It has become pretty normal over the last several years to see the Technology sector leading the market – after all, Technology is increasingly at the center of just about every part of our daily lives in one sense or another. During the pandemic, Technology has been both catalyst and a hindrance to overall economic […]
Read MoreThe Technology sector has been a bright spot throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the reasons the sector has led the market for most of the past year and a half is because so much of the shift to remote, work-from-home operations for corporate America, and contactless sales and delivery methods now being used by […]
Read MoreCisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is one of the most recognizable and established companies in the Technology sector. With a market cap of about $245 billion, they are also one of the largest, if not THE largest player in the Networking & Communications segment. They are, without question, the standard that all other networking businesses are […]
Read MoreAt the beginning of this week, I was intrigued to see media reports and commentary centering around 5G adoption. That’s probably because a number of companies in the Semiconductor industry, who have been investing heavily in developing the technology that 5G relies on for years, have released their latest earnings reports. Like a lot of […]
Read MoreThe Tech sector has been one of the top-performing areas of the market for the past year and a half, which isn’t too surprising given the way Technology enabled the corporate world to shift operational models to remote, work-from-home, and flexible working arrangements during the pandemic. Looking beyond the limits of the health crisis and […]
Read MoreIt’s a pretty well-documented fact that one of the best-performing sectors in the entire market for the last few years has been the Technology sector. Tech stocks have been a prime focus of attention for investors for more than two decades, and even with the early 2020 bear market drop, it is companies in this […]
Read MoreIncreasing concerns about the pace of inflation – and what that might mean for a host of issues like whether the Fed will need to start increasing interest rates earlier and faster than they have forecast or than most economists have predicted – have given the market a reason to be a little bit choppier […]
Read MoreCisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is one of the most recognizable and established companies in the Technology sector. With a market cap of about $193 billion, they are also one of the largest, if not THE largest player in the Networking & Communications segment. They are, without question, the standard that all other networking businesses are […]
Read MoreAfter seeing some increasing choppiness in the market last week, the S&P 500 and the Dow pushed to a new set of highs at the beginning of the week. Not surprisingly, the Tech sector has been leading the market higher; as measured by the S&P 500 Technology Sector SPDR (XLK), the sector is up a […]
Read MoreOver the past year, a lot of the various sectors in the market have rebounded from their coronavirus-driven bear market lows to not only drive back to their pre-pandemic highs, but also to establish new highs well above those previous levels. On the back of expectations that as the year progresses, health crisis pressures will […]
Read MoreOne of the things that I like to do as an economist is to look for emerging trends and markets. For some, an emerging market means looking outside the borders of the U.S. or other, established market economies to areas of the world showing dramatic progress in terms of economic or political progress. For me, […]
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