My top 10 things to watch Friday, Sept. 5 1. President Donald Trump meets, touts, and tortures. During a dinner at the White House Thursday night with more than two dozen tech execs, Trump again warned he would soon impose “fairly substantial” semiconductor tariffs without indicating how they will work or what it means. Apple…
The upcoming earnings season will show investors whether the bull case for equities still holds. The second quarter reporting season comes at a pivotal point for the stock market, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite trading at all-time highs this week even after an onslaught of bad news regarding higher tariffs, a…
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures slipped on Tuesday night as investors looked ahead to the release of a key retail sales report and more earnings from the first-quarter season. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 159…
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 midday trading. Crypto stocks – Stocks tied to crypto prices jumped amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump could release an executive order making crypto a national priority as soon as the first day of his new term. Shares of crypto exchange operators Coinbase and Robinhood advanced 4.5% and…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: J.B. Hunt Transport Services — Shares fell more than 7% after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings came in weaker than expected. J.B. Hunt earned $1.53 per share, below the LSEG consensus estimate of $1.61 per share. Meanwhile, revenue for the period came in line with expectations at…
A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the first session of the new year on January 2, 2025, in New York City. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures were marginally lower on Thursday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and…