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• 18 software stocks that have the 'durability' to defy a choppy market

  21-10-2018 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tech stocks took a beating in last week's market-wide sell off. 
  But one Wall Street analyst thinks a special breed of software companies are well positioned to withstand choppy stock market conditions. 
  In a note published Sunday, Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne flagged a group of software companies and compared them to February 2016 levels — that's when the stock market reached a short-lived low point amid uncertainty and fear.
  "We believe that when it comes to software inve
  
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• The future is bright for Netflix and bleak for basic cable — these 3 charts show why (NFLX)

  21-10-2018 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Traditional pay TV faces a bleak future, a new survey indicates.
  Nearly a third of consumers now say they don't subscribe to any kind of multi-channel pay TV service.
  Meanwhile, a plurality of US consumers say Netflix is the service they most frequently watch on their TVs, and it's significantly ahead of basic cable service.
  Among Millennials, Netflix's lead is even larger.We just got another glimpse at how much trouble the traditional pay TV business is in because of Netflix and online streamin
  
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• Investors are doubling down on a trade that blew up in their faces earlier this year — here's what Morgan Stanley says they should do instead

  21-10-2018 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Traders refuse to throw in the towel on the controversial short-volatility trade that's come under pressure multiple times this year.
  Morgan Stanley lays out why the trade is so ill-advised, especially amid current conditions, and offers alternative solutions.Sometimes old habits die hard.
  That's definitely the case when it comes to one hot-button trade that still has legions of participants despite an ugly blowup earlier this year.
  We're referring, of course, to volatility short selling. After
  
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• 'Halloween' earned $77.5 million over the weekend, the biggest opening ever for the franchise

  21-10-2018 17:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Halloween," the new direct sequel to the 1978 classic original, took in an estimated $77.5 million over the weekend.
  It's the biggest opening even in the franchise and for a movie produced by Blumhouse Productions.
  "Halloween" is the second-biggest opening for a horror movie, behind 2017's "It" ($123.4 million).Michael Myers showed this weekend he can still get butts in the seats. Director David Gordon Green's sequel to John Carpenter's legendary original 1978 movie, which he penned with Danny
  
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• Online dating could be worth $12 billion — and it's all thanks to Tinder, analyst says (MTCH)

  21-10-2018 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Match Group is rallying Friday after a Wall Street analyst launched coverage with a bullish price target of $66 — 28% above where shares settled Thursday.
  Nomura Instinet says the online-dating sector could be worth $12 billion by 2020. 
  Nomura says it's worried about Facebook's foray into dating either, and says Match keeps competition at bay by buying out competitors, like its Hinge acquisition this summer. 
  Follow Match Group's stock price in real-time hereWall Street thinks o
  
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• Global investors haven't been this bearish on the economy since the financial crisis — and Bank of America says there's only one way to play it

  21-10-2018 16:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  The market's volatility in early October brought to light a new milestone in how investors view the global economy, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
  The firm's monthly fund-manager survey, conducted during the sell-off, showed investors were their most bearish on the global economy since the November 2008 downturn.
  Bank of America's chief investment strategist offered a specific recommendation to clients alongside the survey findings.As global markets try to recover from the sharp dro
  
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• This chart reveals a growing problem for Apple — that 'customers are getting less excited for each new generation of iPhone' (AAPL)

  21-10-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  New iPhone models haven't sold out as quickly as they have in years past. 
  Citi analysts have used search trends to surmise that "customers are getting less excited for each new generation of iPhone."Apple launched the iPhone XR at 3 A.M. in the morning on Friday, and when morning came, nearly all of the models were still in stock, according to Macworld. 
  It's a change for Apple, which usually requires customers to wake up in the early morning to put in a pre-order if they want the new
  
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• As unicorn valuations become the norm, more venture capitalists are relying on this legal tactic used by Square's investors to protect from down-round IPOs (SQ, CSCO)

  21-10-2018 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  IPO downside protections are growing in popularity as more startups raise venture capital at unicorn valuations.
  A new report, published by the tech law firm Fenwick & West, found that 48% of unicorn fundraising rounds in the first half of 2018 included these legal protections for investors.As $1 billion-plus valuations become more common in Silicon Valley, so do some key legal protections that keep venture capitalists from utter destruction should one of their investments turn sour.
  The per
  
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• The $600 billion reason why China's stock market crash might get a whole lot worse

  21-10-2018 12:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chinese stocks have lost more than 30% of their value since the start of 2018.
  Fears of a slowing economy, rising debts and the impact of US President Donald Trump's trade war have all played a role in pushing the Chinese market lower.
  However, a wave of forced selling of company shares could see the market drop even more.
  Hundreds of Chinese companies use their shares as collateral for loans, and are forced to sell when their share price drops below certain levels.
  Analysts believe this trend i
  
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• The secret weapon that's kept stocks afloat for the past decade is vanishing — and it's leaving the market vulnerable to the next big crash

  21-10-2018 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Throughout the nearly decade-long bull market, stocks have relied on a secret weapon of sorts to keep chugging higher following periods of weakness.
  One Wall Street expert warns that this ace in the hole is getting less effective, and breaks down what's causing the shift.
  If the secret weapon does ultimately end up vanishing, it could send stocks plummeting.For the past decade, the Federal Reserve has had the stock market's back.
  If equities experienced a sharp downturn, the central bank could b
  
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