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US stocks futures swing higher as S&P 500 fights off bear market territory

US stocks futures swing higher as S&P 500 fights off bear market territory

US stock futures were pointing to a higher start for Wall Street at the end of a volatile week, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cooled speculation about the potential for 75-basis point rate hikes. How are stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures ES00, +1.20% rose 1.1% to 3,971 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, […]

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Apple Stock Has Broken Down. That’s Bad for the Market.

Apple Stock Has Broken Down. That's Bad for the Market.

Textsize Apple’s flagship store in Beijing is closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Manzana stock is in a sorry state, trading now below a price that investors couldn’t resist before—a price that felt it higher in the past several months. This new price—roughly $142 a share on Thursday—is, of course, bad […]

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Xero Users Feel Impact of Tight Labor Markets — Interview

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By Stuart Condie SYDNEY–Cloud-accounting software provider Xero Ltd.’s users are more concerned about a shortage of skilled labor than inflation or rising interest rates, Chief Executive Steve Vamos said. New Zealand-based Xero increased staff by 31% over the 12 months through March but its employee costs rose by 34% against the backdrop of what it […]

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Personal Finance

Will inflation push more people to go back to work? ‘They’ll be entering a job market that’s eager to have them,’ one economist says and you can now use bitcoin to pay college tuition — but should you?

Is Netflix cracking down on password sharing and how to position your investments before the Fed causes a bear market

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Unity Software loses $5 billion in market cap after Apple’s changes lead to ‘self-inflicted wound’

Unity Software loses $5 billion in market cap after Apple's changes lead to 'self-inflicted wound'

Unity Software Inc. executives thought they had found a way to avoid fallout from changes in Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system. It turns out they were wrong, and Wall Street punished Unity U, -35.25% stock for it Wednesday. Shares shed more than a third of their value, worth roughly $5 billion in market capitalization, and […]

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How Citizens Financial used an iPhone plan to create a nationwide digital bank

How Citizens Financial used an iPhone plan to create a nationwide digital bank

Citizens Financial Group Inc. launched its Citizens Pay iPhone upgrade plan in 2015 as an early form of the buy-now-pay-later concept that’s in vogue in the payments space. The idea was to take the Citizens CFG, -0.96% brand as a credit provider and combine it with Apple’s AAPL, +1.61% iPhone to help customers avoid waiting […]

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Economy

Opinion: Keep calm — there’s no recession on the way. These 13 stocks may rise as investors figure this out

Opinion: Keep calm — there's no recession on the way. These 13 stocks may rise as investors figure this out

A so-called hard landing of the US economy is not going to happen. It’s a false fear. We may have a bumpy landing, but the odds of hard landing — a possible recession — are low for the reasons below. If I am right, it confirms what extremely negative sentiment is already telling us: Stocks […]

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Here’s a list of 50 companies that are well-armed to beat back inflation

Here's a list of 50 companies that are well-armed to beat back inflation

Another turnaround Tuesday may be in the cards after a litany of concerns including stagflation dragged the S&P 500 SPX, +1.00% below 4,000 for the first time since 2021. As investors try to regroup from the worst three-day stock stretch in two years, one more hard day of selling for the S&P might be a […]