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The coronavirus outbreak and the effects of COVID-19 have gone deeper and wider than most people would have expected. That applies just as much to markets as anywhere. Whether it's a tech sector that's supporting our new work from home or re-rating as expensive EV/Sales multiples make less sen...

The idea of a pair trade is that it is designed to make money regardless of market conditions. One side of the trade is a bullish or long position and the other side of the trade is bearish or short. The two securities should be highly correlated and ideally from the same sector or industry. G...

As the market has collapsed this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, Zoom Video Communications ( ZM ) has soared. The company benefits from the virtual economy and reportedly has seen mobile active users up over 150% in March. The problem here is that the stock is priced for a virtual on...

A Baird team call among its technology-team analysts - "Life After Coronavirus" - highlighted a number of key takeaways for communications/media, with an emphasis on longer-term changes. More news on: Netflix, Inc., Akamai Technologies, Inc., Fastly, Inc., Tech stocks news, Stocks on the m...

Background #1 - beginning to buy when there's blood in the streets A month ago, on March 2, I wrote Markets That Try Men's Souls: Of Techs And Technicals , in which I favored techs ( QQQ ) amongst all stocks. I noted that on Feb. 26, I had lightened up on stocks. In the article I gave so...

Slack (NYSE: WORK ) launches the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) Teams Calls app, which allows users to start Teams calls from Slack. More news on: Slack Technologies, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Tech stocks news Read more ...

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Stitcher and Spotify . A new study by Morgan Stanley estimates the U.S. deficit will total at least $3.7T in calendar year 2020 and an additional $3T in...

Zoom Video's (NASDAQ: ZM ) daily U.S. user volumes hit a record 4.84M yesterday, according to Apptopia data . More news on: Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Slack Technologies, Inc., Tech stocks news, Read more ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in business shutdowns all over the world, virtual calling and messaging tools are experiencing a dramatic surge in demand. One such platform is Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Skype, which has seen a tremendous increase in usage. Skype's average daily users h...

As many companies and governments around the world are urging workers and citizens to stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, some companies -- and their stocks -- are taking a beating. But a lucky few are actually benefiting from this shift. Likely beneficiaries include video streaming, vid...