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Videogaming Business Becoming More and More Attractive

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Image Shown: The video game industry has been placing a much greater emphasis on growing their mobile gaming operations in recent years. Part of that strategy has involved leveraging existing IP and well-known gaming titles to appeal to a wide range of users. Image Source: Electronic Arts Inc – Second Quarter of Fiscal 2021 IR Earnings Presentation Executive Summary: Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Take-Two Interactive Software have pristine balance sheets, stellar cash flow profiles, and their business models are supported by secular growth tailwinds such as the rise of the global middle class (and more broadly, additional households in emerging economies gaining access to the internet), a growing casual and dedicated video game user base across the globe, and … Read more

ICYMI: Time to Consider Buying Chinese Equities? Not Exactly.

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This article was originally published August 26, 2021. Image Shown: Shares of Alibaba Group have plummeted over the past year in the wake of Beijing’s crackdown on China’s domestic tech and fintech titans. By Callum Turcan Many would argue that the key event that kicked off Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on its domestic tech giants started back in October 2020 when the once domestically revered entrepreneur Jack Ma, the founder of e-commerce, fintech, payment solutions, and cloud computing giant Alibaba Group (BABA), gave a speech critical of Chinese regulators. A WSJ article published August 20, Jack Ma’s Costliest Business Lesson: China Has Only One Leader, covered the situation in great detail. Mr. Ma noted at the time that he viewed Beijing’s … Read more

Microsoft Soars, Strong Revenue Growth Continues Unabated

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Image Shown: Microsoft Corporation put up a solid fiscal third quarter earnings report and we continue to be big fans of the name. Image Source: Microsoft Corporation – Power Point Earnings Presentation Covering the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2022 By Callum Turcan On April 26, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) reported third quarter earnings for fiscal 2022 (period ended March 31, 2022) that beat both consensus top- and bottom-line estimates. Shares of MSFT jumped higher by ~4%-5% in afterhours trading on April 26 as investors cheered on the good news and its promising near term outlook. Microsoft’s cloud-oriented products and services were a bright spot in the fiscal third quarter and underpinned its impressive pricing power. The firm was able to stay … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of March 22

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending March 22. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week                          ABB (ABBNY): now $0.999 per share annual dividend, was $0.916. AIB Group plc (AIBGY): now $0.385 per share annual dividend, was $0.086. American Healthcare REIT (AHR): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend. Andlauer Healthcare (ANDHF): now CAD 0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.09. Andritz AG (ADRZY): now $0.3463 per share annual dividend, was $0.2837. Arcos Dorados (ARCO): now $0.24 per share annual … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of August 16

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending August 16. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week                          Aimia Inc. CUM RATE SER 4 (AIM.PR.D:CA): now CAD 0.5701 per share quarterly dividend. Aimia Inc. CUM RT PFD SER 3 (AIM.PR.C:CA): now CAD 0.4858 per share quarterly dividend. Anglo American plc (NGLOY): now $0.194 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.186. ARCA biopharma (ABIO): now $1.59 per share special dividend. Badger Meter (BMI): now $0.34 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.27. Banco Macro (BMA): … Read more