Connected Economy

Connected Economy
CE 100 Index Sinks 2.3% as BNPL Names Trend Lower
January 13, 2025

Friday’s stock market rout — where markets plummeted in the wake of a surprisingly strong jobs report that splashed cold water on interest rate cuts from the Fed — added to the CE 100 Index’s downward momentum of this past week. The overall index slipped...

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Smart Devices Get Standards and Manufacturers Can Thank Big Tech
January 09, 2025

Digital transformation is a double-edged sword. From cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT) to artificial intelligence-driven analytics and real-time payment systems, the connectivity ushered in by technological advances has unlocked opportunities for innovation and growth. The more connected the economy becomes, however, the more...

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CE 100 Index’s Strong 2024 Reflects Digital Economy’s Momentum
January 07, 2025

The stock market offers a snapshot, at any given time, of investor sentiment, which is driven by the fundamentals of companies, sectors and the economy as a whole. The read across from the proprietary CE 100 Index, which exists as a microcosm of innovation, where...

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Live Pillar Leads Gains as CE 100 Index Bucks Broader Markets
January 06, 2025

The CE 100 Index ended the last few days of 2024 and the first few days of the new year with a slight gain, adding 0.3%, while broader markets fell across the board. The Live Pillar pulled ahead by 2.3%, buoyed by iRobot, a volatile...

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From Omnichannel to Open Banking: PYMNTS’ Most Quotable Quotes of 2024
December 31, 2024

Here at PYMNTS our main focus is exactly what the name says. But to our CEO Karen Webster’s credit, she saw that the digital shift that was happening in banking and the payments sector would be so dramatic that it needed to be set against...

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Xerox Surges on Lexmark Deal but Can’t Budge CE 100 Index
December 30, 2024

The CE 100 Index barely budged in a shortened trading week that left only two more days of stock market action for 2024. The index was down a scant 0.02%, and the year-to-date performance — where the index is up 24.8% — continues to trail...

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Retail Retreat: Shopify’s Checkout Woes Lead ‘Shop’ Pillar Drop in CE100 Index
December 23, 2024

Go figure. During the most intense shopping season of the year, the “Shop” pillar of the Connected Economy 100 went down 3.7% last week. It led the index down by 2.8%, as all the pillars dropped at about the same rate as the general markets....

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CE 100 Index Gives Up 2.2% as MongoDB and Adobe Slip on Earnings
December 16, 2024

What goes up must come down — and after three straight weeks of rallies, the CE 100 wound up snapping a long streak of wins, declining 2.2% in the penultimate “full” week of trading for 2024. All pillars lost ground. MongoDB Slips on 4Q Guidance...

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CE 100 Index Gains Ground on Porch Group’s 51% Rally
December 09, 2024

The CE 100 Index rallied by 2.2% this past week, starting the last month of trading in 2024 on a positive note. The Live segment stood out here, jumping by more than 7.2%.  Within that pillar of the CE 100 Index, Porch Group’s share surged...