IXP News and Press, iShares Global Comm Services From 05/05/22

Verizon’s stock has been annihilated since reporting earning on the 22nd. The company lowered guidance from up slightly to flat for the remainder of 2022. The stock is down nearly 10% in short order. Nonetheless, I feel the selloff is overdone, offering an excellent opportunity...

Netflix got hammered again recently, bringing its total decline down to 75% from its all-time high several months ago. The streaming giant lost subscribers for the first time in more than ten years. However, the stagnant growth period could be transitory. Moreover, Netflix is grow...

Netflix (NFLX) was the first of the FAANG names to report their financial results during this earnings cycle. Now, the Core Four are on deck, putting a handful of exchange traded funds on the radar for potential price swings. Earnings are due out next week from Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL), Meta P...

Netflix shares tumbled in what looks to be the last nail in the coffin for the pandemic trade. The markets are adjusting to a higher interest rate and inflation environment. The economy remains strong as investors rotate from growth to value while the rise in interest rates is cre...

The broader equity categories turned in negative results in Q1. U.S. large-cap stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, held up the best at a decline of 4.6%. Bonds performed worse than many of the equity categories, despite typically being viewed as a safe haven investment. In t...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

Follow the Money is a series of brief, information-rich posts that I will publish periodically but not on a fixed schedule. After rallying for 9 of the last 11 days, the S&P 500 went from down -13% to down just -3.4%. Growth has been hit hard by the slide in tech stocks this y...

We expect the growing number of connected devices communicating at higher multi-gigabit data speeds and investments to increase network capacity to expedite 5G's adoption rate. After small-scale deployment in 2015, as enterprises began testing 5G technology, current estimates suggest ...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II, has wide-ranging implications for economies and markets around the world. Disruptions from this war and the higher energy prices that result could significantly dampen Europe&#x...