Alibaba Is Up Big. Will Gains Continue?
How The Market Reacted To The News
As binary options traders, we know that the news moves the market. It's clear that investors are excited about Alibaba's investment in Groupon. In fact, since the announcement was made in mid-February, the stock has climbed by nearly 10% and seems as though it's going to continue on the uptrend.
What We Can Expect To See Moving Forward
Moving forward, I have an overwhelmingly positive opinion of what we can expect to see from Alibaba. The reality here is that Jack Ma, the founder and CEO of the company is an absolute genius. Since the creation of the company, he has been able to stay one step ahead of the competition, leading to Alibaba's leadership role in online retail, online payments, and more in the world's second largest economy. Now, Jack Ma has his eyes on selling extreme discount coupons, and to do so, he's made one of the strongest investments we've seen from a company in the sector in history. All in all, things are looking great for Alibaba in both the short and long term.
How To Take Advantage Of The Trends
As binary options traders, its our job to predict where the values of financial assets are headed. Because of the positive news we've seen out of Alibaba lately, it's more likely that the stock will climb than fall. As a result, binary options traders should be watching for strong call option opportunities in order to take advantage of the trends.
I went from being a huge fan of $BABA to having serious doubts. But this is an interesting investment. I'll have to let it percolate a bit. I'm still not sure if this is a wise investment on their parts, though I suppose they have money to spare.
I like $BABA, but I'm not a fan of $GRPN and don't think the company will last.
I thought Groupon grew at a rate of 24% last year. Sounds like it's doing well to me. And it's got major brand recognition.
It did, but it's not making any money. Groupon has reported a net income loss for each year it’s been public. I know in 2014 they lost $73 million.
While that's all true, I believe $GRPN finally became profitable in 2015. They just had to lose several billion to get there :) So it could be a good time for $BABA to invest. Can any one else confirm those numbers? Maybe the author, Jack Turner knows.
Sure. $GRPN made profit only in Q2 2015 which equalled $109M while there was a loss during the rest of the quarters of the year totalling -88.4M meaning $GRPN annual earnings were still higher than losses.
The data is sourced from www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:GRPN&fstype=ii
Sure. $GRPN made profit only in Q2 2015 which equalled $109M while there was a loss during the rest of the quarters of the year totalling -88.4M meaning $GRPN annual earnings were still higher than losses.
The data is sourced from www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:GRPN&fstype=ii
I saw one of the other contributors here, Amigobulls, had something about this. So maybe they can add something. I'll look for it as well.
I found it, Groupon's Income Statement: amigobulls.com/stocks/GRPN/income-statement/annual