10 things to watch Wednesday, Feb. 12 1. Stocks sold off Wednesday after the January consumer price index, which measures retail inflation, came in hot. Larger-than-expected increases in both headline and core CPI caused a spike in bond yields, with the 10-year Treasury pushing above 4.6%. The government’s January producer price index, which measures wholesale…
Top 10 things to watch Monday, Feb. 10 1. Stocks are indicated higher Monday after the S & P 500 fell 1% on Friday on concerns about tariffs and a weaker consumer sentiment survey. The S & P 500, Nasdaq and Dow are all coming off modest weekly losses. In the week ahead , the…
Inflation readings next week will have to show that the rosy macroeconomic outlook underpinning the bull case for stocks remains intact, in order to reassure a whipsawed market swinging between the latest earnings news and the latest tariff updates. Wall Street is in for a quieter economic calendar in the week ahead, but investors will…
Warren Buffett, a celebrated lover of junk food, just bought into a national pizza chain whose shares are trading near their cheapest level of the year. With CEO Buffett at the helm, Berkshire Hathaway bought more than 1.2 million shares of Domino’s Pizza last quarter, a stake worth about $550 million, a recent regulatory filing…
A chip and snack food display at a convenience store in Miami Beach, Florida. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Processed food stocks tumbled on Friday as investors feared a crackdown under President-elect Donald Trump and ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Soda titans PepsiCo and Coca-Cola dropped more than 4% and 1.3%,…
Wall Street is about to get hit with the newsiest week yet ahead of the election — just as the stock market has started to falter. Investors will contend with earnings results from five of the Magnificent Seven companies next week. Alphabet’s results are set to be released Tuesday. Microsoft and Meta Platforms post their…