Pedestrians walk past a GameStop Corp. store in New York, U.S. Bloomberg | Getty Images Take a look at the companies making headlines after the bell. Shares of GameStop fell more than 8% in extended trading after announcing holiday sales numbers that were down sharply from the previous year and lowering guidance. For a nine-week […]
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US won’t consider China a currency manipulator ahead of trade deal
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (2nd L) says goodbye to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as they break from meetings at the USTR offices May 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The United States removed China from a list of countries considered currency manipulators just two days before top trade negotiators […]
Yuan higher before the U.S. said China is no longer a manipulator
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He talk to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House April 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images A Chinese clerk counts renminbi yuan banknotes at a bank in China on December 2015. Jie Zhao | Corbis News | Getty […]
Watch out for this ‘anomaly’ when buying gold: Investor
You may want to think twice before you go mining for precious metal ETFs. While now might seem like a good time to buy gold, with gold ETFs seeing more than $500 million in outflows in the first few weeks of 2020 as enthusiasm around the typically risk-averse yellow metal cooled, industry pros say investors […]
CNBC’s Jim Cramer praises Elon Musk for making Teslas exciting
CNBC’s Jim Cramer extended high praise to Elon Musk on Monday, calling the Tesla CEO “the new face of an auto executive” and extolling the enjoyment of riding in one of the company’s electric vehicles. “Your car becomes an exciting, an exciting place to be,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” just after Monday’s […]
What happened to the stock market Monday: S&P, Nasdaq hit records
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 83 points The Dow climbed 83.28 points, or 0.29%, to end the day at 28,907.05. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose 0.70% and 1.04%, respectively, to record highs. Stocks rose as optimism around the […]
S&P 500 rises to record high after news the US will remove currency manipulator tag from China
Stocks closed higher on Monday, resuming the rally that started last week amid news the U.S. will remove China from a list of currency manipulating countries, increasing optimism ahead of the signing of a key trade agreement. The S&P 500 gained 0.7% to close at 3,288.13, hitting a record high. The Nasdaq Composite also notched an all-time […]
Tesla, Lululemon, GE & more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 04, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Tesla — Tesla rose more than 9.5% after Oppenheimer hiked its price target for the electric car maker to $612 per share […]
Five biggest stocks dwarfing the market at ‘unprecedented’ level
It’s no secret that a handful of tech giants have been dominating the stock market, but their leadership has reached a level that is raising eyebrows on Wall Street as being unsustainable. The top five U.S. companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook — now make up 18% of the total market capitalization of […]
Lululemon, Boeing, Tesla, Ford & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Lululemon (LULU) – The apparel maker raised its earnings and revenue guidance for the fourth quarter, citing holiday season momentum. Lululemon now expects a profit of $2.22 to $2.25 per share for the quarter, compared to a previous range of $2.10-$2.13 and a consensus estimate of […]
