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The largest South Korean company submitted impressive results in the first three months of 2024. Samsung Electronics´ net profit increased by more than 300 percent, operating profit even skyrocketed by 930 percent in comparison to the previous year. But company´s stocks, according to Alpho analysis, do not respond to such a development although results have beaten the market expectations.

Some things need no introduction, and among the companies deeply embedded within the cultures of developed and non-developed nations would be the trusty Toyota. Founded in Japan in 1937, Toyota evolved to become one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, and the largest by sales. In fact, it’s only surpassed by the trendy Tesla in market capitalization.

The giant that is Alibaba is far more superior than most of us realize. At some point, Alibaba was the world’s 5th largest company after Google, Amazon, Apple & Microsoft. 2020 was the golden year, when its market capitalization hovered near $835 billion. That story is over, as Alpho broker summarizes in its analysis.

A toxic recession impeded global economic growth in 2022, as disadvantageous COVID-19 pandemic effects and the muddle of limited energy supplies were magnified by macropolitical uncertainty and red-hot inflation.

Just as Asian economies were beginning to recover from the two-year-long coronavirus crisis, they have to worry about another rather large blow: the effects of Russian war against Ukraine. Although it is a local conflict, it has global implications. According to the analysis by Alpho, for Asian economic growth, the biggest risk of the war in Ukraine lies in the rise in prices of energy commodities such as oil, natural gas or coal, with the exception of Middle East.

Have you ever been in a debate over the most popular alcoholic brand? You would probably lose if you’re in a room with a spirit fanatic. The 22-year-old Kweichow Moutai, China’s go-to alcoholic brand, is valued more than Heineken, Budweiser, Carlsberg and the maker of Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Black Label and Guinness combined.

The multinational technology & entertainment giant coined as Tencent, is the most valuable firm in China, with an impressive market capitalization of $453 billion. The company is comfortably at the top of the podium. Second place Kweichow Moutai, which sells high-end Chinese liquors, is $114 billion away from reaching the high valuation of Tencent.  What makes Tencent so successful, and how is the Chinese firm performing recently?

Towards the end of 2021, the PayPal stock struggled to escalate in value, hammered by two straight quarters of decelerating revenue growth, rising technology, development and marketing costs, mixed results in its most recent quarter and weak revenue & profit forecasts for 2022. Despite that, the company has a lot offer, and remains as an attractive investment option to some analysts. Is it the time to buy the hampered stock of the mighty PayPal?