Why Apple Scrapped Its Buy Now, Pay Later Product
The tech giant is ending the service barely more than a year after it entered the buzzy area of consumer finance.
The tech giant is ending the service barely more than a year after it entered the buzzy area of consumer finance.
We feature four Singapore stocks that are doling out dividends in July. The post 4 Singapore Stocks Paying Out Dividends in July appeared first on The Smart Investor.
As the global financial landscape evolves, Singapore's market is uniquely positioned to capitalize on emerging trends such as the tokenisation of trade finance assets. This shift towards digital assets highlights a broader transformation in investment opportunities and market dynamics. In this context, identifying stocks that are potentially undervalued becomes crucial, as they may offer significant growth potential amidst these transformative economic conditions.
We profile three Singapore REITs that sold properties recently and assess how such moves will impact the REIT’s asset base and distribution per unit. The post 3 Singapore REITs That Announced Divestments Recently: Should Income Investors Pay Attention? appeared first on The Smart Investor.
Shares in Tencent, like much of the rest of Chinese tech, have been slammed since Beijing began a crackdown on technology companies in late 2020.
Abercrombie & Fitch’s stock has smoked Nvidia’s in the past year. A strategic makeover under CEO Fran Horowitz is winning fans on Wall Street and Main.
Packed into a small room, a drone, bipedal robot, supermarket checkout and other devices showcase a vision of China's software future - one where an operating system developed by national champion Huawei has replaced Windows and Android. The collection is at the Harmony Ecosystem Innovation Centre in the southern city of Shenzhen, a local government-owned entity that encourages authorities, companies and hardware makers to develop software using OpenHarmony, an open-source version of the operating system Huawei launched five years ago after U.S. sanctions cut off support for Google's Android. While Huawei's recent strong-selling smartphone launches have been closely watched for signs of advances in China's chip supply chain, the company has also quietly built up expertise in sectors crucial to Beijing's vision of technology self-sufficiency from operating systems to in-vehicle software.
As the Singapore market navigates the burgeoning field of tokenised real-world assets, with projections pointing to significant growth in trade finance assets, investors are keenly observing opportunities that align with these evolving trends. In this dynamic environment, dividend stocks that offer stability and consistent returns are particularly appealing, providing a contrast to the nascent and rapidly evolving sector of tokenised assets.
Investor Warren Buffett announced another $5.3 billion in charitable gifts Friday, but in a major shift of his longtime giving plan he said he plans to cut off donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after his death and let his three children decide how to distribute the rest of his $128 billion fortune. Buffett laid out his new plan for his estate in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. The 93-year-old billionaire who leads Berkshire Hathaway didn't immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press on Friday about his plan that calls for Howard, Susie and Peter Buffett to unanimously agree where to give his Berkshire Hathaway stock after his death.
The Fed got another positive signal that inflation is easing after running hotter-than-expected in the first quarter, but the central bank still likely needs more time before cuts can begin in 2024.
As global markets demonstrate resilience, with the S&P 500 reaching new highs and value stocks showing strength, investors may find opportunities in stocks that appear undervalued relative to their intrinsic worth. In this context, identifying stocks trading below their estimated intrinsic value could be particularly timely, offering potential for appreciation as market conditions evolve.
Singapore Post ( SGX:S08 ) Full Year 2024 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: S$1.69b (down 9.9% from FY 2023). Net...
Zacks.com users have recently been watching Sea Limited (SE) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.
An e-commerce behemoth hits a new market capitalisation milestone while a reputable property owner and developer carries a billion-dollar property revamp. The post Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: Amazon, Hongkong Land and Valuetronics appeared first on The Smart Investor.
BEIJING (Reuters) -Apple's smartphone shipments in China rose nearly 40% in May from a year earlier, extending a rebound seen in April, data from a research firm affiliated with the Chinese government showed on Friday. Shipments of foreign-branded phones in China increased by 1.425 million in May to 5.028 million units from 3.603 million a year earlier,calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed. Although the data did not explicitly mention Apple, the company is the dominant foreign phone maker in China's smartphone-dominated market.
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Investors are watching for a cooling in the Fed-favored PCE print to boost rate-cut hopes as they assess Biden's faltering performance in the Trump debate.
Nokia's bid to buy U.S. optical networking gear maker Infinera in a $2.3 billion deal puts the Finnish company on track to gain from the billions of dollars in investment pouring into data centres to cater to the rise of artificial intelligence. The deal would help Nokia to leapfrog Ciena and become the second largest vendor in the optical networking market with a 20% share, behind Huawei, which is benefiting from the minimal presence of Western companies in China. Nokia's move will allow the company to sell more equipment to big tech companies such as Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft as they invest billions of dollars in building new data centres to service the artificial intelligence boom.
We recently compiled a list of the 9 Best Pizza Stocks to Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) stands against the other pizza stocks. The pizza market is experiencing steady growth. IMARC Group reported in their market analysis of global Pizza market types (Vegan […]
U.S. monthly inflation was unchanged in May as a modest increase in the cost of services was offset by the largest drop in goods prices in six months, drawing the Federal Reserve closer to start cutting interest rates later this year. The report from the Commerce Department on Friday also showed consumer spending rose marginally last month. Underlying prices advanced at the slowest pace in six months, raising optimism that the U.S. central bank could engineer a much-desired "soft landing" for the economy in which inflation cools without triggering a recession and a sharp rise in unemployment.
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