Getting hit even though earnings and revenue topped estimates. Shares were up more than 14 at one point yesterday afterhours but started to fall during the call and down about almost 8 . Some of the drop probably attributed to investor concerns over the direction of the advertising portion of the business. John, display ads, decelerating faster quarter on quarter and the stock chart looking at it afterhours its like a roller coaster literally. Feels like they did the math, investors anyway figuring out okay, they raised guidance but when you consider that there was this benefit from them integrating in early, that basically goes away and it ends up being a bit of a guide down based on what youd expect sequentially and then yes, this display advertising thing, premium display, weve seen the impact programmatic, linkedin was one of the first to single it out a quarter ago, it hit yelp, hitted linkedin in, too. They have a diversified business. This isnt all of linked in by any stretch an
Day. Well begin with the market and whats been anything but a summer sizzle for stocks. Now comes august which is historically hard for investors. The s p has fallen 2. 5 in each of the past five years. As we look towards whats ahead in august, five months to go, does everything hinge on whether the fed hikes Interest Rates in september . I mean, if thats really the case, then i have good news for you. The market says theres no shot. If you look at the cmes fed watch and you believe that the market is getting things right as we get closer, theres a much higher likelihood that you see a december hike. I think a 25 basis point hike is like 42 . Even october, theyre talking about a 20 some odd percent chance. If thats what youre truly focusing all your attention on, the timing of the first hike, you have some time. To hang out in the panic room. If youre more rational, you say to yourself, strongly hinting theyll do something. Even if its a token gesture. Theres absolutely no guarantee th
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