US markets

U.S. stocks were in the green on Wednesday ahead of the Fed's meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.50% to 27,135 and the S&P 500 index fell 0.10% to 3,204, but the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 0.61% to 10,015 (the Nasdaq broke the 10,000 level for the first time in history yesterday).

Gainers

• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) +3.3%

• NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) +2.7%

Abbvie Inc(ABBV) +2%

• ServiceNow Inc (NOW) +1.6%

• Newmont Corporation (NEM) +1.2%

Losers

• Simon Property Group Inc (SPG) -8.7%

• Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) -8.3%

Coatue Management recently disclosed its portfolio updates for the first quarter of 2020, which ended on March 31.

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, Coatue Management is an employee-owned private hedge fund sponsor. It launches and manages various hedge funds for clients and is perhaps best known for its tech-focused hedge fund. The firm mainly invests in U.S. and non-U.S. publicly traded equity securities, but it also has short positions and investments in private equity and hedging markets. Chief Investment Officer Philippe Laffont (Trades, Portfolio), who founded the firm after leaving Tiger Management, takes a

Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio)’s Viking Global Investors LP, sold shares of the following stocks during the first quarter of 2020.

Facebook

The firm cut the Facebook Inc. (FB) position by 68.43%. The portfolio was impacted by -4.19%.

The social network company has a market cap of $584 billion and an enterprise value of $534 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity of 22.03% and return on assets of 16.83% are outperforming 84% of companies in the interactive media

The following three growing technology companies have posted significant year-over-year increases in their quarterly revenues and net income.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

The first company to consider is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSM), a Taiwanese global distributor of integrated circuits.

The company grew its quarterly revenue by 45.4% to $10.31 billion in first-quarter 2020, up from $7.09 billion in the prior-year quarter. The net income was $3.9 billion for the first quarter of 2020 compared to net income of $1.9 billion for the same quarter of 2019.

After a 21% increase over the

U.S. stocks were in the red on Thursday with utilities and materials leading declines in the indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.24% to 24,329, the S&P 500 Index declined 1.1% to 2,907 and the Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 0.6% to 8,861.

Non-index stocks have also posted gains and losses recently. Shares of McDonald's Corp. (MCD) fell more than 1% on Thursay after the company announced first-quarter results. It posted earnings of

U.S. stocks continued to be volatile on Thursday on continued fears regarding the coronavirus outbreak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.08% to 28,758, the S&P 500 index fell 0.01% to 3,273 and the Nasdaq Composite Index declined 0.02% to 9,273.

Non-index stocks have also posted gains and losses recently. Shares of Biogen Inc. (BIIB) fell more than 1.5% on Thursday after the company announced fourth-quarter results. The company posted earnings of

Stanley Druckenmiller (Trades, Portfolio), CEO of the Duquesne Family Office, disclosed in November that his top four buys in the third quarter included increased bets in ServiceNow Inc. (NOW) and General Electric Co. (GE) as well as new positions in Shopify Inc. (SHOP) and Anaplan Inc. (PLAN).

Druckenmiller, who managed money for George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) in the late 1990s as the lead portfolio manager of the Quantum Fund, turned his Duquesne hedge fund into a family office in 2010. The guru takes a macroeconomic approach to investing.

According to GuruFocus insider data, these are the largest CEO buys from the past week.

Gannett

Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI) CEO Michael Reed bought 285,000 shares on Nov. 21 for an average price of $6.61. The share price has decreased by 3.78% since then.

Gannett operates as a media and marketing solutions company. It offers 260 print and digital daily and non-daily publications under the USA Today Network brand name in the U.S. and Newsquest, which has a print and online publications portfolio of approximately 150 news brands and 150 magazines in the United Kingdom. It also provides commercial

David Carlson (Trades, Portfolio), manager of the Elfun Trusts, bought shares of the following stocks in the fourth quarter.

The guru bought 100,000 shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), expanding the equity portfolio 1.05%.

The managed health care company has a market cap of $258.03 billion and an enterprise value of $280.26 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity of 24.17% and return on assets of 7.96% are outperforming 64% of the companies in the Global Health Care Plans

Stanley Druckenmiller (Trades, Portfolio) is among the best investors of all time. He’s now managing mostly his own money, but used to be the lead portfolio manager for George Soros (Trades, Portfolio)' Quantum Fund. He shared his view of the market with Bloomberg on Dec. 18 in an hour-long interview. It’s worth watching the whole thing, but I took notes in order to study his current thoughts as well as share them below. His key points are:

• The Federal Reserve should stop raising interest rates (this is a

One of the world’s best investors, Stanley Druckenmiller (Trades, Portfolio), disclosed his third-quarter investment action this week, incorporating 18 stocks into his portfolio of 40 positions.

Druckenmiller, a former business partner of the legendary investor George Soros (Trades, Portfolio), selected as his largest new positions PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Citigroup Inc. (C), ServiceNow Inc. (NOW) and Medtronic PLC (MDT). The portfolio saw 32.2% turnover, ending the quarter valued at $2.1 billion. It is rooted in technology, which encompasses 54.8% of stocks, while consumer cyclical stocks follow at a distant 14.5% and

David Carlson (Trades, Portfolio), manager of the Elfun Trusts, disclosed last week that the fund, which is now part of State Street Global Advisors, established three new positions and closed two others during the third quarter.

The guru, who picks stocks based on a company’s potential to increase net income and dividends over time, opened positions in Corning Inc. (GLW), ServiceNow Inc. (NOW) and Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG). He also divested his Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) positions.

Corning

Carlson invested in 750,000 shares of Corning, which had an average price of $32.49 per share

While it's not the most glamorous thing in the world, all businesses -- particularly large scale enterprises -- need efficient service operations.

What if an employee's computer won't boot up? What if someone needs a new monitor? What if an associate requires access to a software system? These are just a very small subset of potential IT-related problems employees face every day. Reporting, tracking, managing and resolving these requests can be a complex process that frequently frustrates both employee ("Why is this taking so long?") and IT manager ("Don't they know the process for reporting these?").

Of course, IT is

The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “January 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to these filters, company insiders made the following trades this week.

Istar Inc., 10% owner of Safety, Income and Growth Inc. (SAFE), bought 71,993 shares for $17.95 per share on Jan. 11.

The real estate company has a market cap of $326.97 million and an enterprise value of $462.05 million.

The GuruFocus All-In-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “August 2017” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to the above filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

Hill Path Capital Partners LP and Hill Path Capital Partners Co., 10% owners of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (SEAS), bought 674,000 shares for $13.32 per share on Aug. 24. Since then, the stock price hasn’t changed.

SeaWorld Entertainment owns theme parks in the U.S. Most of

The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “July 2017” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to the above filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

CAP 1 LLC, 10% owner of Peak Resorts Inc. (SKIS), bought 417,400 shares for $5.12 per share on July 19. Since then, the stock price has increased to $5.45.

Through its subsidiaries, the company owns and operates ski resorts. It has an institutional ownership of 50.20%