(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Getty Images Key Takeaways It’s been a mixed bag for Wall Street this earning season, with some banks beating estimates and some notching major misses Some themes across the board include a massive slowdown in investment banking revenues, as M&A and IPO activity plunged during a volatile year The net interest More
Topline Shares of Hong Kong fintech firm AMTD Digital continued to plunge on Thursday, crashing for a second day in a row after rising more than 21,000% since its July IPO, with experts calling it a new meme stock and warning investors to stay away from the stock as its valuation looks like “an absolute… More
Topline Stocks fell and rates on government bonds surged on Wednesday as investor concerns about a slowdown in economic growth continued to weigh on markets, while oil jumped to a 13-week high on the back of climbing U.S. gas prices. Stocks will struggle for direction until there are “clear signs” that the Fed is taming… More
Topline Billionaire investor Warren Buffett continues to see opportunities in the stock market despite a selloff in recent months, recently snapping up more shares of energy company Occidental Petroleum, as some of his biggest holdings continue to outperform despite surging volatility this year. Some of the billionaire investor’s big bets in energy and consumer-related stocks… More
Topline Shares of Facebook parent Meta fell over 25% on Thursday—erasing over $230 billion in market value for its worst trading session in history—after the company’s dismal quarterly earnings report showed declining users and surging expenses related to the company’s metaverse project. Facebook’s stock had its biggest drop ever, losing a quarter of its value… More
TIPS won’t do it. If you want to come out ahead, you have to take some risks. Gold mining in Columbia (photo by Edinson Arroyo) © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP The run-up in prices that the authorities were calling “transitory” seems to be sticking around for a while: 6.2% over the 12 months to October.… More
Topline As the surge in oil prices continues amid increasing demand and a supply crunch that has driven up prices for all types of fuels, energy stocks are soaring—in some cases, notching triple-digit returns—while several U.S. oil tycoons watch their net worths spike. Several U.S. billionaires have seen their net worths jump considerably as the… More
Stock market on target getty It was another good week for the stock market, as many of the market averages made further new highs. After the April 1 surge by the S&P 500 above 4000, this was certainly not surprising. It was also a good week for the European markets, as the German DAX and the… More
Dollar bills have been dropped into a tip jar at a carwash in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Jan. … [+] 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. economy continues to bounce back. Its now estimated to be growing at the rip-roaring rate of 11% during the fourth quarter, according to the… More
Topline Shares of athletic apparel retailer Nike surged by nearly 10% on Wednesday, a day after the company reported financial results that crushed expectations thanks to booming online business during the coronavirus pandemic. Nike’s digital sales rose 82% last quarter, even as many of its stores reopened. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Key Facts… More
Topline The market fell sharply on Thursday as tech stocks continued to struggle, while conflicting timelines on a coronavirus vaccine and uncertainty around the next fiscal stimulus bill from Congress also weighed on investors. Stocks were under pressure again on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Key Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1%, nearly… More
TOPLINE Though many on Wall Street were surprised by Walmart’s recent announcement that it has teamed up with Microsoft in a bid to buy TikTok, a deal would allow the retailer to leverage the social media app to reach younger consumers and build its e-commerce platform, analysts say. A deal for TikTok could be a… More
TOPLINE The S&P 500 is officially out of its 2020 bear market after hitting a new record high on Tuesday, and the massive rebound has been led by energy, homebuilding and retail companies whose shares have more than doubled over the last five months, according to Bloomberg data. Whirlpool’s logo on the front of a… More
TOPLINE Apple hit a new milestone on Wednesday, becoming the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach a market capitalization of over $2 trillion and doubling in valuation over the last two years. Apple CEO Tim Cook. Taylor Hill/WireImage KEY FACTS The iPhone maker’s stock is up almost 55% so far in 2020, and shares… More
