The S&P 500 earnings recession is now set to end, as bottom-line results for the fourth quarter have swung to growth for the first time in a year as more companies are beating expectations, by bigger margins, than usual. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is not yet half over,Read More →
Apple Inc. attracted more than $33 billion worth of orders for its new $14 billion debt deal on Monday, underscoring the continued scramble for all things tied to the smartphone and computer giant. The six-tranche Apple AAPL, +1.65% debt deal included mostly bonds rated Aa1 and AA+ that matureRead More →
A mania is under way on Wall Street that is being heralded by some as a revolution of individual investors against pros, but there are concerns that the recent flurry of activity — powered by traders using forums on platforms such as Reddit and Discord — signals a topRead More →
European stocks traded higher on Monday, alongside U.S. equity futures, with investors encouraged by COVID-19 vaccine progress and hopes for a stimulus deal out of Washington. No collapse in Brexit talks also lifted sentiment. The Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP rose 0.8% after the index logged a 1% lossRead More →
In this file photo taken on August 8, 2020, a nurse shows a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at São Lucas Hospital in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. silvio avila/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The election relief rally has been interrupted by the COVID-19 vaccine rotation. For twoRead More →
Ray Dalio, the founder, chairman and co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund firm, Bridgewater Associates, has had a rough 2020. Bridgewater’s flagship fund has been deeply negative, even as rival hedge funds managed to outperform the market, particularly during the initial turmoil from the coronavirus pandemic.Read More →
PayPal Chief Executive Dan Schulman said the company aims to “meaningfully contribute to shaping the role that digital currencies will play in the future of global finance and commerce.” PayPal PayPal Holdings Inc. plans to allow customers to buy cryptocurrency through their accounts and use cryptocurrency for merchant payments.Read More →
U.S. stock indexes rebounded from early losses on Friday but traded mostly lower as investors reacted to a weaker-than-expected September jobs report and news that U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus. The president and his wife will need to beRead More →
A customer refuels a car at a Shell petrol station in Etlham, southeast London on September 30, 2020. ben stansall/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Oil prices were hit by a double whammy on Friday, with news that President Donald Trump said he has contracted coronavirus adding to the industry’s concerns aboutRead More →
Bite the bullet. angela weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. This week could be good for U.S. investors as post-Labor Day trading points to a tough ride for tech stocks, with some fearing last week’s mini-meltdown is the start of something bigger. It doesn’t help that from late last week came theRead More →
MARKETWATCH PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/ISTOCKPHOTO|, CROWDSTRIKE CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. shares retreated from 2020’s meteoric rise in the extended session Wednesday after the cloud-based cybersecurity company topped Wall Street estimates, with more businesses seeking to protect their systems as employees work from home. On a conference call, CrowdStrike CRWD, -1.12% co-founder andRead More →
Wall Street is still weighing the implications of the Fed’s most substantial shift in its monetary policy thinking in years. In essence, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday stressed the primacy of the labor market in its mission, even if it means that inflation rose to 2% aboveRead More →
A member of staff wearing a protective face mask at the Holiday Inn Whitechapel hotel, operated by InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (IHG), cleans a perspex screen ahead of the hotel’s reopening for general bookings in London, U.K., on Friday, July 3, 2020. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News European stocks rallied onRead More →
Dollar in focus. Getty Images A falling U.S. dollar is getting a lot of attention from stock-market investors, and according to the chart below from Wells Fargo Investment Institute, the focus isn’t misplaced. Wells Fargo Investment Institute The chart sums up how the stock market and a variety ofRead More →
“ ‘There are dislocations today that are as large as they were three months ago. ‘ ” — Boaz Weinstein That is Boaz Weinstein, the former star Deutsche Bank DB, -0.62% trader who now runs his own hedge-fund firm, Saba Capital Management explaining his investment outlook during the pandemicRead More →
People socializing less and working from home caused a slump in demand for personal care items like deodorant and makeup, consumer goods giant Unilever ULVR, +0.15% said on Thursday. The firm, which owns Dove soap and Axe deodorant, as well as hundreds of other brands, said lockdowns led toRead More →
U.S. stocks ended higher Friday, with support attributed in part to optimism over a coronavirus treatment as investors attempt to gauge the threat to the economic outlook from a rise in COVID-19 cases. How did benchmarks perform? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.43% rose 369.21 points, or 1.4%,Read More →
