ITEQ News and Press, BlueStar Israel Technology From 02/16/23

Summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) has garnered a fair amount of hype over the past two months. However, investors may be focusing on the wrong set of companies. In this report, we focus on two areas that we believe are overlooked and offer outsized opportunities: cybersecurity an...

Summary Loosening Big Tech's labor stronghold may help level the global playing field. We believe many of our international holdings will be able to capitalize on dislocated labor markets. International investing offers the opportunity to access markets with technology innovators wh...

Summary Last week, the Federal Reserve continued to decelerate its rate hikes with a quarter-point hike. Investors have been celebrating that the worst is behind us and the prospects of a soft landing in the economy is the base-case scenario. Despite the perceived Fed pivot, the Fed...

Summary As we head into the end of January, technical conditions in major stock indexes are showing a lot of strength. We think a bear market that could easily trim 50% from indexes is in the cards, but timing is everything. We find price action-driven measures more reliable than su...

Summary When I think about the lessons learned from 2022, I think the biggest lesson is valuations matter. I do think this is the most predicted recession that I've ever seen, certainly, in my career. Investors of all stripes, whether you're an asset allocator or a stock picker, I t...

Summary Last year’s market volatility was driven primarily by uncertainty over inflation and interest rates. In last year’s downturn, technology stocks were at the epicenter of market volatility. After years of steady gains, investors now acknowledge that technology stocks...

Summary Tech in 2023 likely to perform better than 2022. Recession fears and the tech sector. Can big tech get control of their costs? Some of the biggest names in tech were among the stocks getting swept up in the market volatility of 2022. Will this year be diffe...

Summary For 40 years, steadily declining inflation and interest rates buoyed equity returns. That changed abruptly last year. Investors must now adjust expectations to a new macroeconomic and market landscape that will require a fresh mindset to reach long-term goals. By...

Summary Interest rates rose more than most predicted, and inflation continued its decade-long ability to surprise forecasters. Implicit in both projections is that inflation has peaked, and the majority of rate hikes are behind us. In our view, it would be more prudent to focus on a...

Summary Technology suffered badly from compares against 2021 results. Currency can impact expenses as well as revenue, and that translation impact on expenses is not always detailed or quantified in an earnings release. The tech weakness and higher Treasury yields are resulting in s...