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Our May 5 issue on "Taking Stock of the Recent Pullback in the Biggest 'WFH' Winner" received many reader-submitted questions and feedback. Zoom Video Communications (ZM) became an essential part of the working world amid the coronavirus pandemic. Even established video-calling software like Teams by Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google Meet were brushed aside […]
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- MSFT
- ZM
Looking back on a year of economic analysis... As we find ourselves at the end of 2021, we want to highlight some of our favorite articles and see how they have held up over the past few months. In late September, the omicron variant of the coronavirus was yet to be discovered, and inflation still […]
Joel's note: The Altimetry offices are closed tomorrow and Monday in observance of the Christmas holiday, so look for your next Altimetry Daily Authority on Tuesday, December 28. Looking back over 2021, this year ended up surprisingly similar to last year... Just ahead of Thanksgiving 2020, I had been reflecting on how the holiday would […]
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- PFE
Ralph Lauren is the latest to venture into the metaverse... While the "At-Home Revolution" theme continued to dominate 2021, with the strengthening of blockchain and e-commerce companies, another trend emerged: virtual reality ("VR") becoming mainstream. One of the first signs of the "metaverse" was a massive concert hosted by rapper and record producer Travis Scott […]
- ABNB
- APP
- BABA
- RBLX
- RL
- V
This e-commerce giant can't catch a break... Alibaba (BABA) continues to make headlines, thanks to the drawn-out battle between the U.S. and China on whether it should be publicly listed in the U.S. The negative news cycle that pervades Alibaba has left its investors disappointed for the most part. The e-commerce stock hasn't been lifted […]
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Insiders are shedding shares as 2021 comes to a close... Company executives tend to have generous compensation packages. In addition to some of the highest salaries in their companies, executives often have annual and long-term bonus plans. While cash bonuses are common, public companies often pay their top employees with stock-based compensation. In other words, […]
- AMZN
- FB
- TSLA
- WMT
You may have heard the term 'vicious circle'... When "vicious circle" was first coined in the mid-1800s, it referred to the worst logical fallacy: circular reasoning. It's when an argument's conclusion is also one of its premises. Over time, the meaning of a vicious circle changed to mean a cascading, bad chain of events that […]
People are flying again in the U.S... Anyone flying over the Thanksgiving holiday probably noticed something rare since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic: crowded airports. During the early part of the pandemic in the U.S., the daily number of travelers screened by the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA") plummeted. Security lines full of anxious passengers […]
- ABNB
- NVDA
Americans are breaking out their credit cards for the holiday shopping season... It's no shocker that around 70% of the U.S. economy's output is powered by consumer spending every year. Americans simply love to shop. During the holidays, consumer spending reaches its peak when gift-givers splurge on fancy gadgets and trendy apparel. This year, the […]
- BAC
- EQIX
- MA
- TGT
- V
- WMT
How to get into the mind of a 14-year-old... My eldest son is now nearly 14 and loves playing video games. It's not unique to him. All of his friends are passionate about the time they spend together online. Thankfully my son also enjoys school – he always enjoyed reading from a young age and […]
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