European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by some strong earnings updates and
a rising tech sector after results from Apple exceeded weak expectations.
LONDON, May 2 European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by some strong earnings updates and
a rising tech sector after results from Apple exceeded weak expectations, while investors» focus turned to euro zone GDP figures and the U.S. Fed meeting.
Not exact matches
A combination of
rising inflation and interest rates, global trade tensions and emerging skepticism toward the
tech sector pushed most asset classes into negative territory year - to - date.
Last week I wrote about how
tech and consumer discretionary
sectors were holding onto market leadership, despite
rising interest rates (see, «For Now, It's a Sideways Market»).
In the past 13
rising - rate environments over the past 64 years,
tech and health care
sectors gained an average of 20 % and 13 %, respectively during the 12 - month period following the first rate hike of each cycle.
Rising tech shares lifted the Nasdaq Composite Index, which has oversized exposure to the
sector.
Crude oil ran into
tech trouble as the U.S.
tech sector is under fire leading to a sell - off in stocks against a backdrop of
rising oil inventory.
In San Francisco
rising property prices have been blamed on the inflated salaries in the
tech sector, and led to company buses carrying employees from the city to the sprawling
tech campuses in the Valley being stoned by protesters — what one
tech executive described to me as «the Google bus piñata».
If interest rates
rise next year, financial and consumer
sectors may hold more opportunity than this year's
tech favorites.
Stocks got a boost from
rising tech stocks this week, as the
sector advanced 1.8 percent.
Also, participants got various insights on presenting their ideas,
rising trends in retail
tech sector to be aware of, among other takeaways.
In 2003 Pataki made a controversial budget proposal in which he proposed several tax cuts, despite the state's
rising deficits due to drying up tax revenue from the once boom to now bust dotcom
sector, and resulting
tech layoffs.
Since the
tech sector is increasing its dividend payments rapidly, expect to see its share of DTD
rise over time.
Tech firms» balance sheet cash potentially offers some cushion against
rising rates and the
sector could stand to benefit from any repatriation of cash held overseas should US tax reforms incentivise doing so.
California's most famous growth industry may be the Silicon Valley
tech sector, but manufacturing, healthcare, biotech and small business are all on the
rise as well.
Unique among real estate crowdfunding platforms, the company has identified five markets with
rising tech and real estate
sectors where it sees attractive opportunities.
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The breadth is inspiring: From novel bioactives for biotechnology and agri -
tech, over autonomous and remote sensing for challenging environments, to modelling for space weather forecasts and sea - level
rise our expertise can add value to many different
sectors of industry and society.
Investors worry that new regulations on Facebook or an exodus of users from the platform could slow down one of the world's most valuable companies and chill the
tech sector's
rise.
The
tech sector (+0.4 %) failed to keep pace, although Facebook jumped 2.7 %, Netflix and Amazon each
rose more than 1.5 %, and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices climbed 2.6 % after Stifel upgraded shares to Buy.
Cointelegraph Adoption of Bitcoin in Japan's famous electronic
sector, Akihabara, is on the
rise as the
tech - savvy neighborhood starts embracing the digital currency.
As the dust settles from the
tech -
sector convulsions that rocked the markets in the first half of the year, shaken investors are casting their eyes toward a newly
risen pillar of strength: real estate company stocks and mutual funds.