FILE: An employee works on the assembly line at the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Right now, trade wars are the greatest threat to global growth. And if President Trump implements the threat of tariffs on autos, it could be the tipping
Month: July 2018
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Exchange Traded Fund (ETFs) can be a great way to manage your portfolio, but you have so many choices now, so which are the best ETFs to use? This question is not as straightforward as it seems.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) refresher pause has likely set the tone for the next leg higher in prices. The leading cryptocurrency has spent a better part of the last 15 hours trading the $7,240–$7,440 trading range, having clocked a 40-day high of $7,588 at 18:00 UTC yesterday. Moreover, BTC was looking overbought at multi-week highs, hence a
Stocks have been in a slow-motion melt-up for the past couple weeks. What will it take for the market to hit new highs? The S&P 500 index has risen eight of the last ten trading sessions, up 3.7 percent, to the highest level since late January. It’s now only two percent from the historic high
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Travelers – The insurance company posted quarterly profit of $1.81 per share, well below the consensus estimate of $2.42 a share. Revenue was above forecasts, but the results were heavily impact by significant catastrophe losses, much of it weather-related. IBM – IBM reported adjusted quarterly profit
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — A spurt of acquisition announcements or talk of deals involving Wisconsin Energy Corp., Oracle Corp., and General Electric Co. may set those shares up for active trading in Monday’s session. Wisconsin Energy Corp. WEC, -0.18% said it would buy Integrys Energy Group Inc. US:TEG in a cash-and-stock purchase valued at $9.1
ShutterstockShutterstock While price is the first thing on a purchase offer that a home seller will look at, it’s not the only thing. There are simply more buyers than there are homes for sale, which can make the process of finding and buying a home incredibly difficult. Aggressive markets with low inventory are driving buyers
CNBC’s Jim Cramer often says that investors should watch the transportation stocks because they offer valuable insights into a key economic driver: commerce. And last week, things didn’t look good. “If commerce is weak, then the stock market is going to get weak,” the “Mad Money” host said on Wednesday. “We got some real downer
Warren Buffett has looked around for suitable ways to invest Berkshire Hathaway‘s $106 billion cash hoard, and he has finally come up with an idea: Berkshire Hathaway. The move sent Berkshire shares soaring more than 5 percent on Wednesday. Starting in August, the Omaha conglomerate may buy back more shares, joining a huge number of
Yesterday, bulls charged the crypto market, which caused Bitcoin to add $9B to its market capitalization in less than thirty minutes. But the Fed chairman on crypto is swinging the opposite way. Today, we’ve seen a few bears emerge from the forest. Specifically, the head of the Federal Reserve spoke on cryptocurrencies today, providing comments
Peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange Paxful is doubling down on developing markets. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the startup plans to open an office in hyperinflation-ridden Venezuela in September and release an Android app, its first for mobile devices, in October. According to Paxful co-founder Ray Youssef, the reason for both moves is that exchange use is surging
Marc Lasry Predicts: Bitcoin has been on a run this week. The coin made a whopping and sudden 10% gain yesterday and it is still heading skyward. Currently, it is sitting pretty at $7,457. This week’s gains are surprising to some considering Bitcoins recent moves; it seemed everything was steadily going southward. Marc Lasry Predicts
Economists are predicting that the next recession will occur in or around 2020, as the Fed increases interest rates to tamp down an overheated economy, and the U.S. engages in a series of trade wars. Notably, the Trump Administration has more control of trade policy than the degree to which the economy overheats. So why
Shutterstock The major stock market indices have rallied steadily since the April lows — it’s been a decent 3-month run for both the Standard & Poor’s 500 and for the Nasdaq Composite. Although overall market strength is measurably good, some well known stocks with highly recognizable brand names have not been going along with the
Bitcoin (BTC) could be in for a minor price pullback, having clocked a 39-day high above $7,500 earlier today, technical charts indicate. The leading cryptocurrency rose to $7,562 on Bitfinex at 03:00 UTC and was last seen changing hands at $7,400 – up nearly 10 percent on a 24-hour basis. Further, the price rally has
The modest reaction to Netflix’s subscriber miss (down 5 percent) tells you something: The long-awaited break in FAANG names is not imminent. More importantly, it demonstrates that investors, even momentum investors, do not expect growth expectations to change too much, even with other FAANG stocks. Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet all hit historic highs yesterday. But
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Morgan Stanley – Morgan Stanley reported second quarter profit of $1.30 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.11 a share. Revenue beat forecasts, as Morgan Stanley reported strong investment banking and wealth-management results. Morgan Stanley also raised its quarterly dividend to 30 cents per share
An earlier version of this story included companies that are scheduled to report earnings on Thursday, not Wednesday. The errors have been corrected. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Google Inc., and Barnes and Noble Inc. Google GOOG, +1.35% GOOGL, +1.49% will
(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) Does this recent tweet below from the National Association of Realtors seem at all believable to you? Selling Your Home Solo to Save Money? You’ll Actually Make Less Than You Think (from @NAR_Research‘s Economists’ Outlook blog): https://t.co/hWHUfPnf9I pic.twitter.com/kid0OCz8RH — REALTORS® (@nardotrealtor) July 15, 2018 FSBO FSBO (pronounced, “fizbo”) is real estate agent
Airbnb’s policy and public affairs head Chris Lehane launched into an impassioned diatribe on Tuesday that condemned the “bellhop politics” he said are motivating New York City’s resistance to Airbnb. “Members of city council are nothing more than bellhops for the big hotel corporations. And it’s no surprise this type of bellhop politics has produced
John Traynor, chief investment officer at People’s United Advisors, said investors should watch two major events in 2018: midterm elections and simmering global trade tensions. “We think the earnings growth is very strong, we think the economy is very strong, but you’re being buffeted by those two trends, and they will impact the second half
What’s going on with Bitcoin? Yowza. Last week was an impressive week for the coin but today saw it exceed itself by packing on a massive 10% in gains. Other cryptos are experiencing astronomical growth too; EOS is also seeing a 10% hike this week. But Bitcoin, in particular, is out front in a league of
The latest attempt to create a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, or “stablecoin,” combines 21st-century technology with an invention from the Great Depression. Announced Tuesday, a startup called Stronghold is launching USD Anchor, which will run on the rails of the Stellar blockchain and use its consensus mechanism to verify transactions. The token will be backed
Retirement planning can be extremely complex. I often describe it as trying to hit a moving target in the wind. The target is moving because an individual does not know with any certainty the exact date retirement will begin or the duration of the retirement period. This means there is no way an individual can
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Asset allocators at Neuberger Berman think emerging markets have been shunned for too long. It’s time to buy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.) The dollar and the Fed once again tag-teamed the living daylights out of emerging markets like Brazil, but that’s the end
Bitcoin (BTC) scaled the crucial 50-day moving average (MA) on Monday for the first time in nearly two months, taking its price above $6,700. The corrective rally picked up the pace 24 hours ago, possibly due to reports stating that BlackRock, INC – the world’s largest asset manager and exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider – is
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Netflix – Netflix shares are under pressure, after its membership growth numbers came in well below analysts’ forecasts. The video streaming service reported quarterly profit of 85 cents a share, beating the consensus estimate of 79 cents a share. Revenue was below Street forecasts. UnitedHealth –
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., GoPro Inc., and Nike Inc. After Wednesday’s closing bell, Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY, -2.92% reported quarterly earnings that fell short of analysts’ estimate. Shares fell 5.7% in after hours. GoPro
It’s the most stylish furniture you can’t buy (until your subscription is up).Fernish On July 15th, furniture subscription startup Fernish officially launched their collaboration with Crate & Barrel. This is the first time any Crate & Barrel product has been available for rent. The partnership also launches the company, which is less than two years old, to a
This earnings season is likely to be more volatile than the market is preparing for, according to Goldman Sachs, which outlined a tactical plan for clients looking to play the latest financial numbers. Analysts at the bank highlighted a number of stocks they believe investors should consider during a month typically rife with surprises. “We
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