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Oct 17, 2018

Netflix (NFLX, $346.40 ) Garners More Subscribers Than Expected, Focuses on More Content

Netflix reported a 'drama'tic subscriber growth. Adding almost 7 million viewers in its third quarter, the online video streaming giant beat estimates of around 5 million. That makes its number of worldwide subscribers more than 137 million.

This could potentially turn the tide for the company, after it fell short of expectations in user growth in the preceding quarter. Netflix hopes to add another 9.4 million subscribers in the last part of this year.

On Tuesday, CEO Reed Hastings attributed the discrepancy between the company's subscriber estimates and its actual figures to a "forecasting" issue. He said that going forward, the company will focus on paid subscribers — versus the existing calculation that includes people who are using free trials. Minus those on free trials, Netflix has about 130 million paid subscriptions. Nevertheless, Netflix's third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) beat estimates, at 89 cents versus the 68 cents forecast by analysts.

The company's growth/marketing strategies for the international market seems to be paying off big time. At a conference last February, chief financial officer David Wells said the company would have about 80 foreign-language productions in 2018. Gaining an additional 6 million of new international subscribers in the latest quarter, Netflix said the figure exceeded its initial prediction.

A key area the company is focusing on for its global audience is content production, thereby potentially heating up competition with media giants Disney and AT&T's WarnerMedia, (who are working on developing their own online streaming segments) and with entrenched players in the space such as Amazon’s Prime and Alphabet's YouTube. Slated to spend about $8 billion on programming in 2018, Netflix said it is expecting negative free cash flow of $3 billion this year, and has similar expectations for next year. (Free cash flow is the cash that remains after a company has covered its costs and capital expenses).

In addition to its growth and success in original programming, Netflix also sees viable opportunities in licensing content from other companies. "We've been a pretty dependable buyer," Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said. He indicated that other studios might earn healthy returns by selling some of their content to Netflix.

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John Jacques

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May 16, 2022

A.I. Stock Market Predictions: Head & Shoulders

Statistics for the Head-and-Shoulders Bottom Pattern The days where only hedge funds used algorithms to trade stocks are officially over. Now retail investors can use Artificial Intelligence (A.I. Here’s an example of the algorithm in action: Late last year, Tickeron’s A.I.

Edward Flores

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Apr 29, 2022

How to Become the Millionaire Next Door

The Golden Gate Bridge is always a fixture of these walks too, one of man's most beautiful creations. As we were walking, at one point she turned to me and said, "Man, I'll never have a million dollars."" My girlfriend is 27 years old and works as a graphic designer, making about $75,000 a year.

Sergey Savastiouk

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May 16, 2022

When Is the Next Recession Coming?

However, we also know that economists predicted 22 recessions out of 11 that took place since 1945. Are there real recession signs we should watch for?Indeed, the answer is yes, and here are a few very important ones: The first one is almost obvious and known to everyone – it is the Fed.

Sergey Savastiouk

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Mar 14, 2023

How to Start Trading Penny Stocks

Penny stocks have long been marginalized within the professional investment community, oftentimes being painted with a broad brush of simply being “too risky.” Leonardo DiCaprio’s depiction of the penny stock peddling conman, Jordan Belfort, in the Wolf of Wall Street certainly didn’t help.Here are four reasons to start trading them now. Reason #1: Let’s State the Obvious -- Penny Stocks are Cheap A single share of Apple Inc. costs over $350.

Dmitry Perepelkin

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Mar 14, 2023

5 Habits that Lead to Successful Investing

To consistently make money in this industry, you need emotional fortitude, an analytical mind, and a willingness to self-reflect. Despite trading and investing being two different activities, these principles can be applied to both.Conversely, investors with good habits often become great traders. Rather than full sentences for titles, we’ve labeled each of our top-five investing habits using a single word principle.

Allana

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Mar 23, 2023

What’s the Difference Between Data Analytics and Machine Learning?

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is developing rapidly.Data mining can deliver raw numbers, but it does not necessarily provide actionable insights. Structure is necessary to taking abstract information and extracting commonalities, like averages, ratios, and percentages.

Sergey Savastiouk

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Mar 13, 2023

4 Tips for Fast, Effective Stock Analysis

With just a few clicks, an investor can search for individual stocks, categories of stocks, sectors, or investment themes, and then he or she can conduct a full range of technical and fundamental analysis within seconds.All powered by Artificial Intelligence. Below, we give you 5 tips for fast, effective stock analysis using Tickeron’s Screener.

Sergey Savastiouk

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Mar 20, 2023

5 Golden Principles in Investing

You have enough faith in that stock, based on research, that the return will equal or exceed the investment. Do unto others.The principles outlined here will ensure that happens. Principle #1: Diversification Investors can’t be one-dimensional when constructing a portfolio.

Sergey Savastiouk

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Mar 15, 2023

The five most important Lessons Learned After 10,000 hours of Trading

Edward Flores

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Mar 12, 2023

What's the Difference Between Tokens and Altcoins?

Between their inherently technical nature, multiple varieties and sub-varieties, and endless terminology, cryptocurrency (defined here as digital or virtual currencies that are encrypted using cryptography, powered by the immutable digital ledger known as the blockchain) represents a whole, complex world.All altcoins possess their own blockchain, independent from their source code, that records all transactions of their native coins. Many altcoins are variants, or forks, of Bitcoin that leverage that cryptocurrency’s open-source protocol as the basis.