Stocks ended the week in rally mode after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell opened the door for a September interest rate cut. In the week ahead, earnings from Nvidia (NVDA) will see the world’s largest company and AI leader test a summer rally that has stocks back near record highs. After slump earlier in the…
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing division at the e-commerce giant helped power quarterly earnings that beat market expectations (RONNY HARTMANN) Tech giants Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft this week eclipsed earnings expectations, cashing in on artificial intelligence (AI) while navigating economic waters roiled by US tariffs. “Massive results seen by Microsoft and Meta further…
By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -UnitedHealth has traditionally been a company investors saw as reliable, having not missed earnings estimates since the 2008 global financial crisis. Until Thursday. The country’s largest insurer by market value fell far short of expectations with its quarterly earnings, leading to its worst one-day selloff in more than a quarter-century. Its…
Hold onto your hat. The tariff story changes faster than the weather in Denver According to President Trump, nobody is “off the hook” when it comes to tariffs – and that includes smartphones Analysts expect U.S. wireless carriers to provide mostly generic guidance during next week’s earnings calls Whoosh. That’s the sound our heads getting…
Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) Stocks fell Thursday morning after President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imported autos Wednesday evening and European equities declined. The S&P 500 declined 0.6%, the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 257 points, or 0.6%. General Motors (GM) stock plunged more than 8%,…
The Nasdaq led US stock futures higher on Thursday as investors weighed AI chipmaker Nvidia’s earnings report and took stock of President Trump’s latest tariff pledges. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) moved up roughly 0.8%, while those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) added 0.6% after both indexes eked out closing gains on Wednesday….
Why The Trade Desk (TTD) Shares Are Falling Today Shares of advertising software maker The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) fell 33.7% in the afternoon session after the company reported disappointing fourth quarter 2024 financial results. TTD has been public for 33 quarters, and this is the first quarterly earnings where the company missed on both the…
Source: Getty Images Written by Amy Legate-Wolfe at The Motley Fool Canada As global trade continues to shift and evolve, the looming threat of tariffs and changing trade policies adds a layer of uncertainty for investors. However, savvy investors who position themselves in the right stocks can weather these storms and even thrive. If you’ve…
(Bloomberg) — Grains traders will be watching Tuesday for the latest insights from the US Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply-and-demand estimates. The world’s top gold miners kick off their quarterly earnings season, starting Wednesday with Barrick Gold Corp. And oil’s drop since US President Donald Trump took office carries historical significance. Most Read from Bloomberg…
A wave of Big Tech companies reported quarterly earnings in recent weeks — including six of the so-called Magnificent 7 firms — shortly after Chinese AI startup DeepSeek rattled the stock market as investors saw its new, cheap artificial intelligence models as an ominous sign for US tech stocks. DeepSeek’s innovations so shook the US…