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Meta, Amazon, Snap, Pinterest: What to Watch in the Stock Market Today

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Technology shares are leading losses after Facebook parent Meta Platforms surprised investors with a bigger-than-expected profit drop. billion profit in the recent quarter. Eli Lilly reported quarterly profit and revenue that beat forecasts. Apple and Tesla were also down. ConocoPhillips reported a $2.6

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A Business Upended: Streaming disrupts the Entertainment Business!

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The music companies provided marketing support, seeking out radio stations that would carry their music, and distributional backing to get albums to retailers. That said, the movie business remained concentrated, with the biggest players dominating each segment of the business.

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The Indian Smartphone Revolution: Paytm's Coming of Age IPO!

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In 2014, it introduced Paytm Wallet , a digital wallet that was accepted as a payment option by leading service providers and retailers. The last is the operating margin , it operating income (or loss) as a percent of operating income each year. As mobile access improved, Paytm has relentlessly added to its suite of products.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. And I — I — I don’t like to ask people for predictions and forecasts, but you’re looking at the flows and you get client questions all the time.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

And so, you know, it was relatively, I wouldn’t say straightforward because I don’t think generating consistent profits has ever been something that’s so straightforward or so easy. And it’s always going to expect to lose some of those profits when the trend reverses, but still end up capturing the meat of the trend.

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Transcript: Liz Hoffman

Barry Ritholtz

And most people think of Bill, his bread and butter business is activist, very concentrated stock investing, but he has a bit of a background in macro too, back from ’07, ’08, and he actually decides to do this in the credit markets, where spreads are incredibly tight. .” RITHOLTZ: Retail just is nothing at all.

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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

Barry Ritholtz

They had the access to loss and excel really. And I think that’s a loss. I create these concentric circles for people who have time and say, if you have this much time, try these extra things. RITHOLTZ: You would have to put some flesh on those bones, some numbers, to determine is it still profitable to do this or not?

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