Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 30, 2025. NYSE U.S. stock futures rose Monday night to kick off a holiday-shortened trading week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 106 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively. Wall Street is coming off a winning week…
Investors are going to need some of their concerns around trade or inflation to lift in order for the stock market to rally again. Stocks haven’t moved much since the start of the year. Even with an onslaught of policy developments and fears of sticky inflation rocking the market in 2025, a healthy economy underpinning…
My top 10 things to watch Friday, Dec. 20 1. Wall Street was back in the soup Friday morning but trimming some losses on a cooler reading from the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation measure. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq closed modestly lower Thursday for their third straight session. The Dow closed slightly higher, breaking…
Warren Buffett poses with Martin, the Geico gecko, ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett went on bit of a shopping spree in the stock market before Christmas, picking up shares of Occidental Petroleum among others during a swift December…
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Spotify Technology – Shares of the music-streaming service jumped about 8%. Total monthly active users for the third quarter came in at 640 million, reflecting an 11% jump from a year earlier and beating FactSet consensus estimates of 639.0 million. Still, Spotify fell short of the…
GuruFocus hosts a contest every quarter in which people can guess the stocks they think Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) might have bought. The 3rd-quarter contest begins today and ends Thursday Nov. 14. To participate, pick ONLY THREE stocks you think he purchased between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2024 and post them into the comments…
President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell takes to the podium during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Talk about an eventful week. Normally, when the Fed cuts interest…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Spotify — The music streaming platform advanced 2% after Wells Fargo named it a top stock pick . Analyst Steven Cahall cited Spotify’s rising profit margins, strong product mix and evolving record label relationships as catalysts while reiterating an outperform rating on the stock. Robinhood —…