BlackBerry turnaround plans working? Company posts adjusted loss of 2 cents per share, better than 16 cent loss analysts have predicted.
Zero-Commission Stock Trading App Robinhood Raises $13M Series A
Robinhood, a startup that offers $0 commission stock trading on mobile devices, has raised a $13 million Series A funding to help the company democratize stock trading.
Will AMD's Growth be Sustainable?
In its recent earnings report, Advanced Micro Devices reported an improvement its second quarter of 2014, compared with the same period the previous year. The company posted a loss of $36 million ($0.05 per share) during the period, a reduction, compared with $74 million loss ($0.10 per share) in the same period the previous year. This comes amid a growth in sales in the second-quarter of 2014, as well as new product releases expected to grow the company’s market share in both consumer and commercial markets. The Sunnyvale chipmaker’s performance has fallen short of analyst expectations, although it is still within the company’s own forecast. A sound strategy AMD’s
Saturday Light Special: Merry Christmas
Upcoming week is a key week for all members of the press – Christmas press conference season is at its highest, with companies sending in more invitations than ever before. Personally, I should appear on at least eight of them, which is not so nice in possible five nights between Monday and Friday. Yet, financial industry is still feeling terrible, and even a $700 billion bailout from the US Government wasn’t enough to help the mis-managed sector. Well, to all the stockholders that believed their overpaid “wealth managers” when they said “buy GOOG at $520, it’ll hit $1000“, “buy AMD at $10, it’s a
Time for earning season madness is here!
In the light of world economy going bonkers, we have entered two really interesting weeks. Intel will submit its Q3 results after the market closes on Tuesday, while AMD will follow suit on Thursday. I’ve received a preview for both companies from Wedbush Morgan Securities, and in this post you can read estimates researched by Patrick Wang and his assistant Michael Lucarelli. According to Wedbush Morgan, we can expect “weak 3Q results towards the lower end of guidance as the majority of semi companies have not pre-announced but were most likely impacted by the well-documented macro environment.” With global economy being in chaos, it is
