Every Silicon Valley techie knows that Google (GOOGL) Co-Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created a holding company, named "Alphabet," to oversee Google's many growing business lines (many of which don't align with Google's core operations). While some investors and tech analysts speculate that Alphabet's conception is meant to address potential (current and future) antitrust issues.
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Chinese Hackers Boost Cyber Security Stocks
As the tech-driven Nasdaq continues its strong 2015 run, already up nearly 9% YTD, one particular sector continues to make headlines for its huge gains: cyber security. Thanks to newsworthy security breaches of celebrities (Kate Upton), corporations, and most recently, the U.S. government, cyber security stocks are on a momentous rise.
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Apple On The Attack
This past Monday, Apple (AAPL) held its highly anticipated WWDC Keynote meeting and, while there were no head turning hardware announcements (such as information regarding Apple's upcoming T.V.), Tim Cook and company were nonetheless able to hypnotize the crowd by introducing new software offerings.
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BlackBerry's Cyber Security Future
You may not remember, but Blackberry (BBRY) once occupied the throne of the mobile device market; no company could touch it (you know... until Steve Jobs happened). Unfortunately for Blackberry, and its investors, the times have long changed. Since the 2007 release of the original iPhone, Blackberry has continuously ceded its market share to Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), and, most recently, Chinese mobile device maker Xiaomi.
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America's Most Secretive Company
Data surrounds us; it's everywhere. And it’s what helped Palantir track and kill Osama Bin Laden. From phone calls to emails, from video chats to text messages, trillions of data bytes flood our tech infrastructure. As such, this creates plentiful information for analysts to sift through. Moreover, terrorist attacks like the 9/11 hijackings exemplify the importance of cyber surveillance and security.
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Microsoft To (Likely) Acquire Salesforce
One of the Silicon Valley’s biggest success stories, Salesforce.com (CRM), which provides enterprise cloud computing services for customer relationship management, has put itself up for sale. The company, which began as a small, niche software startup, has quickly evolved into a formidable software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. Today, Salesforce is the leader in the $20B customer relationship management market.
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Earnings That Matter
Over the past two weeks, America’s largest and most successful companies have released their Q1 2015 earnings reports. First quarter earnings reports are a decent indicator of how a company will perform during the remaining fiscal year. This first quarter, as is typical, has failed to impress traders. A much strengthened U.S. dollar has weighed on revenues, costing multinational corporations billions in foregone profits.
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