Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors. Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Wall Street analysts tend to run in packs, with most stocks finding an informal consensus
Month: November 2019
[Editor’s note: “7 5G Stocks to Buy Now for the Future” was previously published in August 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] Since I last wrote about the four best 5G stocks to buy as the trend heated up, the sector has touched new highs. The companies benefited from
Optimism on the trade front and the renewal of the “Merger Monday” theme sent stocks rallying to record highs on Monday. But no members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average were involved in the leap today. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 soared 0.75% The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.68% The Nasdaq Composite added 1.32%
The Charging Bull near Wall Street is pictured in New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Stocks have had a bang-up year so far, and they’re heading straight into the month that is often the best of all. The S&P 500 is up more than 25% for the year so far. Thanksgiving week was technically very
Although Blue Apron (NASDAQ:APRN) had a typical IPO, Blue Apron stock didn’t. Source: Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock.com The IPO market often struggles with over-hype issues. That is, a new and exciting company often IPOs on the public markets with a splash, and investors gobble up the shares at a premium price under the expectation that
Morgan Stanley headquarters in Times Square, New York. Source: Morgan Stanley At least four traders at New York-based Morgan Stanley have been fired or placed on leave after reportedly concealing a loss of between $100 million and $140 million, a new report from Bloomberg News said. The traders in question allegedly mismarked, or purposely mis-priced, some
For investors seeking out the ultimate high-risk, high-reward stocks, look no further than the biotech industry. Unlike companies that build up their businesses over time at a steadier pace, biotechs rely on just a few studies or trials of their therapies. As a result, favorable outcomes can catapult share prices upwards. An upset, however, can
U.S. stocks set another all-time high on Monday — and the session feels a bit different. As we’ve noted in this space before, the rally of the last few months has been strangely quiet. Source: Shutterstock Indeed, the 0.78% gain in the S&P 500 was the second-largest daily rally of the last six weeks. The
An oil tanker is anchored near the Port of Long Beach, California, U.S. Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Walmart, Target, TJX Companies – Shares of the retailers climbed as much as 1% each on Black Friday as U.S. shoppers hunted for deals, with online
As it pierces through its previous high-water mark set in April, Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) stock seems to be demonstrating the resilience of some (though certainly not all) brick-and-mortar retailers in the face of the disruptive Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) threat. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com With this encouraging price action comes a caveat, though, as recent store closings
Stocks, Options, Commodities or Forex? It really comes down to personal preference. Personally, I started with the stock market and prefer it as a starting place for beginners. Why? Stocks have a lot more liquidity, they are easier to understand and it’s easier to get in/out of them. Options are my second choice because you
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Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC Despite having $128 billion to burn, Warren Buffett just backed out of a bidding war after a slightly higher offer topped Berkshire Hathaway’s. If the Oracle of Omaha is that shy to just spend a tad more of his giant cash pile, could that be saying something about the
I read an article recently about Slack (NYSE:WORK) losing 11% of its market value on Nov. 19 due to news Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Teams was taking a commanding lead in the enterprise messaging solutions market. Source: The Art of Pics / Shutterstock.com Although the MSFT stock price barely moved on the news, it was a gentle
The trading sessions are starting to get quiet as we near Thanksgiving. Let’s look at a few top stock trades going into the last full trading session of the week. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Disney (DIS) Disney (NYSE:DIS) stock has looked great ever since reporting earnings earlier this month. After hitting $150
Boys run past burning tires set up by Iraqi protesters during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq, November 26. Alaa al-Marjani | Reuters The resignation of Iraq’s prime minister helped trigger a drop in oil prices, but analysts say that may not be the right response by investors, as Iraq’s future may have just become
U.S. equities are pushing to new record highs this week thanks to more indications that a Phase One trade deal between the United States and China is forthcoming. A number of big M&A deals have bolstered sentiment as well, including a $26 billion deal by Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) to buy TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) and a
Shares of Under Armour are trading in a bear market after falling 35% from July’s 52-week high, but Raymond James sees a big rally ahead since the company is on “the cusp of a multi-year, profitable, and sustainable growth cycle.” The firm upgraded the stock to a “strong buy” rating on Wednesday, saying the retailer
Despite all of its growth, PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has a slight problem. It used to have the digital wallet and online payment market all to itself. But these days, PYPL is facing some pretty big competition from a variety of start-ups and even traditional banks. Getting its mojo back and fighting off that competition are its
Wednesday will mark the last full trading session of the holiday-shortened trading week. It’s no surprise then that Tuesday marked a rather quiet session in the stock market today. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) spent most of the session higher by about 10 basis points, but finished higher by 0.2%. That’s about where the
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