Social networking giant Facebook is set to begin the process of becoming a publicly listed company this week, with reported valuations of between $75bn (£48bn) and $100bn dwarfing Google’s $1.9bn IPO in 2004.
Investment Week |
30 Jan 2012
After a rare earnings miss in Q3, normal service was resumed for Apple yesterday as the US tech giant's Q4 2011 profits easily beat analyst expectations.
Investment Week |
26 Jan 2012
Yahoo! shares look set to rise when Wall Street opens today following the resignation of co-founder Jerry Yang.
Investment Week |
18 Jan 2012
Investment Week counts down nine of the worst speculative bubbles in the history of financial markets, and wonders which one could be next...
Investment Week |
17 Jan 2012
John Eisinger, manager of the top- performing £507m Janus US All Cap Growth fund, has upped his weighting to mid-cap technology companies but is avoiding some of the sector's giants.
Investment Week |
20 Dec 2011
Tech star Ben Rogoff has blamed the “formidable headwind” of small caps for a 5% fall in NAV for the Polar Capital Technology trust over the six months to 31 October 2011.
Investment Week |
13 Dec 2011
Dan Mahony, healthcare fund manager at Polar Capital, explains how large pharmaceutical companies are set to overcome a series of headwinds, including the peak of patent expirations in 2012.
Investment Week |
06 Dec 2011
Nick Train, manager of the £333m Lindsell Train UK Equity fund, has said the most important development for equity markets in Q3 had nothing to do with Greece or the eurozone.
Investment Week |
10 Nov 2011
Focus on the ‘structural change in the way people work, entertain and communicate’ helps fund deliver 49% over three years.
Investment Week |
24 Oct 2011
Ben Rogoff runs Polar Capital’s £412m Technology trust, which has returned 146% over three years, against a 79% peer group average.
Investment Week |
21 Oct 2011
Apple, the world's biggest technology company, reported full year results showing net profits for the year to 25 September were $25.9bn (£16.5bn), up 85% on the previous year.
Investment Week |
19 Oct 2011
Internet giant Google has revealed profits surged 26% in the third quarter, with net income jumping from $2.17bn to $2.73bn year on year.
Investment Week |
14 Oct 2011
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