nflx - What We're Reading - StockBuz2024-03-29T07:56:46Zhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/feed/tag/nflxHow Much Wealth Accumulated In Ten Secondshttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/how-much-wealth-accumulated-in-ten-seconds2016-02-19T18:08:45.000Z2016-02-19T18:08:45.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p><a target="_blank" href="http://pennystocks.la/battle-of-internet-giants/"><img class="align-left" src="http://pennystocks.la/battle-of-internet-giants/images/social/battle600.gif?width=600" width="600" /></a>The numbers are astounding, and hopefully help to create perspective on the scale of technology and business.  In just 10 seconds, close to 225,000 GB of data is transferred, with over 500,000 posts on Facebook, 57,000 tweets, 46,000 searches on Google, and 2 million messages sent on WhatsApp. </p>
<p>There is no question that the most profound factor affecting modern life is the ability to replicate and store data at almost no cost. This revolution in information has provided us with a wealth of benefits and possibilities for an incredibly low marginal price.</p>
<p>At zero cost, we can connect to a global store of all human knowledge. New apps with impressive features can cost less than a dollar, and our monthly Netflix subscriptions hardly register on our credit card statements. Meanwhile, we share our thoughts about the world with our friends and family at no cost through social networks, email, or other means of communications. This hasn’t been possible throughout human existence, and it is only feasible now because of the incredible scale of the internet.</p>
<p>While we all make the connection that these individual activities help to bring in revenue to the world’s tech giants, the ultimate size and scale of the numbers in aggregate are almost incomprehensible to the human brain.</p>
<p>How many Google searches do you make each day? What about your neighborhood, city, or country? How about the world?</p>
<p>Today’s two visualizations look at the sheer amounts of data processed every 10 seconds by the world’s tech giants, as well as the amount of impressive profit yielded.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Click above to view the full version [h/t <a href="http://pennystocks.la/">Penny Stocks</a>].</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12px;">Click above to view the interactive version [h/t <a href="http://pennystocks.la/">pennystocks</a>].</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">Courtesy of <a href="http://www.visualcapitalist.com/tech-giants-visualizing-profits-for-every-10-seconds/" target="_blank">VisualCapitalist</a></span></p>
</div>Much Of The World Has Faster Netflix Than The U.S.http://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/much-of-the-world-has-faster-netflix-than-the-u-s2015-09-15T19:36:35.000Z2015-09-15T19:36:35.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p class="annotatable"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1291239?profile=original"><img class="align-left" style="padding: 10px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1291239?profile=original" height="523" width="364"></a>There are a lot of things the world does <a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/6/13/5805100/things-the-US-does-worse-than-soccer">better than the US</a>: Literacy, life expectancy, general happiness, and, of course, soccer. You can now add Netflix to that list.</p>
<p class="annotatable">On Monday (Sept. 14), the US streaming television service updated (and redesigned) its monthly <a href="http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/">speed index website</a>, where it ranks Netflix speeds by internet provider. Given that the company has expanded into over 50 countries, with plans for hundreds more, the index now ranks Netflix speeds by <em>country</em> as well.</p>
<p class="annotatable">The US and Canada, where Netflix accounts for a whopping <a href="http://qz.com/414271/netflix-now-accounts-for-nearly-37-of-peak-web-traffic-in-north-america/">37% of peak web traffic</a>, are both in the middle of the pack when it comes to Netflix speeds. Scandinavian countries dominate the rankings, which shouldn’t be too surprising, as those same countries generally boast some of the <a href="https://www.akamai.com/us/en/multimedia/documents/content/akamai-state-of-the-internet-report-q4-2014.pdf">fastest internet speeds in the world</a> (pdf).</p>
<p class="annotatable">The index measures how well Netflix performs during prime viewing hours. Essentially, the higher the ranking, the better the Netflix viewing experience is in that country. Viewers in countries with higher Mbps (megabits per second) are likely to have reliable connections, minimal buffering, and a clear picture.</p>
<p class="annotatable">Soon, this chart will be much larger. Netflix’s global expansion is relentless: It recently <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/netflix-launches-in-japan-though-its-doing-things-a-little-differently-there/">launched in Japan</a>, will launch in Spain, Italy, and Portugal in October, and then in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan early next year. Netflix aims to launch in 200 countries <a href="http://qz.com/402036/netflixs-reed-hastings-predicts-the-future-of-tv-over-the-next-20-years/">by the end of 2016</a>—a lofty goal, certainly, but the streaming service is well on its way:</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-15-at-10-34-10-am.png?w=1024"><img class="align-right" src="https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-15-at-10-34-10-am.png?w=1024&width=500" width="500"></a>In order to reach that goal, Netflix is likely to focus its expansion on two areas of opportunity: Asia and Africa. The company had no official presence in Asia before its Japan launch, and isn’t yet available anywhere in Africa (though <a href="http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/117384-its-official-netflix-is-coming-to-south-africa.html">South Africa will probably</a> be among the countries getting it soon). Expect Netflix to announce several more targets before the end of the year.</p>
<p>Courtesy of <a href="http://qz.com/502330/much-of-the-world-has-faster-netflix-than-the-us/" target="_blank">QZ</a></p></div>Breakouts vs. Breakdownshttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/breakouts-vs-breakdowns2014-12-21T16:47:49.000Z2014-12-21T16:47:49.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1291048?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1291048?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"></a>According to <a href="http://btigresearch.com" target="_blank">BTIG Research</a>, there remains cause to be concerned after the stock market's bounce last week.</p>
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<p>For the first time since the October low, breakdowns have outnumbered breakouts. This is a byproduct of the 5% pullback in the SPX over the past two weeks, which naturally saw some stocks break support levels. We are inclined to worry about breakdowns when they are abundant (at least 10% of the SPX, more than this time around) and recurrent (outnumbering breakouts for at least 2-3 weeks).</p>
<p>This last occurred in October, when the market suffered deterioration in breadth that was significant enough to suggest a structural shift may be underway. For this reason, we would be inclined to use strength to sell stocks that previously broke down or stocks that have exhibited weak relative strength.</p>
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<p>Looking closer at a few of the internals: A 5-year weekly chart of T2107, or stocks which are above their 200d SMA, has made a lower high and appear to be rolling over again - almost as if it tested overhead resistance and failed before even reaching the overbought territory (if technical analysis were to actually work on such a study). </p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1291086?profile=original"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1291086?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"></a>Breadth however has turned back up on a <a href="https://dwq4do82y8xi7.cloudfront.net/x/hmglw5Nu/" target="_blank">daily chart</a> and the Dow Jones Industrials (right) bounced off of it's 38.2% fibonacci level (a good sign the high will be challenged ahead) so it would seem that Santa Claus is indeed on his way.</p>
<p>Clearly the next two weeks (Christmas/New Years) will be important and volume is will be low as fund Managers are on vacation. Do we break higher on low holiday volume, hold in a range or (heaven forbid) do we drift lower? Will Europe/Asia be buying overnight or no? The historic bias on low volume is definitely to the upside and algos will be set to auto pilot so barring any shocking geopolitical news, we should be just fine..</p>
<p>What traders and firms such as BTIG will do now is short names which have made lower highs on any move higher in strength. Generally at overhead 50d moving average, 200d moving average or past support, now turned resistance. I would imagine this will be the case, <em>especially </em>in oil & gas (or related) names.</p>
<p>I have been recommending that any long positions initiated, doing so with Calls rather than common shares in order to lessen any losses given the age of this five (almost six) year bull run. The Santa Claus rally may have begun, but that doesn't mean <em>some</em> names won't fail at a higher level. Best of luck-</p>
<p>Per BTIG:</p>
<p>Breakouts: BK, CVS, ETR, OMC, SPLS, WAG, WDC<br> Breakdowns: CAT, CCI, CNP, COF, CTXS, CVX, DOV, DTV, ECL, EXPD, FLR, GCI, GOOG, GOOGL, HOG, IBM, JEC, JOY, KO, MCD, MET, MLM, NFLX*, NUE, OKE, OXY, PBI, PM, PSX, QEP, RRC, T, VZ, WIN, WMB</p>
<p>*Full disclosure I do have some short positions however not in any of the names mentioned in this article with the exception of NFLX as <a href="http://stockbuz.net/articles/roasted-nflx" target="_self">recommended here</a>.</p></div>Roasted NFLXhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/roasted-nflx2014-10-15T20:10:19.000Z2014-10-15T20:10:19.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p>You mean when you raise prices, it affects subscriber levels? No one told Reed Hastings and nor did he forewarn the market of the drop which was coming. NFLX already has streaming competition from HBO (TWC) and talk is being bandied about that CBS will be joining that pool along side AMZN and others and well, it all equals = more competition. NFLX is no longer 'unique'. Yes I am short this pos based off the technical divergences on the daily chart. Burnt popcorn anyone?</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290943?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290943?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500"></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290968?profile=original"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290968?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500"></a></p></div>NFLX To Face More Competitionhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/nflx-to-face-more-competition2014-05-30T18:42:10.000Z2014-05-30T18:42:10.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p>In the area of streaming video and television, Mode Media (previously Glam) had quietly filed for <a href="http://nypost.com/2014/02/18/for-a-glam-ipo-wall-street-will-need-wooing/" target="_blank">IPO in 2013</a> and postponed it's IPO indefinitely in 2011.  I'm sure board member Mark Andreessen would love to push it forward but is this the right time with markets at all time new highs? </p>
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<p class="google_elide"><a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/do-advertisers-have-any-use-blog-networks-151009" target="_blank">Glam Media</a> changed its name to Mode Media at its NewFronts event today in New York. Glam chief Samir Arora told Adweek prior to the presentation that the new moniker reflects a commitment to entertainment as well as rebranding its properties beyond its core women's lifestyle offerings.</p>
<p class="google_elide">And he's evidently not kidding about entertainment. Over the last 18 months, his team has quietly developed a consumer-facing video product, which Arora likens more to Netflix than iTunes. Five to 20 percent of the video programming will be original content, but the rest of the shows will originate from syndicated deals made with TV companies. Mode Media has been working with <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/caa-marketing-discusses-chipotles-new-fiona-apple-animation-152512" target="_blank">Creative Artists Agency</a> (CAA) to acquire quality content. It announced 10 original series at the NewFronts presentation in downtown Manhattan, while promising to deliver another eight in the near term.</p>
<p class="google_elide">"We will be able to distribute our video in different channels and verticals across our current reach," Arora explained. "We wanted to take the time to build the platform in order to aid in the discovery of our content."</p>
<p class="google_elide">In addition, the company has built studios in Los Angeles and New York to create original video content. Arora said the video offering will include short- and long-form Web series as well as full feature films.</p>
<p class="google_elide">New programs include a food show called Tastemakers, which will showcase international cuisine, as well as Haute Havens, an <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/cribs/series.jhtml" target="_blank">MTV Cribs-styled</a> show that entails celebrities giving a peek into the homes of fashion icons. And then there's Designer in a Diner, an interview series with fashion industry insiders at their preferred local eateries.</p>
<p class="google_elide">"These are top talent, top production quality series done in our studios with celebrity talent. It's a great lineup," Arora boasted.</p>
<p class="google_elide">Glam Media, which was called Project Y <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_Media" target="_blank">at launch in 2003</a>, has been known as a destination for beauty and fashion blogs, recently charting on comScore as the seventh largest media property with 250 million monthly unique visitors globally. Now, Glam for Style, one of the company's content staples, will become a single vertical within Mode Media and will make room for other channels, including Mode Entertainment, Brash for Men's Lifestyle, Home, Fashion & Beauty, Foodie for Recipes & Restaurants and Tend for Family & Parenting.</p>
<p class="google_elide">Digital video streaming is heating up with <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/hbo-shows-including-sopranos-coming-amazon-prime-157193" target="_blank">Amazon Prime's recent entry</a>, which would seem to deter a brand like Glam/Mode Media from joining the fray.</p>
<p class="google_elide">But Arora said it was time to enter the space because the company already operated on a Netflix-like model with its blog content, paying more than $200 million in revenue to partner publishers. The CEO said, once again citing comScore, his videos—none of which have been original programming—reach 11.5 million monthly. That's barely shy of the 13 million from <a href="http://www.adweek.com/sa-article/hulu-premium-content-and-tv-fanatics-157232" target="_blank">Hulu</a>, according to comScore.</p>
<p class="google_elide">Courtesy of <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/glam-media-rebrands-mode-media-and-takes-netflix-157345" target="_blank">AdWeek</a></p>
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