🥂 Verizon teams up with the streamers

Verizon's ready to entertain | Brits are still cutting back | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for April 25th in 3:05 minutes. 🧐 There are plenty of NFT projects out there, but not all of them have the power to tranform industries. Join NFTPro’s Christian Ferri for [The Future Applications of NFTs]( on Wednesday, and find out which upcoming projects deserve your attention. [Grab your ticket]( Today's big stories - US telecoms giant Verizon reported mixed results - Our analyst has laid out why Netflix’s calamitous results might’ve made the beleaguered streamer a good buy – [Read Now]( - UK retail sales fell again Cult Following [Cult Following] What’s Going On Here? Verizon [posted]( a mixed set of results on Friday, so if the US telecoms giant can’t beat the major streaming platforms, it might as well join them. What Does This Mean? Ever since the pandemic introduced people to the notion that they can still do their jobs effectively without sitting next to Keith from accounts, everyone's wanted high-speed internet in their homes. And that was just as true last quarter: Verizon said it added a net 229,000 broadband customers in the segment’s biggest jump in over a decade. Problem is, it can’t stop losing cell phone and cable TV customers. That dragged on its total revenue, which came in just 2% higher than the same time last year. Investors booted up their computers, dialed up, and made their thoughts known half an hour later: they sent Verizon’s stock down. Why Should I Care? The bigger picture: Verizon bundles up. The loss of cable TV customers reflects a longer-term shift away from traditional scheduled television toward on-demand streamers. So Verizon’s changing tack: it’s planning to partner up with streaming companies and offer their products as part of bigger phone, broadband, and TV bundles. It’s already struck a deal with Disney, and it [announced]( last month that it’s launching a new service that’ll provide a range of subscriptions in one place. And since products like that should offer customers more reasons to stay, it could make it easier for Verizon to hike prices further down the line too. Zooming out: The good old days. If all else fails, Verizon could always just ditch its media business. That’s what rival AT&T did: it completed the sale of WarnerMedia this month, meaning it’s now returned to its roots as a true-blue telecom company. It’s just like old times: the newly focused business [reported]( last week that it added far more phone customers than expected last quarter, and investors sent its stock up 4%. You might also like: [The tricks and techniques you need to value Verizon’s stock.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Cult Following&utm_campaign=daily-global-25-04-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take Have Netflix’s Calamitous Results Made It A Good Buy? [Have Netflix’s Calamitous Results Made It A Good Buy?]( [Photo of Reda] Reda, Analyst What’s Going On Here? Let’s face it, investors knew Netflix’s subscriber growth was going to slow down after 2020. Trouble is, the streaming giant actually lost viewers for the first time in a decade last quarter, leading the percentage of buy ratings on the firm’s stock to plummet to [an eight-year low](. But here’s the thing: some of the reasons for that are just short-term hiccups. Some might even reflect the [opportunities for growth]( it has at its fingertips. And with Netflix’s share price now down [over 60%]( this year, investors’ skepticism might be your window of opportunity. So that’s today’s Insight: a closer look at why Netflix is losing subscribers, and [why now could be a good time to buy the beleaguered streamer](. [Read or listen to the Insight here]( SPONSORED BY REALTYMOGUL Do nothing, earn more You’re probably a busy person, spending your day rescuing kittens or something. But with [RealtyMogul](, you don’t need to give up your time to make money from real estate: you’ll get access to office, retail, and other commercial deals in dozens of markets across the US. Just [create an account](, and you’ll easily be able to compare criteria – property type, investment timeline, projected return metrics, and more – to find your ideal investment. Or, if you’re feeling even more hands-off, you can even invest in a portfolio of properties in one fell swoop with [one of RealtyMogul’s REITs](. That’s why RealtyMogul members have collectively invested [over $850 million]( into $4.7 billion of real estate nationwide. [Join them today.]( [Check Out RealtyMogul]( Engbland [Engbland] What’s Going On Here? Data out on Friday [showed]( that UK retail sales collapsed in March, with even Brits’ little luxuries starting to lose their flavor. What Does This Mean? Brits are known for their stiff upper lip, but even that’s beginning to tremble as they look at painful fuel receipts through misty eyes. That’s put them off making anything but necessary car trips, with sales of gas down 3.8% in March from the month before. Online sales were languishing as shoppers bought fewer nice-to-haves too, falling 7.9% in the biggest monthly drop-off since 2001. And even a 2.6% uptick in household goods sales – itself a sign homeowners are turning to DIY for short-term domestic fixes – wasn’t enough to undo the damage. Overall, retail sales fell 1.4% in March compared to the month before, when optimistic economists were hoping for a drop of just 0.3% ([tweet this](). Why Should I Care? For markets: The pound falls out of favor. Things are only going to get worse when energy bills and taxes rise this month, and don’t shoppers know it: data out Friday showed consumer confidence plunged to its lowest since the 2008 financial crisis this month. That has economists forecasting that the Bank of England will be less aggressive with interest rate hikes than previously thought – not good news for the British pound, which gets less appealing to international savers and investors when rates stay low. The data, then, was promptly followed by sterling hitting its lowest point against the US dollar since late 2020. The bigger picture: The UK economy isn’t spit spot. You can’t really understate the importance of consumer spending on the UK economy, so this slowdown is bound to take its toll on growth. In fact, economists [predicted]( this week that the country’s economy will shrink by as much as 0.2% this quarter. You might also like: [The long-term opportunity emerging from Britain’s rising interest rates.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Engbland&utm_campaign=daily-global-25-04-2022&utm_source=email) 💬 Quote of the day “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson (an American statesman, diplomat, and lawyer) [Tweet this]( 🤔 Q&A · [RE: Morning People]( “Why would an airline not hedge its fuel costs?” – From John “Let’s start with why an airline would want to hedge – that is, lock in fuel costs ahead of time via [futures contracts]( – in the first place: it protects them from any spikes in the oil price, and gives them more certainty around their outgoings moving forward. But you can also look at it another way: as a bet that fuel prices will rise, which isn’t necessarily a bet every airline wants to make. They mightn’t think the oil price is going to rise, in which case they’d only be taking on the risk of paying even more for fuel than they have to. The start of the pandemic is a good example: the cost of fuel plunged when demand tanked, and carriers that were hedged ended up paying a lot more than the market price. So hedging can work out well, sure, but it can also backfire spectacularly.” [Finimize] 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? 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