Check out the companies making headlines before the bell : Alibaba — The Chinese e-ecommerce giant saw shares rising more than 3% after The Wall Street Journal reported that the firm has created a more advanced chip as it looks to fill the gap left by Nvidia running into issues around selling its chips in China. Nvidia…
The August jobs report next week will be a key hurdle for a stock market that’s at all-time highs heading into what’s historically the worst month for equities. The question of Federal Reserve independence will also add to near term challenges. When it comes to monetary policy, the stakes are high for nonfarm payrolls. As far…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Aug. 28 1. Nvidia is accelerating when others say slowing. Beat and raise quarter . Who is right, the company or the critics who want you to trade it, not own it? The concept of “long-thinking” driving compute demand. New verticals galore. Core growth is extraordinary. On the…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Bruker — The lab instrument and tools maker shed 12% after the company issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the second quarter. The company expects to earn between 32 cents and 34 cents per share on revenue ranging from $795 million to $798 million. Analysts polled by FactSet…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, March 27 1. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on automobiles made outside the U.S. are rippling through markets. General Motors is among the biggest losers, and shares are down 6% this morning. Crosstown rival Ford Motor “relatively benefits” since it imports fewer models, Bank of America wrote. 2….
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: GameStop — The meme stock soared about 15%. On Tuesday, GameStop’s board announced it had unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with a portion of its corporate cash, following a similar move by MicroStrategy. Dollar Tree — The discount retail chain popped more than 4%…
Dollar Tree is selling the Family Dollar brand to two private capital firms for just over $1 billion, the company announced on Wednesday after years of struggling with Family Dollar’s operation. The private equity firms Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management are buying Family Dollar together, according to the statement. In the announcement, Dollar…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, March 26 1. The long knives are still out for Nvidia . Today’s example is a story in the Financial Times about environmental rules in China that, if tightly enforced, could ban sales of Nvidia’s H20 chips. The rules were put in place last year, but suspiciously are…
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. GameStop — The meme stock surged 16% a day after the company’s board announced it had approved a plan to buy bitcoin and stablecoins with a portion of its corporate cash, in a move similar to that of MicroStrategy. Dollar Tree — The discount retailer gained…
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 24, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters U.S. stock futures were little changed Tuesday night after the S&P 500 posted a marginal gain, marking its third positive session in a row. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were unchanged. S&P…