Do Nvidia's New Competitors Pose A Threat?

Chipmaker stocks have been thriving as demand for processing power continues growing. Despite a sudden drop in cryptocurrency GPU sales, Nvidia still had an outstanding Q2 2019 with growth in Gaming, Professional Visualization, and Data center. However, Chinese chipmaker Huawei has released a new AI chip to compete with Nvidia's data center business. So how is Nvidia faring against its competition and maintaining its market share?



Huawei is a Chinese telecommunications equipment company that generated around $96 billion in 2017. Huawei recently announced a new AI chip, the Ascend 910. This product’s main target market is the Data-center market. Huawei claims that their new chip processes more data in a shorter period than its competitors (Nvidia), and makes it possible to train networks in a matter of minutes. While Huawei's new chip looks promising, it is not tested to work like Nvidia’s chips are. Five out of the world’s fastest supercomputers are powered by Nvidia’s GPUs. Additionally, many Americans are hesitant to use Chinese products as there has been accusations of spyware. Nvidia's chips are tried and true, so many chip-users will continue to use Nvidia's top of the line chips even in the face of new competition.

Building An AI Fund Using I Know First's Algorithmic Investment Signals

You probably see our top algorithmic performance every week and wonder how exactly we reach these phenomenal results for so many or our stock picking packages. Therefore, we want to show you some simple ways to implement our algorithmic forecasts into your portfolio.



In these strategies, I Know First’s mid-term signals are used for the investment selection. The idea is to use investment signal filters to determine the positions to open and slightly relax these conditions when deciding to keep positions in the portfolio. This way, an investor can avoid frequent position rebalancing and keep stocks for longer holding periods. Using these methods, the portfolio has extremely high returns that beat the benchmark and have more optimal Sharpe ratios. Using these strategies leads to gains that significantly outperform the S&P 500.

Caterpillar Inc. Listed As A Top Ten Growing Brand

Caterpillar Inc is a mining and construction company with a bright future ahead. Caterpillar's oil and gas division recently announced a new premium oil filtration system. The new system to address the issue of premature power end failure causing contamination of the lubrication oil. By integrating industry leading filters from the TH55 transmission into the power end filtration system, Caterpillar provides world class filtration to power ends, as well as parts commonality with the transmission of choice for well stimulation customers.



Thanks to developments like these, Interbrand listed CAT as a top ten growing brand for 2018 and named it as a best global brand. Additionally, Caterpillar's commitment to deliver cutting edge technology labelled as the ‘Age of Smart Iron’ illustrates a growing trend for technological to enter industries that have traditionally been more mechanical. Bridging this gap is what something that Caterpillar has consistently been committed to.

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AI In FinTech: On The Verge Of Revolution

Finance is one of the most innovative fields, therefore, it is no surprise it has adopted new technologies such as AI as quickly as it has. This new FinTech has had multiple spheres reshaped by the implementation of AI. Some of these fields include customer service, credit scores, insurance support, investment analysis, security, and financial market predictions.



If utilized correct, AI has the capacity to predict market movements. The vast amount of stock market data and time series can be analyzed in order to get a sense of a stock's future success. I Know First is featured by Skelia as one of the companies coming up with fresh ideas regarding market prediction

Read more. LNG Stock Forecast: Cheniere Tops The Energy Sector With Major Gains



Cheniere Energy is an international energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas, and is the leading producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States. Liquefied natural gas accounts for only a small amount of the global crude oil market, but it is estimated to amount for 10% of the crude oil market by 2020. Demand in Asia has been driving the robust growth in the liquefied natural gas market. The demand from China alone grew by more than 50% in the first half of 2018.



Natural gas is mainly converted to LNG form for transport over the seas where laying pipelines is not feasible technically and economically. LNG achieves a higher reduction in volume than compressed natural gas (CNG) so that the (volumetric) energy density of LNG is 2.4 times greater than that of CNG (at 250 bar) or 60 percent that of diesel fuel. This makes LNG cost efficient in marine transport over long distances. Even despite a new tariff for liquefied natural gas imports in China, investors have not been deterred in the potential of liquefied natural gas. Natural gas is a cleaner and lower carbon emitting fuel alternative to traditional coal, so demand, particularly in China, will continue to grow and drive LNG's stock.

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