Dow Jones futures rose Friday morning, as Nvidia stock rebounded from a key support level. Tesla looked to snap a losing streak.
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The euro’s downtrend continued on Friday as more economic data supported the outlook for another European Central Bank rate cut in December.
The dollar strengthens as "there is greater room for an upward reassessment in US interest rate expectations relative to other major economies," BBH analysts write. The Atlanta Fed's updated projection of 2.
While the overall inflation returned to the ECB's target, core inflation — a measure which strips out volatile elements — is at 2.7%.
As challenging as France’s fiscal and political outlooks are, the country’s underlying areas of resilience include a favourable government debt profile, a resilient economy and well capitalised banks.
The dollar index has rallied since Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US presidential election. His win has changed the fiscal and monetary policy outlook, favoring the greenback.
Germany needs a stable and reform-oriented government to respond to the impact of US president-elect Donald Trump’s potential policy shifts that will impact Germany’s trade, fiscal and defence policies.
Donald Trump’s emphatic victory in the US presidential elections is a net negative for US risks over the medium run because it raises financial risk, although nearer-term implications for the economy are more mixed.
The prospect of a Donald Trump presidency roiled foreign-exchange markets, giving the dollar a huge boost and hammering other currencies like the euro, yen, Mexican peso and Chinese yuan. The Mexican peso sank to its weakest level against the dollar this year, before paring some losses. Trump has threatened to levy hefty tariffs on Mexico that could curb demand for its exports.
Investors are betting a second Donald Trump presidency will widen the economic gap between the U.S. and Europe. Traders ramped up wagers Wednesday that European policy makers will cut interest rates more aggressively, given Trump's proposed tariffs could hurt Europe's already struggling economy.
The preliminary figure for growth in the third quarter is 2.8%, 0.2% below the consensus.
Georgia’s coming elections highlight its tough balancing act between the West and Russia. Competing visions for the nation’s future, challenging geopolitics and sanctions risks threaten the sovereign’s ratings.
Inflation below target suggests that the cycle of loosening will probably continue up to summer 2025.
EUR/USD collapsed to an 11-week low on Thursday after the European Central Bank lowered interest rates by 25-bps.
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Headline annual inflation reached a fresh low of more than three years but the greenback’s performance was mixed.
Italy aims to accelerate fiscal tightening to exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure earlier than expected, but high public debt, structural economic weaknesses and unfavourable demographics pose challenges.
Germany is facing demographic challenges with more acute structural pressures than other advanced economies. Labour-market and pension reforms are essential, but fragmented politics risk are eroding competitiveness.
Despite inflation heading below the ECB's target rate of 2% in September, core inflation — which strips out more volatile measures — still came in at 2.7%.
The US dollar index hit 14-month lows on Wednesday near 100.20. The Fed is expected to cut 25-bps rates in November and December, so market participants may price in the impact of future cuts.
A soft landing for the European economy could be slipping away, increasing pressure on policymakers to step up the pace of interest-rate cuts. Business surveys out Monday indicated that activity in the eurozone's two largest economies was much weaker than expected in September. Here is how markets reacted: + **An October rate cut is now on the table.** Derivatives markets show investors see the European Central bank's key rate at 3.31% next month, meaning they are pricing in almost a full quarter-point reduction from the current rate of 3.5%.