New stars rising in cyberspace

New stars rising in cyberspace By Victor Hill It is more than 20 years since the internet revolution began. And yet not a month goes by without news of new internet-based businesses threatening to disrupt traditional business models. In the first of an occasional series I'd like to point my telescope towards a few rising stars in the firmament of cyberspace. Some of them are shining brightly – and some not. Supercell of Finland, founded in 2010, is the company behind Clash of Clans, the world's most popular mobile video game. In late June this year Tencent Holdings Ltd (HKG:0700), the Hong Kong-based internet giant, announced that it was effectively taking over the firm by buying an 84 percent stake for US$8.6 billion from Softbank (TYO:9984), the Japanese hi-tech incubator and investment conglomerate. (This may have been related to Softbank's acquisition of ARM Holdings, the British computer chip manufacturer, later that month.) This valued Supercell at US$10.2 billion. Softbank walked away with a hefty profit, having bought 51 percent of the company for around US$1.5 billion in 2013… Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report The FTSE 100 closed the day at 7,097.50, an increase of 53.11 points. The FTSE 250 fell 16.26 points to finish at 17,978.90. The FTSE All Share climbed 22.73 points to finish at 3,847.49. The FTSE AIM All Share ended the day at 825.73, down by 0.84 points. Polling specialist YouGov (YOU) reported that revenues for the year ended 31st July climbed 16% to £88.2 million, driven by sales from the company's Data Products and Services division. Statuory profits before tax shot 106% higher to £5.5 million. Management are confident that this growth can be maintained despite the potential negative effects of certain macro developments. The shares rose by 3.5% to 220.50p. Check out our brand-new October issue! Click HERE to read. Shares in AIM-listed software developer Petards (PEG) jumped 17.74% to 18.25p after the company announced it had won a new contract with Great Western Railway. The deal is valued at around £6 million and will see the firm supply surveillance systems for GWR's trains.  Mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) has made cash tender offers to purchase $1.5 billion (£1.45 billion) of its outstanding debt. Shares in Rio Tinto rose by 56p to 2,732p on the news. Tomorrow's news today Ted Baker (TED) will publish interim results. Quote of the day "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age." - Robert Frost Latest Stories Coal-to-power – Still misunderstood by investors By John Cornford Here is an update with particular mention of where Kibo Mining and Ncondezi Energy have got to, and a repeat tutorial on how not to value such companies. If their projects go ahead, either company could see their shares reach a few multiples of current levels… Click Here To Read The Full Story Strategic Minerals: Extended shuffle points towards 1p By Zak Mir There are a few stock-market clichés to be applied to the latest rise at Strategic Minerals, especially from a technical perspective… Click Here To Read The Full Story It's the end of Trump By Evil Knievil I have been slightly delayed this morning through having spent an hour at the gym woking out on the punch bags. After all, if one seeks the foothills of acceptability to be elected to power in UKIP one needs to be prepared... Click Here To Read The Full Story Enquest: Imminent triangle breakout towards 45p By Zak Mir It is perhaps somewhat strange that OPEC and friends (Russia) have kind of managed to convince the markets they are able to control Crude Oil production enough to stabilise the underlying commodity.… Click Here To Read The Full Story Why Imperial Brands is the best bet for income investors By Robert Stephens Since the credit crunch, income investing has become more popular. This has been caused by falling interest rates, low bond yields and an opportunity cost from holding cash. Now that interest rates have fallen yet further, I believe that income investing will become even more important to many more investors…     Click Here To Read The Full Story Join the movement on social media: Copyright 2016 Master Investor Ltd, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. If a Daily Bulletin is too frequent, why not opt in to our once weekly mailing list for a round up of the week's news straight to your inbox. Once Weekly Round-Up Our mailing address is: Suite 88, 22 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JE Master Investor is a trading name of Master Investor Limited. Material contained within Master Investor Magazine and its website is for general information purposes only and is not intended to be relied upon by individual readers in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment decisions. Master Investor Ltd does not accept any liability for any losses suffered by any user as a result of any such decision.

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