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Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... we also invest in Appen which is up over 100%, we participated in Spotify, which is up over 75%, while Zillow Group, Microsoft, and our holdings in next tier tech companies have also performed well," he told Financial Standard. The listed investment ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... Chesler argues that without the FAANGS, the ratio wouldn't be flashing red. "If you take out the FAANGS and even Microsoft out of the returns of the S&P 500 it has actually been negative; so you've got that one sector doing particularly well ...

MSCI shifts to the cloud with Microsoft alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Global index provider MSCI has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to shift its products, data and services onto the cloud, in a move that the duo says will accelerate innovation among the global investment industry. The partnership will enhance ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... only rallied 13% over the same timeframe. For a global comparison, the NASDAQ 100 Index, which includes heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google's parent company) and Facebook, has rallied 55.7% since the COVID-19 financial crash. "We ...

Top traded stocks revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... platform include Boeing, with trading activity up 372% during June, Facebook (up 330%), Hertz (up 916%), Amazon (up 602%), Microsoft (up 455%), American Airlines Group (up 545%) and Disney (up 158%).

Is a market turning point around the corner?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... of the move in the index so far this year can be explained by just five stocks: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft. When paired with market breadth which he notes "has never been so narrow", Mitchell said this extreme market cap concentration ...

Platform to shine light on structured products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... to plug into major wrap platforms to further improve structured product transparency - has impressed technology giant Microsoft to such an extent that the ex-Citi team have been accepted into its flagship startups program. "We are impressed with this ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... her wealth increase (US$8.6 billion), as did Zoom founder and chief executive Eric Yuan (up US$2.6 billion), former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer (up US$2.2 billion), Silicon Valley real estate mogul John Sobrato (up US$2.1 billion), Apollo ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... However, in the interim, I think that we, like many others, have been encouraged by what we can achieve on mediums such as Microsoft Teams."

SuperFriend bolsters support offerings as demand peaks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... the challenges that have emerged from COVID-19." SuperFriend's virtual training - which it conducts either by Zoom or Microsoft Teams - are designed to be interactive and inclusive, and cover psychological first aid, workplace mental health fundamentals ...