S&P Dow Jones Indices is the company which maintains the GICS — the Global Industry Classification System. That system assigns companies to specific industry groups; it’s important because so many exchange-traded funds are grouped together on the basis of these classifications. That can mean that many stocks get caught in Read more…
Several times over the past few years, we’ve written about the secretive augmented reality startup, Magic Leap, which has raised big money from technology giants, including Alphabet [NASDAQ: GOOG], and from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. “Virtual reality” (VR) headsets, such as Facebook’s Oculus, mask external reality entirely and place Read more…
Quarterly earnings are in full swing, affording investors one of their periodic views into the financial performance of a wide spectrum of companies, and the chance to hear some valuable anecdotal comments from company management about the state of their businesses, their industries, and the wider economy. Here at Guild, Read more…
The investor enthusiasm that began 2018 was based on the sense of a late-cycle acceleration. The global expansion was hitting its stride, and this would bode well for capital expenditures and therefore, many thought, for U.S. industrials. Last week we discussed some of the reasons why the script has not Read more…
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