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In addition to reporting a higher-than-expected profit on Thursday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. stated that demand for artificial intelligence will help counteract the current period’s generally poor smartphone sales. Nvidia is among the clients of the largest contract semiconductor manufacturer, whose fourth-quarter earnings increased 57% to NT$374.7 billion ($11.37 billion), or NT$14.45 per share. According to a FactSet survey, analysts anticipated earnings of NT$14.34 per share. Last week, TSMC reported a 39% increase in revenue to NT$868.5 billion. TSMC shares (TSM) (TW:2330) increased 4% in premarket trading. Over the past 12 months, the stock has increased by 83%. Revenue from…

Some claim that despite accusations of price gouging, Los Angeles landlords are simply meeting the demands of wealthy, desperate individuals who are making outrageous bids to find a new residence. Many people who have lost their homes and flats are frantically looking for places to rent after flames damaged an estimated 12,000 buildings throughout Los Angeles. Online real estate postings examined by MarketWatch seem to indicate that some landlords have raised rents in response to the soaring demand, given the dreadfully low supply. A California rule that prohibits price hikes of more than 10% on necessities like food, petrol, and…

After rising to a record high, Nintendo’s stock plummeted on Friday as the firm remained reticent about its plans for the Switch 2 game console. According to the Japanese gaming company’s debut trailer, the gadget will be able to run games that are compatible with the present Switch device, while some won’t. However, it will be months before the device is made available. New York consumers will have their first peek at the Nintendo Switch 2 between April 4 and April 6, with a presentation scheduled for April 2. Nintendo also withheld important information, including the price point. In Tokyo…

The majority of debates on whether or not there is a market bubble center on the technology industry. However, investors might wish to search elsewhere. In our call of the day, Stephen Jon Kaplan, the CEO of the True Contrarian blog and newsletter, cautions that those larger American corporations could not be worth purchasing for ten years. According to Kaplan, the “real sign of the bubble is that there are many ordinary companies that have price-earnings and price-to-sales ratios which are several times their average historic levels.” In an email reply to MarketWatch, the contrarian investor stated that “companies like…

Although Jennifer Piepszak was named JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s new chief operating officer on Tuesday, Jamie Dimon’s four key department heads are still more likely to succeed him as the company’s chief executive. In an email to MarketWatch, a person close to the bank stated that Piepszak has stated she does not wish to be considered for the CEO post at this time. Although she would prefer a senior operating post supporting the bank’s top leadership team and working with Dimon, the source said she is “very honored and excited” about the chance to serve as chief operating officer. One…

The U.S. incretin market is growing by 45%, but not as quickly as Eli Lilly had anticipated, and the drugmaker’s stock is headed for its largest selloff in four years. Eli Lilly & Co.’s stock was on track for its worst day in over four years Tuesday after the pharmaceutical company reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue growth, citing slower-than-expected increase in sales of its weight-loss and diabetes medications. “While the U.S. incretin market grew 45% compared to the same quarter last year, our previous guidance had anticipated even faster acceleration of growth for the quarter,” stated David Ricks, our chief executive…

Investors have placed their trust in technology over the past two years and have mostly benefited from it. Value stocks have fallen behind since then. Vanguard’s large-cap growth ETF VOOG returned 35% and 28% last year and 19% in 2023, respectively, while its S&P 500 large-cap value ETF VOOV returned 9.8% last year. Bill Nygren, co-manager of the value-focused Oakmark Fund OAKMX and chief investment officer at parent Harris Associates, told clients earlier this month that “one of the nice things for a value investor today is because the S&P has been so concentrated in large-cap technology companies, the cheap…

Andrew, a 29-year-old product manager for startups and digital companies in Austin, Texas, has always heard the general rule: save enough money to cover three to six months of essential expenses, such as housing, utilities, groceries, transportation, and debt payments, in case of unemployment. “I just took it at face value,” he admitted to BourseWatch. But as the computer sector deteriorated over time and businesses let go of thousands of employees, he started to worry that his emergency savings would not be enough. It was taking more than six months for laid-off peers in comparable roles to find employment; one…

According to recent reports, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc., may see his business expand even further. Chinese officials have discussed whether to allow Musk to invest in or take over TikTok’s activities in the United States, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News. In the midst of geopolitical tensions surrounding the well-known app, TikTok confronts the possibility of a U.S. ban that would go into force on January 19. It was unclear, according to the Wall Street Journal report, if those Chinese officials had discussed the possibility of a Musk intervention with Beijing’s top…

Regulators on Tuesday dealt another blow to the drug middlemen known as pharmacy-benefit managers, who were chastised for charging far more for certain “critical” prescription medications than they actually cost. In its second interim staff report on prescription-drug middlemen, the Federal Trade Commission stated that the three biggest PBMs and their connected pharmacies made an additional $7.3 billion in revenue between 2017 and 2022 as a result of “significant markups” in pricing over the cost of the prescriptions. According to the FTC, the businesses also made almost $1.4 billion in profit via “spread pricing,” which is when they charge their…