Dow Jones futures fell slightly early Friday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Adobe reported earnings late Thursday. The stock market rally had a solid, broad advance, with the major indexes hitting record highs. Some AI-related plays were steady or pulled back after Wednesday’s advance, but not all. Micron Technology and data storage…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. US stocks may be about to get another tailwind and it’s not from earnings or rate cuts. According to JPMorgan strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, share repurchases could jump by another $600 billion in the coming years, after already hitting an all-time high of $1.5 trillion in 2025. They…
SINGAPORE – Singapore-listed companies will be encouraged to share their plans with investors, including views on their outlook and prospects, said Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) deputy chairman Chee Hong Tat. While this is commonly done in overseas markets, he noted that there may be genuine concerns about potential legal exposure when companies here provide…
Is it time for investors to start looking to opportunity smaller, under-the-radar stocks? That’s a question that many investors have been considering lately as the market’s biggest stocks drive indexes to records. As markets enter September, historically the worst month of the year for stocks, investors have begun the search for new strategies in an…
Nebius just inked a deal with Microsoft worth more than the total value of the company. Nebius Group (NBIS -4.57%) surprised investors with a big business deal, sending its stock soaring by nearly 50% on Tuesday. As of Thursday afternoon trading, Nebius shares were up by 40% for the week, according to data provided by…
U.S. stock futures were mostly edging down early Friday after surging to new highs the previous day on the back hopes for interest-rate cuts. In corporate news, Warner Bros. Discovery stock will be in focus as Paramount Skydance is preparing a bid for its fellow movie studio and streaming company, according to a Wall Street…
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders finally have a growth stock on their hands — for today, anyway. Amid a Wall Street Journal report that Paramount Skydance is preparing a mostly cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, shares in WBD have jumped nearly 36 percent. The bid is said to be backed by the Ellison family….
Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images) On Thursday afternoon, the media world was jolted by a scoop from The Wall Street Journal: Paramount is preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, backed by the immense wealth of the Ellison family. The offer would cover the entire…
On September 12, the Shanghai Composite Index broke through its previous high of 3,888.60 points during trading, setting a new phase high; the Shenzhen Component Index rose above the 13,000-point mark during trading, reaching its highest level since July 2022. Morgan Stanley noted that U.S. investors’ interest in Chinese equities has risen to its highest…
While China’s stock markets have reached decade-highs, Nomura economists question whether this rally can meaningfully boost the country’s growth outlook. The previous stock market bull run China experienced a decade ago was unable to provide a meaningful boost to the real economy, and our economists expect even less expansionary effect this time. The boom and…