Luis Alvarez The GameStop bubble has come and gone but the rookie investors who speak emoji and Reddit may be here to stay with big implications for brokerage firms, as well as traditional investors who must pay closer attention to where this fast-moving, smartphone app-wielding crowd is moving next. “We believe some of the new
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A visitor wearing a mask walks outside the Shanghai Disney Resort, that will be closed during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Shanghai, China January 24, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Walt Disney Company — Shares of the
Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks at the Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters There is growing hostility to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among an increasing number of policymakers in Washington, D.C. Last year, some in Congress called for a merger
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walt Disney (DIS) – Disney reported quarterly profit of 32 cents per share, surprising analysts who had expected a loss of 41 cents per share. Disney saw a not-unexpected slump in theme park attendance and box office results due to Covid, but the
A man wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 walks in London. May James | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images The U.K. economy contracted by 9.9% in 2020, its largest annual contraction since records began, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged economic activity. In the final quarter of the
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Futures tied to major U.S. equity benchmarks were flat in overnight trading on Thursday as Wall Street looked set to wrap up the week with modest gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dipped 27 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC on Thursday the company discussed but “quickly dismissed” the idea of buying bitcoin with corporate cash like Telsa. However, Khosrowshahi said Uber would consider accepting cryptocurrencies as payment. The comments come after Tesla announced earlier this week that it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin with some cash on
Whitney Wolfe Herd speaks onstage during the Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference at Monarch Beach Resort on November 13, 2017 in Dana Point, California. Joe Scarnici | Getty Images Entertainment When 31-year-old Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd takes her company public this week, she will be noted not only for her youth but
U.S. stock index futures moved higher during overnight trading on Wednesday as stocks looked to build on February’s momentum. Futures contracts tied to the Dow gained 34 points, or 0.09%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.06% and 0.07%, respectively. The move comes after the Dow advanced 63 points during regular trading hours
The red hot SPAC market is getting even hotter in 2021, raising concerns about rampant speculation detached from reason that could leave retail investors fresh off the GameStop bust holding the bag. Not only are special purpose acquisition companies raising a record level of capital — more than $30 billion so far for its biggest
U.S. stock were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday following the regular session that snapped a six-day winning streak on Wall Street. Dow futures rose 35 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.14% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.13%. Better-than-expected earnings from Twitter, Lyft, Cisco Systems, Mattel and Yelp boosted sentiment on Wall Street. Lyft reported
The Twitter App loads on an iPhone in this illustration photograph taken in Los Angeles, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Tuesday: Twitter — The social media company’s shares were up 1% after-hours on better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter. Twitter earned 38 cents a share
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of Americans will get tax forms for unemployment benefits this filing season. However, many will get them in error due to fraud, creating a potential headache for recipients. At least $36 billion has been lost to improper unemployment payments, largely due to fraud, by early November, according to an
A Temasek Holdings signage at their office in Singapore. Munshi Ahmed | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s state investment company Temasek Holdings announced Tuesday that Ho Ching will retire from her roles as chief executive and executive director on Oct. 1. Ho, the wife of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has been
A police officer directs Miami-Dade County residents as they line up in their cars to receive a paper unemployment form on April 7, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida. Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Millions of workers have left the labor force since the early days of the Covid pandemic. That’s bad news
The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images Bitcoin’s price jumped sharply to an all-time high after Tesla revealed a big stake in the digital coin and said it would start accepting payments in bitcoin in exchange for its products. The world’s largest cryptocurrency last traded 12%
Men wearing face masks walk past a Gap store at a shopping area, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 7, 2020. Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — China’s capital city will hand out about $1.5 million in a limited trial of the central bank’s digital
As the Reddit rebellion tries to make a comeback, one long-time market bull is seeing euphoria at dot-com bubble levels. According to Ed Yardeni, it’s happening because the government is unintentionally setting the stage for retail investors to wage highly speculative bets. “There’s just so much liquidity that has been provided by the Fed and
The GameStop Corp. logo on a smartphone Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images A look at a list of the 10 most-purchased stocks by retail traders during the market mania last month is missing one key stock: GameStop. AMC Entertainment and Plug Power, two names caught up in the trading frenzy along with GameStop,
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Blowout earnings are forcing analysts to up estimates for 2021. With a little more than half of companies reporting, earnings are proving to be a pleasant surprise for the trading community. The GameStop/Robinhood fiasco is turning out to be a minor blip in