Silicon Valley the place loves “Silicon Valley,” the show that mercilessly mocks it.
Now entering its fourth season, “Silicon Valley” has developed an unexpectedly warm relationship with people in the tech industry — even while depicting them as hapless nerds, money obsessed bros and generally unpleasant humans.
Developers and founders wear Pied Piper t-shirts and use the fictional company in their demos. The show’s actors have started investing in startups and are active on social media. TJ Miller even hosted insider awards show The Crunchies one year, though that ended poorly.
On Tuesday, HBO hosted the world premier of the show’s fourth season deep in the heart of tech-land, at Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco. The show’s stars mingled with their real life counterparts including Slack founder Stewart Butterfield, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, Zynga cofounder Mark Pincus and VC Hunter Walk.
Creator Mike Judge thinks one of the reasons people in the Valley love the show is they that think it’s making fun of everyone — but them.
great stocks to buy now: Yandex N.V.(YNDX)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lee Jackson]
Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) is the Google of Russia. It was very bold on the growing marketplace there, and its beta tests of a new back end have been very positive and should be rolled out soon. Deutsche Bank has a $38 price target, and the consensus is $40, in U.S. dollars.
- [By WWW.GURUFOCUS.COM]
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These are the top 5 holdings of Somerset Capital Management LLPFomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FMX) – 1,268,818 shares, 36.15% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 9.36%Yandex NV (YNDX) – 3,352,412 shares, 25.48% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 3.61%ICICI Bank Ltd (IBN) – 5,074,899 shares, 13.19% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 11.08%Infosys Ltd (INFY) – 1,596,414 shares, 6.95% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 15.58%KT Corp (KT) – 1,330,431 shares, 6.41% of the
- [By Steve Symington]
Yandex N.V.(NASDAQ:YNDX)announced exceptional first-quarter 2017 results on Thursday, highlighted by a recent antitrust deal with Google, stabilizing market share in its core search segment, and strong growth from its various other business units.
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows Alphabet Inc being in a relatively steadyuptrend compared withsearch engine peerslike Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO), China basedBaidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Russiafocused mid cap Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX):
great stocks to buy now: LyondellBasell Industries NV(LYB)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Chad Tracy]
In a classic contrarian move, he purchased more shares of troubled plastics-maker LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB), even as the company was sliding toward bankruptcy.
- [By Chad Tracy]
TransCanada is not the only company that stands to profit from the possible Keystone XL approval. Refiners such as Valero and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB), as well as construction companies Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) and Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) all stand to gain if Keystone XL gets the green light.
great stocks to buy now: (CVKEY)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
For example, Evergrande Life – a unit of property developer China Evergrande Group (OTC:EGRNF) – saw its premiums increase more than 40-fold in 2016. It used the proceeds to accumulate a significant stake in rival developer China Vanke (OTC:CVKEY) last year.
- [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
Another illustration of the excellent project structuring skills that First Sponsor’s management possesses relates to the divestment of a 70% interest in its property development project in China, the Star of East River project in Dongguan to Chinese property developer China Vanke (OTC:CVKEY) in FY2016. It recorded a disposal gain of S$97.3 million in 4QFY2016 and recouped its capital investment in its entirety with a surplus cash return of approximately S$23.2 million. More importantly, First Sponsor still retains exposure to the Star of East River project with a 30% interest while having a brand-name listed property developer like China Vanke leading the project.
- [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
On December 14, 4-Traders reported “BYD signed a strategic partnership agreement” with China Vanke (OTC:CVKEY), China’s largest property developer. The partnership will integrate Vanke’s property development and BYD’s cloud rail, providing a solution for urban development. BYD is also partnering (with 42 others) in a 5G joint innovation center with China Mobile (NYSE:CHL).
great stocks to buy now: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated(UNH)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Paul Ausick]
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) traded up 2.63% at $227.97. The stock’s 52-week range is $156.09 to $228.38 and the high was posted this afternoon. Volume was about 30% above the daily average of around 2.9 million. The healthcare company had no specific news.
- [By Paul Ausick]
The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Friday was UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) which traded down 4.33% at $156.57. The stock’s 52-week range is $116.02 to $164.97. Volume was more than double the daily average of around 3.7 million shares. The U.S. Justice Department joined a lawsuit against the company alleging overcharges to the Medicare program.
- [By Paul Ausick]
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) traded up 1.27% at $174.78. The stock’s 52-week range is $130.01 to $176.14. Volume was about 50% lower than the daily average of around 2.9 million. The company had no specific news.
- [By Paul Ausick]
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) traded down 1.22% at $192.88. The stock’s 52-week range is $133.03 to $200.76. Volume was about 10% above the daily average of around 2.7 million shares. The health insurer had no specific news Wednesday.
