During “By Innovation Only” event held at Steve Jobs Theater on Sep 10, 2019 Apple introduced the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, as well as the Apple Watch Series 5. Apple also announced the release of iOS 13, tvOS 13, watchOS 6, and macOS Catalina. The three new iPhones included the high-end flagship iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max with Triple-Lens Rear Cameras. iPhone 11 comes with Dual-Lens Rear Camera, Dolby Atmos sound, a faster A13 Bionic chip, and six New Colors. They will come in 5.8 and 6.5-inch screen sizes.

In the week of June 3, 2019 Apple kicked off its annual developers' conference, WWDC,  at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company's Apple Park campus. During the events,  major technologies and offerings were unveiled, including  a new  Mac Pro, a new version of MacOS named Catalina, Catalyst,  to improve portability of apps between Mac OS and iOS, iOS13 version,  and iPadOS.

Slack Technologies, or just Slack, is the most popular workplace chat platform. It has been on AroniSmartInvest radar
since 2017. On June 15, 2017, AroniSmartInvest in Action Sentiment Analysis flagged Slack as one of the most interesting companies (see the sentiment cloud attached) to watch in upcoming days, and probably months and years (see  the article AroniSmartInvest In Action: Slack? Yes, Slack Technologies of June 15, 2017, here)

On Monday  March  25, 2019 Apple kicked off "It's show time" event at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company's Apple Park campus. During the events, 4 major offerings were unveiled: Apple tv+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple Card.

A new version of  AroniStatMobile™ is available in  App Store®.  AroniStatMobile™ is a quick smart statistical reference tool on iPad®. It is intended for beginners, students of statistics,  and advanced statisticians. 

A new version of  AroniStatMobile™ is available in  App Store®.  AroniStatMobile™ is a quick smart statistical reference tool on iPad®. It is intended for beginners, students of statistics,  and advanced statisticians. 

In June 2017, AroniSmartInvest™ In Action, based on the analysis with AroniSmartInvest, predicted that Wal*Mart (NASDAQ: WMT) had started to build  a momentum expected to accelerate for the rest of 2017 and 2018. AroniSmartInvest in Action projections were based on the several factors, that we will revisit shortly. In July 2018. 

At the time,  Wal*Mart stock (NASDAQ: WMT) had been soaring. June 2017 Year-to-date (YTD), the stock was up 15%,  from $69.12 on Dec 30, 2016 to  $79.36 on June 9, 2017  and  22% up since February 2017. What happened since then?

Summer is over. The transition period between Summer and Fall is usually an exciting time for investors, as they are back from their hard earned vacation and had had time to reflect on their investment strategy.  A few things are usually awaiting the investors in September. However, 2019, it is different: Spring and Summer have seen wild swings and roll-coaster trends andinvestors did not have opportunity to relax over Summer.

First, the seasaw trends:

•  After a sustained upward trend over 2018 that lasted until the end of Summer,  there was scary dip in 2018 Q4.  The  Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped from 26,648 on Sep 1, 2018 to 23,327 on Dec 1, 2018, or 13%. ^DJI   almost recovered  and 

On April 22, 2019, in the article AroniSmartInvest In Action: IPO season with Soaring IPOs and those to watch, Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND), the plant-based meat maker, was flagged as one of the potentially successful IPOs planned this year. It was among unicorns,  valued at $1.2 billion.

On May 1, 2019, Beyond Meat become public. On Thursday, it started its IPO at $25 shares. By the end of the day, the share price had increased by $40.75 and reached $65.75, or +163.00%. At some point it reached $71.85.

In October 2018, AroniSmartInvest in Action predicted that Twitter’s stock (NASDAQ: TWTR) will have a momentum in Q4 2018. A momentum that was expected to continue over Q1 2019.  The latest earnings reports confirm the projections, as Twitter continues to address several areas of concerns.  

The IPO season is heating up. The latest major IPOs have included Lyft,  Zoom, and  Pinterest. The key major IPOs, sometimes known as unicorn, or privately owned companies valued at more than $1billion,   to follow include Slack, Uber,  and AirBnB. It is expected that these three IPOs, along with Lyft, Zoom, an Pinterest will determine whether the 2019 IPO season has been a success or a disappointment for both investors and owners, including employees.

On October 6, 2018, AroniSmartInvest in Action predicted that Twitter’s stock (NASDAQ: TWTR) will have a momentum in Q4 2018. AroniSmartInvest In Action made the projections after Twitter stock had increased by 86%, reaching $46.80 in July 2018, from $22.04 in Jan 2018. It was then down 36% over the past three months, back to $28.39.The projections were based on several factors likely to fuel the momentum

AroniSmartLytics™  version 8.0.3, with Dominance Analysis and Attribution models, improved machine learning and advanced analytics algorithms is now available in Apple App Store®. Attribution Models and Dominance Analysis, with a focus on how predictors contribute to overall performance measure are implemented in AroniSmartLytics™ Regression, Econometrics, and Time module.

Dominance Analysis  included in AroniSmaLytics (AroniSmartIntelligence) ™ was driven by the increasing importance of digital media advertisement, omni-channels and technolgical advances.

AroniSmartLytics™ Regression, Econometrics, and Time module has implemented Attribution Models and Dominance Analysis, with a focus on how predictors contribute to overall performance measure.

Dominance Analysis  included in AroniSmaLytics (AroniSmartIntelligence) ™ was driven by the increasing importance of digital media advertisement, omni-channels and technolgical advances.

AroniSmart™ team recently disclosed that a major improvement of both AroniSmaLytics (AroniSmartIntelligence) ™  and AroniSmartInvest™ will soon be released.  Both tools , built for Mac OS X®,  will include the latest advances in Time Series Analysis, Forecasting, and Machine Learning. The first tool, AroniSmaLytics (AroniSmartIntelligence) ™ will be soon released in App Store®

AroniSmart™ team has spent the last months working on a major improvement of both AroniSmaLytics (AroniSmartIntelligence) ™  and AroniSmartInvest™ will soon be released.  Both tools , built for Mac OS X®,  will include the latest advances in Time Series Analysis, Forecasting, and Machine Learning. 

As the retail market landscape has been going through dramatic changes, retailers have engaged head-to-head competition, sometimes with dramatic results. The focus is now on Wal*Mart against Amazon.

AroniSmart™ tools's customers, including savvy investors, advanced analytics, data science, and machine learning experts and practitioners, academics, students have given improvement ideas and AroniSmart Team has listened, anticipated, and acted: AroniSmartLytics™ and AroniSmartInvest™ have made advances to inform investment decisions.