{"id":194793,"date":"2021-07-12T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=104722"},"modified":"2021-07-12T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:25:12","slug":"interesting-indices-should-you-invest-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/interesting-indices-should-you-invest-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting indices: should you invest in tech?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=104723\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"266\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-104723 size-full lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/interesting-indices-should-you-invest-in-tech.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104723 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/interesting-indices-should-you-invest-in-tech.jpg\" alt width=\"266\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Kibel Founder and Director CM Trading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2020, big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, several big gaming companies and Facebook skyrocketed in value \u2013 largely due to COVID-19. Daniel Kibel, Founder and Director of CMTrading, discusses whether these players look to be maintaining momentum in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving seen the FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google) do so well in 2020, we can only expect it to continue. There is a big \u2018BUT\u2019, though. US congress has already targeted them for being monopolies and far too big. There are threats of taxes and monopoly commissions that could affect them significantly \u2013 particularly Google and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazon continues to grow. They are expanding in so many different directions now \u2013 like groceries for example. But as COVID dissipates, the big question is, can people wean themselves off online shopping and will they return to the supermarkets and the high streets or shopping malls? It is difficult to predict entirely, as lockdown fatigue may set in in some measure. But the online shopping boom has made convenience an everyday reality, and it\u2019s probably unlikely to disappear anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest players in tech have pulled the market up. Google, Amazon, Tesla, Apple and the other mainstays continue to grow their market share. Sales are consistently going up and it is difficult to see past them. But to play Devil\u2019s Advocate, they are potentially also the companies that could fall the hardest. These companies have real, high-stakes incomes and as they use this to build the future, there is a lot to lose too. It\u2019s going to be an interesting ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs COVID vaccinations roll out, we need to look at a number of things. Not every country has received all their vaccinations. I think we can safely say that South Africa won\u2019t have everyone vaccinated by the end of the year. This will probably apply to the rest of Africa, parts of Asia, certain parts of Europe and South America as well. This will have a knock-on effect in terms of big tech performance. We\u2019ll probably see the big players continue to grow. Diversification, mergers and acquisitions will be on the menu because there is a lot of opportunity to expand into new products and markets that could be used as a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we may see in the near future of stand-out tech companies is a big boom in cyber security. As things consistently become more online-based, everyone from small businesses to big governments are doing everything they can to hack and access information. Cyber security companies are stepping in to curb this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn closing, in many ways, the world is moving towards an \u2018alternative\u2019 economy. Cyber security is still relatively new but is critical in today\u2019s economy and people are investing big money to protect themselves. Alternatives to meat \u2013 a different kind of tech but still very notable \u2013 are taking off. The likes of Beyond Meat have hugely grown their market share and more people in the world are turning to alternative food products that are more \u2018responsible\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, we have alternative fuel tech. Tesla has electronic cars but it\u2019s important to remember that they aren\u2019t the only players and they are market capped, in that they can only make so many. Other players could potentially introduce far more electric cars. If you\u2019re watching tech investment, \u2018alternative\u2019 thinking may be the way forward in years to come\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on CMTrading, visit their official website at www.cmtrading.com or call +27105008026, and one of their friendly staff will assist you.<\/p>\n<p>CMTrading is the brand name of Global Capital Markets Trading Ltd (A Seychelles company, company no. 104785)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/interesting-indices-should-you-invest-in-tech\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Kibel Founder and Director CM Trading In 2020, big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, several big gaming companies and Facebook skyrocketed in value \u2013 largely due to COVID-19. Daniel Kibel, Founder and Director of CMTrading, discusses whether these players look to be maintaining momentum in 2021. \u201cHaving seen the FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9021,1],"tags":[3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-194793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mypr","8":"category-south-africa","9":"tag-mypr","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/interesting-indices-should-you-invest-in-tech.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}