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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of NIO tanked more than 8 percent in extended trading after the Chinese electric automaker released its fourth-quarter earnings results, noting a slowdown in vehicle deliveries. “Deliveries of the ES8 in January and February 2019 were 1,805 and 811 vehicle respectively, which reflect a greater

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Salesforce.com fell more than 3 percent in extended trading Monday after issuing weak first-quarter revenue guidance. The software company released better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, posting earnings per share of 70 cents on revenues of $3.60 billion. Wall Street expected earnings per share of 55 cents

Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Tesla — Shares of Tesla fell 7.58 percent after the company’s underwhelming announcement that it will be launching its standard Model 3. Barclays analyst Brian Johnson even called it the “un-iPhone moment.” The electric car maker also announced store closures and layoffs in an effort to reduce

The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow initial model estimate shows negligible growth for the first quarter of just 0.3 percent. The Atlanta Fed notes that the initial estimate of fourth quarter real GDP growth, released Thursday, was 2.6 percent, or 0.8 percentage points above its final GDPNow model forecast that it released on Wednesday. The report, which

Job growth has remained vibrant despite the slow-growing economy, and that’s a trend investors are anxious to see confirmed in the February employment report on Friday. Even with some economists expecting growth around 1 percent for the first quarter, the labor market has been strong, and economists expect to see 185,000 jobs added in February.

Investors everywhere are watching the 2,800 level on the S&P 500 to see if the stock rally will fizzle there, or break through, signaling the potential for new highs. Stocks have been flat so far this week, with the S&P 500 mostly trading around 2,800, a technical level it has been challenged by four times

The Trump administration and the Federal Reserve together could spark a “shock and awe” rally in stocks that would take the S&P 500 to the 3,000 level, according to J.P. Morgan executive director. “The ‘shock and awe’ upside scenario involves rescinding all US-China tariffs instantly, causing certain tariff-sensitive firms to raise 2019 guidance, while the

Check out the companies making headlines midday Tuesday: Home Depot – Shares of Home Depot fell 2.5 percent after the home improvement retailer posted weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results. Home Depot earned $2.09 per share during its fourth quarter, missing the $2.16 per share expectation. Revenue was below forecasts as well. Home Depot also said that the

A trade agreement between the U.S. and China could result in a “sell the news” market reaction, if the deal comes up short or does not remove existing tariffs, traders said. President Donald Trump indefinitely dropped his threat to raise tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent on $200 billion in Chinese goods, ahead of

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: AutoNation – The car retailer reported adjusted quarterly profit of $1.10 per share, 4 cents a share shy of estimates. Revenue also came in below analysts’ forecasts. Separately, the company announced that CEO Mike Jackson will step down March 11 and become executive chairman. He’ll be

Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Kraft Heinz — Shares of Kraft Heinz plummeted 27 percent after the company announced a $15.4 billion write down of its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands. The company also disclosed a Securities and Exchange Commission subpoena as part of a probe into its accounting policies and cut

The coming week could be one of the most pivotal for the White House and the markets, depending on how President Donald Trump chooses to proceed with China trade tariffs and what is in a possible report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller on the president’s campaign. Trade talks have been making apparent progress between U.S.

The Atlanta Fed’s closely watched GDPNow model sees GDP growth for the fourth quarter at 1.4 percent. The forecast had been 1.5 percent but was ratcheted down after Thursday’s December durable goods report showed a decline in capital expenditures. The Atlanta Fed said its nowcast of fourth-quarter real nonresidential equipment investment growth declined to 3.9

Palladium is outshining other metals due to tight supply and strong demand from the global auto industry, which needs increasing amounts of the metal to meet stricter emissions standards. The metals market, in general, has gotten a boost of bullishness on hopes for a trade deal and expectations that China’s economic stimulus is going to

Check out the companies making headlines midday Tuesday: Walmart — Walmart shares gained more than 3 percent after the retailer posted better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the holiday quarter. U.S. comparable store sales rose 4.2 percent, beating the Refinitiv consensus of 3.2 percent. Walmart’s e-commerce sales also surged 43 percent as more shoppers use its

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: PepsiCo – The beverage and snack giant reported adjusted quarterly profit of $1.49 per share, matching Street forecasts, while revenue beat estimates. However, PepsiCo also forecast an unexpected drop in full-year profit, due to a stronger dollar and increased investments. Deere – The heavy equipment maker

The stock market is euphoric over the idea that a trade deal between the U.S. and China will fix the economy and boost earnings. However, the bond market is a different story. There, investors still perceive uncertainty, and even a possible recession lurking. “One of these markets is going to be wrong, and it’s hard

The Fed calmed the markets in late January when it said it could stop raising interest rates, but investors are watching the release of its meeting minutes for any sign the Fed could veer off its easy path. “It’s hard to imagine the Fed sounding as dovish in the minutes, as [Fed Chair Jerome] Powell

Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: XPO Logistics – XPO stock tanked a whopping 17 percent after the transportation company reported disappointing fourth-quarter results. Its earnings came in eight cents shy of estimates with adjusted quarterly profit of 72 cents per share, and the company’s revenue also fell short of expectations. XPO also

Economists slashed fourth-quarter GDP forecasts Thursday, and now see growth closer to 2 percent than 3 percent, after a surprise drop in December retail sales. According to the CNBC/Moody’s Analytics Rapid Update, economists in the survey see growth tracking at a median 2.4 percent pace, down 0.7 percentage points. December’s retail sales fell 1.2 percent,

With the S&P 500 now 17 percent off its low, investors should turn to picking individual stocks to capture the best stock market returns, according to Goldman Sachs stock strategists. Stock-picking opportunities are most plentiful among stocks in the consumer discretionary, communications serivces and health care sectors. They highlight stocks like Monster Beverage, WellCare Health

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio proposes changing the capital gains tax as a way to discourage corporate buybacks, a position that could spook the stock market if other prominent Republicans get behind the idea. The capital gains tax is a new twist on the assault on corporate buybacks, which had been mainly under fire by

Check out the companies making headlines midday on Monday: Avis Budget Group — Shares of the car-rental company jumped 7 percent after Goldman Sachs upgraded it to buy from sell, citing an attractive valuation. The analyst also sees a 36.3 percent upside for Avis over the next 12 months. Electronic Arts — The video-game maker

Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Skechers — The shoemaker’s stock jumped 18 percent after the company gave strong profit guidance for the quarter ahead. Skechers reported 2018 was “a year of record sales,” with the fourth quarter breaking above $1 billion in sales for the first time. Goodyear Tire — Shares of

The earnings deluge continues and inflation reports are due, but it will be the tone of trade talks in Beijing that could have the biggest impact on markets in the week ahead. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin head to China, as the U.S. and Chinese still appear to be far

With little apparent progress in U.S.-China trade talks, the Trump administration could be about to open up a new front in the trade wars by taking on the European auto industry — and that could spook markets. U.S. negotiators head to China next week, and while there are few signs any kind of deal is

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: SunTrust, BB&T – BB&T is combining with SunTrust in a $66 billion merger of equals. SunTrust shareholders will get just under 1.3 BB&T shares for each share they now own, valuing SunTrust at $62.85 per share, a seven percent premium to yesterday’s close. Twitter – Twitter

Tax law changes boosted corporate earnings in 2018, and now taxes could take away from profit growth in 2019. But according to Credit Suisse strategists, other factors are also at work that are driving the outlook for S&P 500 earnings lower this year, masking the fact that a large group of companies are still doing

Infrastructure names could be winners and pharmaceutical stocks losers in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night if he goes after two areas where Wall Street strategists expect there might be some bipartisan support. Trump may also tout defense spending, and he may mention progress on trade talks with China after meetings

Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Papa John’s — Shares of the embattled pizza maker rose more than 12 percent after the company announced Starboard Value has taken a $200 million stake in the company. Starboard CEO Jeffrey Smith was also named the new Papa John’s chairman. Maxwell Technologies — Tesla announced it