On March 2, 2015 the Nasdaq Composite Index, more commonly referred to as the NASDAQ, closed above 5,000 points for the first time in fifteen years. As this occurred, Wall Street trading floors swelled with the collective anxiety of investors who had observed the same milestone during the Dot-Com era (in March 2000). Only two days after the NASDAQ eclipsed 5,000 on March 9th, the tech-oriented index began its dramatic collapse.
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More Disruptive Than Apple
Modern consumer tech is entirely devoted to developing products that are smaller, thinner, and faster. For example, Millions of people line up every year to get the newest iPhone, which is often a slimmer "upgraded" version of the prior model. As consumer electronics continue this trend, tech manufacturers are faced with a puzzling reality: they must grow sales and heighten product differentiation; the only problem is corporations tend to struggle with innovation.
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Has Amazon Lost Its Swagger?
Amazon (AMZN) was once considered the top online retailer; however, since Alibaba's (BABA) recording breaking IPO, Amazon has been overshadowed by the Chinese e-commerce giant. With naturally higher profit margins, revenue growth, and earnings growth, it’s not hard to see why Alibaba is suddenly a Wall Street darling, and why Amazon has been neglected.
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Race To $1 Trillion
A recent report filed by Colin Gillis, an analyst for BGC Partners (BGCP), predicted Google (GOOG) would beat Apple (AAPL) to a $1 trillion market cap valuation. In the past decade, the two tech companies have overtaken all Silicon Valley competition, and solidified their top spots as industry leaders. Currently, Apple has a market cap of roughly $640 billion, while Google maintains a $370 billion valuation.
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Inefficiencies Plague HP
Last week, Silicon Valley tech magnate Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) announced it would split into two companies focused on computing (B2C) and enterprise (B2B) operations. According to company sources, the prospect of splitting the technology giant into two separate entities has been under discussions for months.
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Microsoft Windows 10
After two years of promoting an unimaginably terrible software platform, Microsoft (MSFT) has officially announced its newest operating system (OS), Windows 10. This release comes courtesy of endless user complaints and an almost disastrous Windows 8 rollout. Almost immediately after completing Windows 8, in 2012, Microsoft designers and engineers had no choice but to return to the drawing board; Windows 8 was an instant failure.
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Ellison No Longer An Oracle
Last Thursday, former two-time college dropout Larry Ellison, now the world's fifth richest man, announced he was immediately resigning from his CEO position at Oracle (ORCL). The company, which he founded 37 years ago, has established itself as the premier business solutions provider since the late 1970s. However, in recent years, Oracle has struggled to adapt to the rapid expansion of cloud storage and evolving digital business infrastructure demands.
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