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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...

Sony shares have dropped by 8,2% against the background of finance report

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Notwithstanding the still great PlayStation 4 sales, Sony began to lose its position and income. Company`s shares have dropped by 8,2% against the background of finance report and it is the maximum securities daily drop since June 2016. The company`s shares amounted to near 5000 yen which is about $45.5 at 8:15 am London time on February 4. The main reason for the so disturbing fall is the Sony`s financial report, the company had published it February 1, before the stock reduction. “Strong profits from game software were offset by higher promotional and marketing costs aimed at driving PS4 volumes,” Damian Thong, an analyst at Macquarie Group Ltd., commented the Sony shares. “We are moving to the sidelines until we can better assess the risks in the Games segment.” According to the fourth quarter report the operating profit of the gaming department fell by 14% in the last quarter, while the number of sold of PS4 consoles was 8.1 million versus 9 million a year before. “There...