Several companies, including Texas Roadhouse and Fluor, made early moves in the stock market Friday after reporting first-quarter earnings and revenue. Texas Roadhouse Q1 earnings grew 32% to $1.69 with revenue totaling $1.
The mystery is over: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a major stake in the insurance company Chubb, finally revealing the investment he has kept under wraps since last year.
While Tesla's stock was reaching all time highs back in 2021, car rental company Hertz made a big bet by buying up about 30,000 Teslas vehicles. The original order was for a whopping 100,000 Teslas, sending the EV maker's value soaring at the time. But as it turns out, that was an extremely costly mistake, […]
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is, at best, an imperfect barometer of stock market activity among a narrow band of very large US companies. It’s clunky, and too limited in scope for any Wall Street pros to pay serious attention to it.
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Deutsche Bank strategists increased their year-end target for the S&P 500 index to 5,500, up from the previous 5,100.
Nvidia (NVDA) will post its first quarter earnings for the 2024 fiscal year next week, with many on Wall Street watching closely as the tech giant led recent rallies in the tech sector. One of the chip giant's competitors, AMD (AMD), has just partnered with Microsoft (MSFT) to offer its products to Microsoft's cloud computing customers. Wedbush Equity Research SVP Matt Bryson and Truist Securities Managing Director William Stein join Market Domination to give insight into what investors should expect from Nvidia's earnings, how AMD stands in the sector, and how investors should navigate the chip sectors. Stein argues that Nvidia's short-term future is most likely successful, but uncertainty mounts down the line: "I think certainly they're going to beat this quarter. And I think they're going to beat in the out quarter guide as well. But I think the real question is what happens through this year and into next year's numbers. Does the company give us an indication that we're going to continue to see growth and very strong demand, both for units and for integrated systems, where the company is getting the growth from?" For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
ZURICH (Reuters) -Siemens reported on Thursday a drop in second-quarter earnings at its industrial business, as China maintained its trend of destocking longer than previously expected. Although Siemens expects an improvement in coming months, it was likely to come more slowly than previously thought, Chief Executive Roland Busch said. "A key reason is the muted development in China," he told reporters.
Stock market bulls regained control in May after April's decline interrupted an impressive five-month run from November to March, during which the market rose each month, with the S&P 500 gaining 25.3%.
In new plans to revitalize its property sector, China is easing mortgage rules and encouraging local governments to buy unsold homes to develop more affordable housing. The move sent trade of China's Hang Seng Properties Index (^HSNP) climbing higher, as the rescue package comprises an urgent measure to prop up the country's suffering property market. Housing accounts for about a quarter of China's economy, and prices fell to their steepest levels in over a decade. Yahoo Finance's Seana Smith and Madison Mills break down China's plans and how they could affect global markets. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Catalysts. This post was written by Melanie Riehl
China has unveiled wide-ranging measures to rescue its property sector, including asking local governments across the country to buy unsold homes from beleagured developers and easing rules on purchases.
As the stock market flirts with another round of all-time highs, the Nvidia earnings are just around the corner — and analyst expectations are high, once again. And almost no big stocks ever post that many triple-digit gains in a row.
The retailer’s blockbuster earnings are mostly thanks to its focus on groceries and e-commerce.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a laggard among the major U.S. stock indexes this year, got its moment in the spotlight on Thursday as it briefly broke above 40,000 points for the first time in its history.
The dollar found a footing on Thursday after falling sharply on Wednesday on the back of data showing a slowdown in U.S. inflation, while Japan's yen inched higher after jumping the previous day. Year-on-year core inflation - which strips out volatile food and energy prices - fell to its lowest in three years at 3.6%. Some analysts said Fed officials will want to see proof of inflation's downward path before countenancing cuts, a point made by Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday.
Asian stock markets rallied on Thursday, buoyed by Wall Street's surge to all-time peaks overnight after a milder U.S. inflation report raised expectations the Federal Reserve will deliver two interest rate cuts this year. U.S. Treasury yields extended their retreat in Tokyo trading, sinking to six-week troughs. U.S. data on Wednesday showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.3% in April, below an expected 0.4% gain, raising hopes the Fed can cut rates by 50 basis points this year, with the first quarter-point reduction fully priced for September.
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