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The most expensive shares in 2019

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The first half of 2019 was very successful for investors in stocks. From January to June, the US S & P 500 index, which unites the largest US companies by market capitalization, grew by 17%. This was the best result in the last 22 years. Shares of US companies rose in price, despite the US trade opposition with China and investors' concerns about the slowdown in the global economy. First place in the ranking was taken by the manufacturer of cosmetics Avon Products. For six months, the shares of this company rose in price by 2.5 times. In second place was the manufacturer of AMD microchips with a result of +64.5%. Shares of the automobile brand Ferrari, located on the third line, grew by 62.33% in the first half of the year. If we talk about future growth prospects, then among the shares of companies to the overvalued can be attributed to the shares of Ferrari. Ferrari multipliers are significantly higher than the industry average. Vipshop, Momo, Facebook, Ce...

Head of ConsenSys predicted the death of liberal democracy

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Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys startup CEO Joseph Lubin made several high-profile predictions during his speech at the Ethereal Summit conference in Brooklyn, New York. According to him, by 2047 all assets will be token-free, the Internet will be completely decentralized, and separate networks will be formed around various key interests, by analogy with national states. Lubin is confident that Donald Trump will be re-elected as president of the United States in 2020, the decline of American civilization over the next four years, the growth of radical sentiments in society and an increase in the number of hate crimes. It is noteworthy that, according to the head of ConsenSys, one of the main roles in this decline is played by the social network Facebook, which supposedly feeds global radicalism. Lubin is convinced that Facebook should be transformed into the Facebook Media news feed and a decentralized social network in which all startups have equal rights. Ethereum...

Cook`s desperate move: has Apple started to cut iPhone prices? 

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Low demand for new iPhones had triggered desperate moves by Tim Cook, the company has decided to decrease its smartphones` prices for the first time in many years. But this statement applies only to the Chinese market.  According to the National Business Daily, the American company has cut the purchase price of new iPhones for several Chinese adulterized resellers concurrently. In other words, it means that local users will be able to buy novelties at a low cost.  Apple placed their hope in Chinese users and Tim Cook had mentioned it before more than once. Even though the company has never cut the value of its new phone models, it seems sales indicators have changed a company`s strategy.  In accordance with the National Business Daily publication, the depreciation of value touched a few models like iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max.   iPhone XS Max, by the way, has dropped most of all by $66, other iPhones have become ...

Pokemon Go developer has got $190 m of investment

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Niantic is a developer of the famous Pokemon Go mobile game has raised approximately $190 m in the run-up to new Harry Potter project release. The information about investment was shared thanks to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents. In the round of investment participated 26 anonymous investors. According to the Wall Street Journal sources, Niantic has got money when the valuation was at $3,9 bn. It should be noted that the company`s valuation was at $2,7 bn points in 2017. Investors hope Pokemon Go will remain a popular game in the future and the new game in the Harry Potter universe will raise many new players. In accordance with Wall Street Journal, the application will be launched by Niantic in 2019. One more interesting fact, the Pokemon Go proceeds amounted to $2,2 bn since release in 2016. Under Sensor Tower research, the game revenue has increased by 35% in 2018 against the same period in 2017. So, developers have earned $795 m. In other words, the gam...