In what many will consider a week to forget for the big technology firms, imminent tech releases like the Apple iPhone 7 and Amazon Echo have done little to help their creators, while warnings over Samsung’s exploding handset has seen spread betting users understandably elated with huge wins thanks to a deep share price slide.
While many users will argue that companies like Apple (who have been stagnant) and Amazon (who are falling) won’t see the wood from the trees until after the actual launch dates, others will be more realistic and concede that the launch announcements were underwhelming and that the products aren’t quite sitting comfortable with consumers or investors in the marketplace.
So just who has lost and what have they lost to make it such a bad period for the Tech world? Is it a slide in consumer demand, underwhelming new releases or simply that investors have started to lose faith in their abilities to deliver constant profits? To put some of the losses into context, here’s just a few of the bigger names and their capital losses that you might recognise based on their highs and current lows in the month of September 2016:
To learn more about companies discussed above and how to profit from any further losses they might incur, or to read more about the latest technology news and other industry buzz – be sure to check out the other sections of our blog.
While many users will argue that companies like Apple (who have been stagnant) and Amazon (who are falling) won’t see the wood from the trees until after the actual launch dates, others will be more realistic and concede that the launch announcements were underwhelming and that the products aren’t quite sitting comfortable with consumers or investors in the marketplace.
So just who has lost and what have they lost to make it such a bad period for the Tech world? Is it a slide in consumer demand, underwhelming new releases or simply that investors have started to lose faith in their abilities to deliver constant profits? To put some of the losses into context, here’s just a few of the bigger names and their capital losses that you might recognise based on their highs and current lows in the month of September 2016:
- Amazon – Down $27 per share or just under 3.5% total value
- Microsoft – Down $1.50 per share or 2.5% total value
- Samsung – Down $80 per share or 11% total value
- Facebook – Down $4 per share or 3% total value
- Twitter – Down $2.25 per share or nearly 11% total value
- Google – Down $20 per share or 2.5% total value
- HP – Down nearly $.50 per share or 3.25% total value
To learn more about companies discussed above and how to profit from any further losses they might incur, or to read more about the latest technology news and other industry buzz – be sure to check out the other sections of our blog.
