IBM shares moved 5% lower after the company issued weaker-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Wednesday. Here’s how IBM did: Earnings: Excluding certain items, $2.68 per share, vs. $2.67 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $18.03 billion, vs. $18.22 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. IBM’s revenue has now dropped for
Stocks will try in the week ahead to break the all-time highs set earlier in the year as a slew of S&P 500 companies get set to report. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are both around 1% below their all-time highs while the Nasdaq Composite is about 2% away from its record.
Denver money manager Fred Taylor of Northstar Investment Advisors. Source: Northstar Investment Advisors Managing investments in a year fraught with headline risks requires a sound strategy and the conviction to stand by it, but also the flexibility to take advantage of fast-changing market conditions. Denver money manager Fred Taylor has long focused on companies that
When you’re just starting out, life insurance may not be your first concern. Putting it off may cost you. Research shows that millennials, who are saddled with hefty student loan bills, have struggled to set money aside for other purchases — from life insurance to buying a home. On average, about 7 in 10 seniors
If you own closed-end funds (CEFs), I have great news: equity CEFs are doing exactly what we want them to: crushing the market while handing us 7%+ dividends, (And if you’re not yet in CEFs, or want to bulk up your CEF holdings, sit tight: I’ll name a fund you can buy shortly. It has
Once seven stories tall, the Queen Anne Winchester Mystery House has been whittled down to three … [+] stories. (Photo by: Education Images/Citizens of the Planet/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images After her husband died in 1881, Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester was one of the wealthiest people in the
Activision will release “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” on October 25, the 16th installment in the “Call of Duty” video game series. This first-person shooter game isn’t out yet, but fans who have been playing the beta version since its September debut are already embroiled in heated arguments over it. On a “Call of Duty”-related
Co-founder and CEO of Netflix Reed Hastings Albert Llop | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The best way to defeat an enemy is to make him your friend. Netflix said today in its third-quarter earnings letter to shareholders that it welcomes upcoming competition from Apple, Disney, Comcast‘s NBC Universal, AT&T‘s WarnerMedia and others set to
HTC’s Exodus 1s smartphone comes packed with cryptocurrency-related features. HTC HTC is bringing out a cheaper version of its blockchain-friendly smartphone in a bid to entice the people hesitant about buying cryptocurrencies and expense flagships from the likes of Apple and Samsung. The Taiwanese smartphone maker on Saturday launched the Exodus 1s, a slightly smaller
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | DigitalVision | Getty Images We are tasked today with making many financial decisions, from managing our student loans to contributing to retirement accounts. Plus there’s paying credit card debt on time and keeping our credit score as high as possible. All of these are important, because our financial future is
Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor, waits for Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, not pictured, to speak at an election night event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is moving his
The Washington Post | Getty Images This month, thousands of high school students will submit their early action and early-decision applications to colleges. By demonstrating a preference to a particular school, studies have shown, an early application can give you a leg up, which goes a long way with competition that’s as fierce as it has
LONDON,ENGLAND – JUNE 6: In this studio shot illustration a NHS uniform close up, with stethoscope … [+] on June 6,2019 in London,England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) Getty Images Here’s a headline one doesn’t see every day: “Pensions crisis blamed for trust’s worst-ever breast cancer waits.” That’s from the UK journal HSJ and, yes,
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin A Bernie Sanders presidency could be very bad news for U.S. billionaires. While Elizabeth Warren would levy taxes of up to 62% on America’s wealthiest individuals, Sanders would go a step further according to professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman from the University of California, Berkeley.
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Michael Jordan’s Utah retreat features panoramic views of the Glenwild Golf Course and Wasatch … [+] Mountains. Realtor.com Michael Jordan now has two luxury homes on the market. In addition to his Chicago-area home, which has been on the market for over seven years, Jordan recently
CNBC’s Jim Cramer takes a look at the week ahead for earnings, which includes a deluge of reports on Tuesday and Wednesday. The “Mad Money” host says it’s time to revamp the FAANG group and swap one company for another tech giant. Later in the show, Cramer makes recommendations for financial stocks. Earnings overload has
Adam Jeffery | CNBC Holiday Inn-owner InterContinental Hotels Group blamed lower business bookings in China and Hong Kong protests for a 0.8% fall in third-quarter revenue per room on Friday, the latest company to be pinched by weaker global travel. The hotel industry, in general, is feeling the impact of slowing global growth, which is
[embedded content] [The stream is slated to start at 12:45 p.m., ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] James Gorman, CEO of Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon were set to speak Friday at an event organized by the Institute of International Finance
Five states hit new lows in unemployment during September, including a couple that could be pivotal in the 2020 presidential election. As the national jobless level fell to 3.5%, a 50-year low, Alabama (3%), California (4%), Illinois (3.9%), New Jersey (3.1%) and South Carolina (2.9%) set all-time bottoms in data that goes back to 1976,
Jupiterimages | Photolibrary | Getty Images One-quarter of Americans plans to vacation outside the U.S. in the next 18 months, according to a new AAA survey, while 80% have already taken a foreign trip and 2 in 5 — nearly 77 million adults — have rented or used a vehicle while abroad. Sales of international