Do you want to know how much Apple earns in a minute? What about Twitter or Google?
Here is an interactive graphic that highlights how quickly these businesses are making money.
Click image to open interactive version (via WorldPay Zinc).
The results are surprising. Here is an example showing how much revenue and profit these tech giants make per minute.
Where does the money go? This chart breaks it down.
via Daily Infographic.
Interesting to look at "average" spending patterns.
In my opinion, facts are not beliefs or opinions.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
I spent part of the week in Miami. While there, I had a great time talking about deals, opportunities, and how so many hedge fund pros are setting-up shop there.
Opportunity can be distracting.
Let's play a guessing game. Who has two thumbs and forgot to wear sunscreen?
Meanwhile, the Markets have held up well. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading near its highs.
However, the Russell 2000 Index is showing that traders are taking a risk-off approach to the smaller cap issues.
Investors have clearly had a preference for larger-cap stocks over smaller-cap ones for the past two months.
This type of Small-Cap negative divergence has been market-negative historically.
Put that with the "Sell in May and Go Away" theory ... and what you have is another caution light (and a potential early indicator to watch for when the small caps start to out-perform the big caps again).
Here is a recent chart showing the returns, for the past 20 years, of this Halloween through April bullish seasonality idea.
Superficially, it seems to work.
While the statistical average results for these two periods are quite compelling, trying to ride the market in real-time in hopes of capturing these results is not always as easy as it sounds.
Assume that bull and bear market pressures tend to override seasonal tendencies.
There's always some pain to endure.
This chart shows S&P 500 intra-year declines compared with calendar year returns. The bars represent year-end returns since 1980, while the purple dots mark each year's market low.
Buy and Hold investors must stomach significant drawdowns to get their returns — even in 'good' years.
via JP Morgan Funds.
Basically, you have to understand that 10-15% pull-backs are normal (perhaps even healthy) for the market.
According to Business Insider, here are market correction averages and their historic frequency. Since 1900, we've seen:
Trading pros may not think things are different. However, the public is reacting to suggestions that Wall Streets may be rigged against them.
In this cartoon, Darkow draws the Carnival Midway Game of Wall Street, "Spill the Milk" ... which disguises the super-fast high-frequency stock trading center for insiders only.
The Carny beckons to the 'Little Guy': "Step right up, friend... It's a game of skill. Trust Me!".
This kind of public sentiment often triggers regulatory scrutiny ... which, in turn, triggers new games of 'skill'.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Even during a week like this one, there is always something working ... if you look in the right places.
The chart shows the top-and-bottom performing markets, ranked by weekly performance.
The data is color coded based on sector. The first column shows last week's performance, followed by six columns of the most recent weekly market performances.
Click this link to view weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly views of this data.
So, how does that compare to other markets around the world? Here is an interactive chart to answer that question.
Did you see the 60 Minutes report on Michael Lewis' new book, "Flash Boys," that reveals some of the ways that high speed traders work the stock market to their advantage.
Here is an excerpt from the intro.
Steve Kroft: What’s the headline here?
Michael Lewis: The Stock Market is rigged. The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism is rigged.
Steve Kroft: By whom?
Michael Lewis: By a combination of these stock exchanges, the big Wall Street banks and high-frequency traders.
Steve Kroft: Who are the victims?
Michael Lewis: Everybody who has an investment in the stock market.
The 60 Minutes piece has a interesting explanation of what is happening.
For an even better one, click to watch this Michael Lewis interview on Bloomberg, where he defends his claim that the market is rigged.
via Bloomberg Television's “Market Makers.”
Let me know if you want to talk about high frequency trading or what is likely to happen as a result of press coverage like this and the ensuing regulatory scrutiny.
We live in interesting times.
Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Everything in this 1991 RadioShack ad now exists in a single smartphone ... Tough Business!
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
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