The suspension of Ant Group’s initial public offering (IPO) is a sign of the times, according to veteran investor Mark Mobius, who is the founder of Mobius Capital Partners. Ant, an affiliate of Jack Ma’s Alibaba, was all set for a $34.4 billion dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong last Thursday. Ant operates Alipay,
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer, BioNTech – In an interim analysis of a phase 3 study, the drug makers said their Covid-19 vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in participants who were not previously infected. Stock futures surged following the announcement, and both companies saw shares
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) at the State Department in Washington, U.S. June 23, 2015. Yuri Gripas | Reuters BEIJING — U.S.-China trade tensions are set for more predictability and calmer rhetoric after Joe Biden‘s presidential win — which likely means calmer rhetoric in a continued
A major Wall Street firm just boosted its exposure to stocks. According to Federated Hermes chief equity market strategist Phil Orlando, the firm increased its asset allocation to 3% from 2% hours after Election Day due to a more favorable environment. “We’re pretty comfortable that the risk of a blue wave, if you will, was
Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein sees troublesome activity within the market surge. His problem: Big Tech is the main driver. “Narrow leadership is an end-of-cycle event,” the Richard Bernstein Advisors CEO and CIO told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. According to Bernstein, it’s a compelling reason to get cautious. “You want it to be
People walk past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — Just days after the abrupt suspension of Ant Group’s IPO — which was set to be the world’s largest offering — China’s financial authorities emphasized the need to ensure sufficient
A boy rides a bicycle along a flooded street due to the heavy rains caused by Hurricane Eta, now degraded to a tropical storm, in Puerto Barrios, Izabal 310 km north Guatemala City on November 5, 2020. Johan Ordonez | AFP | Getty Images Hurricane Eta has slowly churned through Central America this week, flooding
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Roku — Streaming platform Roku jumped 11% after the company reported a surprise adjusted profit for its third quarter. The company posted 9 cents in earnings per share on $452 million in revenue. Analysts had projected a loss of 40 cents per share and $366 million
Volunteers hand out potatoes in Auburn, Washington on May 7, 2020. JASON REDMOND | AFP | Getty Images That’s a big jump from the prior month, when 19% of the unemployed were out of work for at least six months. The number of long-term unemployed swelled by 1.2 million people in a month, to 3.6
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: CVS Health (CVS) – CVS named Executive Vice President Karen Lynch as its next CEO, effective Feb. 1, replacing the retiring Larry Merlo. Separately, CVS reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its latest quarter, as prescription drug volumes rebounded. Shares rose 2% in
Sales associates at one of Alibaba-owned InTime’s store display products for sale during a livestream. InTime | Alibaba BEIJING – The fickle Chinese consumer has latched onto a set of new preferences for watching videos, a trend investors and media giants are tapping into. Late on Thursday, short-video and livestreaming app Kuaishou filed for an
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: General Motors (GM) – The automaker reported quarterly earnings of $2.83 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 a share, helped by strong demand for trucks and SUVs. Revenue was essentially in line with Street forecasts. The shares rose 6.7% in premarket
Wells Fargo Securities’ Christopher Harvey won’t buy the post-election bounce. “You want to fade this rally,” the firm’s head of equity strategy told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. “It’s about stimulus. We now have — or what we believe we have — is [Joe] Biden as president and no longer a blue wave.” Harvey contends
JEFF KOWALSKY | AFP | Getty Images Many workers may be at risk of losing their jobs again as some areas are imposing or considering new shutdown orders to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. A judge in El Paso County, Texas, last week ordered all non-essential businesses like gyms and hair salons to close
Chinese President Xi Jinping Aris Messinis | Pool | Reuters BEIJING — In a major speech on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping talked up his country’s plans for playing a greater role in global trade, without mentioning ongoing tensions with the U.S. “We will work for the early signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Election officials count absentee ballots at a polling place located in the Town of Beloit fire station on November 03, 2020 near Beloit, Wisconsin. Scott Olson | Getty Images Stock futures rose on Tuesday night following a sharp rally during regular trading while investors awaited the result of the presidential election. Dow Jones Industrial Average
Traders wait for the Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 2, 2014. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alibaba — Shares dropped more than 5% after Ant Group’s record-setting initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong was suspended. Alibaba owns roughly
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Wayfair (W) – The online home decor retailer nearly tripled the consensus estimate of 80 cents per share, with quarterly profit of $2.30 per share. Revenue also came in above estimates, benefiting from strong demand in its category and an overall ongoing shift
Fundstrat Global Advisors Tom Lee is calling for stocks to rally into year-end. It’s not dependent on any single election outcome. Rather, it takes into account three widely-talked about scenarios. Lee’s base case: Joe Biden wins with a blue wave due to his strength in the polls and betting markets. “That rally is roughly 10%,”