A human arms race is underway. If human history could be described as one big roller-coaster ride of technology inventions then human gene editing could be the latest roller-coaster ride of the fourth industrial revolution. Scientists now believe that they have cracked the genetic-code to engineering virus-resistant humans with super intelligent. Science fiction has become a reality, superhumans engineered in a laboratory and it could...
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The brick-and-mortar meltdown is spilling into 2019 with Payless, the largest US casualty retailer going into liquidation. Payless, a once-popular seller of inexpensive women’s footwear and a staple in many suburban shopping malls, is closing all of its American stores. The retailer announced in February 2019 that it would start liquidating all its 2,100 of its stores. Moreover, payless will also be winding down its online business....
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Shipping rates free fall have got investors thinking whether the sector is experiencing a systemic change where prices are adjusting to the disruption to globalism in this new era of trade protectionism. It is true to say that many sectors are experiencing peak earnings, particularly if their product or service is subject to discretionary spending the drop in Q1, 2019 earnings growth highlights declining corporate profits. The...
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Final quarter earnings look so far so good with 62% of companies reporting positive earnings surprises, according to Factset but the fine cracks of this recovery can be seen when the spotlight is shone on the drop in Q1 earnings growth for the first month of the first quarter. With more good surprises than bad ones coming for Q4 earnings, it is the drop in Q1 earnings growth that is the red-herring of a relatively okay earning quarter...
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