KYCCF News and Press, Keyence Corp From 02/28/20

In writing on Cognex ( CGNX ) in the past, I’ve said that whatever circumstances it would take to make this leading machine vision company look undervalued, they would probably look pretty ugly. And here we are – whether Covid-19 is a valid reason for a widespread market sell-o...

( Pexels/Jens Mahnke ) For millennia, humanity has dreamed of an automated future with robots at the helm. Concerned by the impact of robots on the employment of workers Aristotle, around 340BC , wrote : For if every instrument could accomplish its own work, obeying or anticipating the...

Institutional investors aren’t famous for their patience, and growth investors are typically even more unforgiving when their growth darlings come in a few ticks below expectations. And yet Cognex ( CGNX ), which posted over 20% year-over-year revenue contraction and once again guided...

Machine vision specialist Cognex ( CGNX ) is still looking a little bleary-eyed, as the company is absorbing a rare one-two bunch of serious deterioration in its two largest markets (autos and consumer electronics). While the revisions to near-term growth expectations have been painful, it inc...

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The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF (NASDAQ: BOTZ ) seeks to invest in companies that have direct involvement or that may benefit from thematic trends related to the global adoption of the technology. BOTZ, with an inception date in 2016, has grown to become one ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been pegged by some as the fourth industrial revolution , with many industries and countries investing heavily in it. According to Statista , it is estimated that there will be massive growth in revenues from AI over the next several years, reaching US$59.7...

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Wall Street is weird sometimes. Institutional investors spend remarkable amounts of time collecting data, and yet can still be flat-footed at surprising times. Given the slowdown in factory automation reported by companies like ABB ( ABB ), Rockwell ( ROK ), and Schneider ( SBGSY ), not ...