Month: May 2018

Facebook FB is working on designing its own chips to analyze and filter live video content, per chief artificial intelligence scientist, Yann LeCun, as reported by Bloomberg. The chips would help in taking down content involving suicide or murder as soon as it is posted. It will also help in reducing energy consumption and substantial compute power required in case of conventional methods. […]

Japanese carmakers have reasons to worry after the Commerce Department, under President Donald Trump’s orders last week, launched a national security investigation to check if vehicles and auto parts’ imports are threatening national security. Almost half of Japan’s car exports are to the United States and if the Commerce Department decides to impose hefty tariffs on imported cars, Japanese carmakers are likely to suffer big time. However, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe on May 28 said that he will try to convince Trump of the integral role that Japanese carmakers play in boosting the U.S. […]

Investors always look to focus on companies with a high level of profitability irrespective of market conditions. In this context, profitability analysis is used to identify a profitable company from a loss-making one. […]

Per Reuters, Nissan Motor Co. NSANY is reportedly cutting down its production in North America by about 20%. Waning profitability in the United States has prompted the automaker to make such a move […]

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” — Warren Buffet. Following the wisdom of the Oracle of Omaha, investing isn’t always about big capitals and extensive thinking capabilities; it is about taking the call no matter how small. […]

The overcast skies of trade conflict over the United States and China are finally showing signs of clearing up. The tensions, which commenced in March following President Trump’s imposition of tariffs worth $50 billion on Chinese imports, has been the primary reason behind severe volatility in U.S. markets for the last four months […]

Data-center real estate investment trust (REIT) CoreSite Realty Corporation COR announced a hike of 5.1% in its quarterly cash dividend. The company will now pay a dividend of $1.03 per share for the second quarter, up from 98 cents paid in the prior quarter. […]

New orders for major U.S.-made capital goods improved more than expected in April, as per Friday’s Commerce Department data . A decent rebound in business equipment orders placed with factories indicated resilient demand at the start of the second quarter. Philly Fed factory orders also touched a 45-year high in May. […]

There is no sign of respite from the ongoing market uncertainty due to apprehensions of a trade war. On the one hand, Asian stocks have started to revive on improvement in U.S-North Korea relationship while on the other hand, investors are restraining themselves on possibilities of trade loss due to the proposed China trade restrictions. Medical Device Caught in the Trade War Storm Going by data provided in an article by Christian B […]

We issued an updated research report on The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW on May 28. Sherwin-Williams’ shares have moved up 17% over a year, outperforming the industry ’s 13.2% growth. […]