ITEQ News and Press, BlueStar Israel Technology From 10/10/23

2023-10-10 06:17:13 ET Things are heating up in the Middle East following the brutal weekend attack by Hamas that killed over 900 Israelis and injured 2,600. Overnight, Israel regained control of the Gaza-Israel border, while beefing up retaliatory air strikes as it imposes a complete siege...

2023-10-07 02:14:00 ET Summary In the US, even though inflation has started to decline, the Federal Reserve is struggling to quell rising prices. Stubborn inflation, high interest rates and recession fears have persisted through 2023. The technology-driven market has been extr...

2023-10-07 00:51:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 Index's forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 18.8 times is 8% greater than the historical median valuation of 17.3 times, and in the 68th percentile relative to history. Both the regular return on equity (ROE) and the intangibl...

2023-09-27 02:45:00 ET Summary The widespread adoption of generative AI (GenAI), exemplified by tools such as ChatGPT, is ushering society into a new era with novel risks and opportunities. The next phase of GenAI’s growth is a shift from training to inference, which could ...

2023-09-21 04:00:00 ET Summary The investment landscape is currently experiencing the exuberance of the generative AI hype cycle. Trade disputes, economic sanctions, or geopolitical tensions often cause investors to flee stocks they see as negatively impacted. Value investors ...

2023-08-24 02:45:00 ET Summary As an active investment manager, we are constantly monitoring and re-evaluating our holdings to make sure that they continue to track our investment strategies. The technology sector has been dominating this year, in fact it was the driver behind the...

2023-08-23 12:30:00 ET Summary The sovereign credit spreads on the U.S. really ballooned out. While it got resolved this time, it does make the markets more jittery. Each time it happens, it's a cumulative effect. And that is certainly not good for the reserve currency because reserve...

2023-08-18 23:15:00 ET Summary Following last year’s plunge across markets, technology and growth stocks are back on top. Aside from a brief wobble in February, year-to-date growth has crushed every other investment style. Despite growth dominating equity performance in...

2023-08-14 22:35:00 ET Summary While we have not made new highs on the 10-year Treasury yield for 2023, closing on Friday at 4.167%, we are too close for comfort on the bond yield front. Unlike 2022, the stock market – and the tech sector in particular – had been ign...

2023-08-10 22:45:00 ET Summary Joe Biden has signed an executive order restricting U.S. private equity and venture capital investment in Chinese companies from sensitive sectors like microchips and AI. The move, along with similar steps over the last year, is increasingly scaring ...