Global X Social Media Index Fund

• The Good Problems WeChat is Causing Tencent

  By Peter Pham - June 10, 2013 | Tickers: SOCL, CQQQ, FXI, SINA, TCEHY.PK

  The Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings (NASDAQOTH: TCEHY.PK) introduced a blockbuster mobile chat application that is being perceived as a significant threat to the revenues of social networking firms such as Sina's (NASDAQ: SINA) Weibo, as well as Chinese telcos like China Mobile and China Unicom. WeChat is doing now what Tencent’s QQ did about a year ago: eating massive amounts of the nation’s 2G bandwidth, but more »

• The Good Problems WeChat is Causing Tencent

  By Peter Pham - April 23, 2013 | Tickers: CMGE, CHU, SOCL, FXI, MSFT, SINA

  The Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings (TCEHY.PK) introduced a blockbuster mobile chat application that is being perceived as a significant threat to the revenues of social networking firms, such as Sina (NASDAQ: SINA) Weibo as well as Chinese telcos such as China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU). WeChat is doing now what Tencent’s QQ did about a year ago by eating massive amounts of the more »

• Social Media is a “Super-Cycle” Built for Two – or Two Billion (part 6)

  By Nick Slepko - November 16, 2012 | Tickers: FB, SOCL, LNKD, SINA, TCEHY.PK

  This week Global X Funds celebrates the one year anniversary of their Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL).  CEO Bruno del Ama discusses the reasoning behind the fund and considers trends and projections based on previous revolutions in global business.

  [continued from part 5]

  Slepko:  What is with all the China?  How is it that Tencent (NASDAQOTH:TCEHY) and Sina (NASDAQ: SINA) rank along side of Facebook (NASDAQ: FBmore »)

• Social Media is a “Super-Cycle” Built for Two – or Two Billion (part 5)

  By Nick Slepko - November 16, 2012 | Tickers: FB, QQQC, SOCL, MAIL, NTES, YNDX

  This week Global X Funds celebrates the one year anniversary of their Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL).  CEO Bruno del Ama discusses the reasoning behind the fund and considers trends and projections based on previous revolutions in global business.

  [continued from part 4]

  Del Ama:  When you think about Google, they created a whole new category of advertising.  I don’t know all the ways by which more »

• Social Media is a “Super-Cycle” Built for Two – or Two Billion (part 4)

  By Nick Slepko - November 16, 2012 | Tickers: FB, SOCL, LNKD

  This week Global X Funds celebrates the one year anniversary of their Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL).  CEO Bruno del Ama discusses the reasoning behind the fund and considers trends and projections based on previous revolutions in global business.

  [continued from part 3]

  Slepko:  Analysts like to compare how the revenue per click for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is only a fraction of LinkedIn’s (NYSE: LNKD).  Is more »

• Social Media is a “Super-Cycle” Built for Two – or Two Billion (part 3)

  By Nick Slepko - November 16, 2012 | Tickers: DMD, SOCL, GOOG, GRPN, LNKD, NTRI, P

  This week Global X Funds celebrates the one year anniversary of their Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL).  CEO Bruno del Ama discusses the reasoning behind the fund and considers trends and projections based on previous revolutions in global business.

  [continued from part 2]

  Slepko:  SOCL tracks the Solactive Social Media Index.  What is Global X’s relationship with Solactive and how much input/influence do you have more »

• Social Media is a “Super-Cycle” Built for Two – or Two Billion (part 2)

  By Nick Slepko - November 16, 2012 | Tickers: FB, SOCL, GOOG, LNKD, TCEHY.PK

  This week Global X Funds celebrates the one year anniversary of their Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL).  CEO Bruno del Ama discusses the reasoning behind the fund and considers trends and projections based on previous revolutions in global business.

  [continued from part 1]

  del Ama: One of the benefits of the ETF is gaining exposure to the more difficult to access social media companies that are listed more »

• Social Media is a “Super-Cycle” Built for Two – or Two Billion

  By Nick Slepko - November 15, 2012 | Tickers: FB, SOCL, GXG, NTES, TCEHY.PK

  This week Global X Funds celebrates the one year anniversary of their Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL).  Since its inception, a number of major social media stocks have IPO’d and the fund has continued to provide exposure not only to US properties, but also recognizes the international and niche dimensions of the recent phenomenon – non-US companies currently comprise over half the ETF’s holdings (half of more »