SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific edged higher in Friday morning trade, continuing a rollercoaster week as investors assess the inflation and the global economic outlook. The Nikkei 225 in Japan traded 2.34% higher, with shares of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group jumping more than 9% despite reporting Thursday a record loss at its Vision Fund investment […]
Stock futures dipped on Thursday evening as investors geared up for the S&P 500 to potentially slide into official bear market territory. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 68 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures lost 0.2% and Nasdaq-100 futures fell 0.3%. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 and Dow bounced off their […]
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2022. JimWatson | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Thursday that getting inflation under control could cause some economic pain but remains his top priority. Powell said he couldn’t promise a so-called soft landing […]
The stock market is going through a period of uncertainty and volatility, but some sectors could benefit from that. Timothy A Clary | AFP | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A wide divergence of performance has formed in the hedge fund industry amid the stock route on Wall Street […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX US Derivatives, testifies during the House Agriculture Committee hearing titled Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models, in Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Tom-Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange FTX, has taken a 7.6% […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Carvana — Shares of the online used-car retailer popped nearly 30%, alongside other heavily shorted stocks. Nearly 29% of Carvana shares available for trading are sold short, according to FactSet. The company has faced negative sentiment on Wall Street recently, with downgrades this month from […]
A screen displays the logo and trading information for GameStop on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) March 29, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Shares of two meme stocks emerged on Thursday, adding an unexpected wrinkle for a stock market that has been dropping in choppy trading for more than a month. […]
A worker loads an aluminum coil onto a truck at the Arconic manufacturing facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prices at the wholesale level accelerated further in April, part of a broader inflation problem persisting through the US economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported […]
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Ford (F), General Motors (GM) – Ford fell 2.8% in premarket trading while GM slid 3.4% after Wells Fargo double-downgraded both stocks to “underweight” from “overweight.” Wells Fargo said 2022 could represent a profit peak for legacy automakers, with the shift toward electric […]
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Wendy’s (WEN) –Wendy’s reported adjusted profit of 17 cents per share, 1 cent below estimates, with revenue and same-store sales also missing analyst forecasts. The restaurant chain is seeing a negative impact from higher costs for supplies and labor, and its shares slid 3.4% in premarket […]