FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investors and traders have historically turned to less-risky assets such as U.S. Treasurys to weather market volatility and uncertainty. During the coronavirus pandemic, however, they have turned to unlikely place: tech and software stocks. Shares of Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, and Amazon are all trading at,
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A customer leaves an ATM at a Wells Fargo branch in Denver. Rick Wilking | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Gilead Sciences — Gilead gained 2.1% after saying its coronavirus treatment candidate drug, remdesivir, was associated with an improvement in clinical recovery and a 62% reduction in the risk of mortality compared
A Redfin Corp. ‘For Sale’ sign stands outside of a home in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Marathon Oil — The oil company’s stock climbed 1% in extended trading after falling 7.05% earlier Thursday. Oil dropped 3% during the day amid concerns over rising
Investors are bailing on a popular trade due to the coronavirus surge. Allianz Global Investors’ Mona Mahajan finds a rush of money is flowing back into stay-at-home plays. “The cyclical story is on hold for now,” the firm’s U.S. investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. “The trade is moving out of that reopening,
A woman wearing a face mask walks past the closed Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse movie theater amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 14, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits over the last four months is worse than any other time in modern
The Wirecard logo is seen at the payment company’s headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany, on June 24, 2020. Christof Stache | AFP via Getty Images Despite its spectacular descent into insolvency last month, Wirecard‘s share price has not yet hit zero. Last week, Munich prosecutors raided the offices of the German payments giant,
A major financial institution is starting to lose enthusiasm for U.S. stocks. Invesco’s Kristina Hooper is worried the latest coronavirus spike will push states to close their economies again. “Up until now the U.S. has been rewarded because of expectations that we wouldn’t see any kind of significant lockdowns even if infection rates grew,” the
Nikola Motor Company Badger pickup truck Source: Nikola Motor Company Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nikola — Shares of Nikola soared nearly 18% after JPMorgan hiked its rating on the controversial electric vehicle company to overweight from neutral. The bank said the stock looks attractive for long-term investors after a 40% plunge this month
Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Shiller is worried the coronavirus fear factor will weigh on the country for years. According to the Yale University professor, the economic and psychological toll from the coronavirus pandemic could linger — especially if states scrap reopenings due to the virus spikes. “Looks like we might be entering a second phase,”
A medical worker wearing a mask walks near the AMC movie theater in Times Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 7, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images AMC Entertainment shares jumped as much as 21% after the close of regular trading on Tuesday following a story in the Wall Street
Signage for Shake Shack Inc. is displayed on a glass door at the company’s restaurant in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Novavax — The biotech stock soared 29% after the company announced that it was awarded $1.6
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk reacts following the company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ market in New York June 29, 2010 Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla – The automaker’s stock rose 1% in extended trading. Tesla’s shares jumped 13.5% and hit a new high earlier Monday
A summer rally may be underway. Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan cites a bullish, under-the-radar trend in a chart highlighting the firm’s special weekly leading index and S&P 500. “This is a fundamentally optimistic chart,” the Economic Cycle Research Institute co-founder told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday. “It’s showing us that the cyclical fundamentals are to
A pedestrian walks by a sign in front of the Uber headquarters on May 18, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Dominion Energy, Berkshire Hathaway — Berkshire Hathaway gained 2.2% after the conglomerate said it is spending $4 billion to buy the natural
The latest jobs report shocker may have missed a troubling trend. Crossmark Global Investments’ Victoria Fernandez warns it didn’t capture the fallout from surging coronavirus cases. “The data was collected through the middle of June,” the firm’s chief market strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” late last week. “It was really the second half of June
A jogger passes in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on June 17, 2020. Michael Nagel | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher on Sunday night as Wall Street tried to build on the momentum from last week’s solid performance. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose
Protestors and police officers clash for the second morning in a row on July 1, 2020 in New York City following a budget vote. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) David Dee Delgado | Getty Images A global corporate reckoning that began in the United States after the killing of George Floyd has prompted industries
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: McDonald’s (MCD) – McDonald’s halted further reopenings of dine-in service at its restaurants, postponing them by three weeks due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. Restaurants, where dine-in service had already resumed, will be allowed to continue offering it if their local jurisdictions
The Hong Kong exchange building. Vincent Isore | IP3 | Getty Images Initial public offerings (IPOs) in greater China jumped in the first half of this year, bucking the declines seen elsewhere due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In the first six months, listings in greater China were up 29% and the amount
U.S. and China flags along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2011. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges is “a pointless drive” that will neither deny those firms access to American capital markets nor hurt China’s growth, according to a report by think tank Peterson Institute for