Ben Rains dives into the extremely bullish start to 2023 that has sent tech and growth stocks soaring once again. The episode then breaks down two such growth tech stocks, Shopify (SHOP)and Block (SQ), ahead of their earnings results over the next several weeks to see if investors might want to finally buy back into
In this article JWN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shoppers exit Nordstrom at the King of Prussia Mall on December 11, 2022 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Mark Makela | Getty Images Shares of Nordstrom surged Friday morning after activist investor and meme stock maven Ryan Cohen bought a major stake in the high-end
dmphoto | E+ | Getty Images Tax season is underway, and there’s been increased scrutiny of the IRS as it starts deploying part of the nearly $80 billion in funding approved for the agency by Congress in August. While Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said goals include boosting customer service and improving technology, critics have
Shapecharge | E+ | Getty Images As of this year, people new to Medicare won’t face big delays in coverage — an unenviable situation that some beneficiaries used to find themselves in. Thanks to legislation passed in late 2020, months-long delays in certain Medicare enrollment circumstances are now eliminated. Additionally, individuals who missed signing up
In this article QCOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm. Steve Marcus | Reuters Qualcomm shares fell 2% in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker reported lower fiscal first-quarter revenue than analysts had predicted and issued weak quarterly guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: $2.37 per share, adjusted,
In this article SBUX JWN AMZN AAPL GOOGL F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers load packages into Amazon Rivian Electric trucks at an Amazon facility in Poway, California, November 16, 2022. Sandy Huffaker | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon – The e-commerce giant’s stock tumbled 8.4% despite
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In this article TSLA GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tesla Model Y on display inside a Tesla store at the Westfield Culver City shopping mall in Culver City, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – The U.S. Treasury said Friday it is changing
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks during the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. Susana Gonzalez | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bill Gates questioned whether Elon Musk’s current priorities would make him a good philanthropist, taking issue with his fellow billionaire’s ambition to send people to Mars. In an interview with the BBC, set to
For most Americans, inflation and rising interest rates are a one-two punch. On the heels of another rate hike this week by the Federal Reserve, credit card annual percentage rates are already near 20%, on average, and set to climb even higher. At the same time, more consumers are leaning on credit to afford increasingly expensive
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon on Thursday issued first-quarter guidance that came in light of estimates, overshadowing better-than-expected revenue for the fourth quarter. The stock slid after hours, erasing most its rally from the regular trading day. Here are the key numbers: Earnings: 3 cents per share Revenue: $149.2
The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in January, boosted by a jump in leisure and hospitality employment. That one service sector saw an increase of 128,000 jobs in the month, led by 99,000 positions at restaurants and bars alone, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a report released Friday. Employment at hotels continued to
China’s real estate market has slumped in the last two years after Beijing cracked down on developers’ high reliance on debt for growth. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China needs to do more in order to fix its real estate problems, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. The property market
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Starbucks store is seen inside the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Starbucks on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that fell short of analysts’ expectations as weak international demand weighed on its results. In China, the
Hong Kong’s new global promotional campaign will “kickstart” the city’s reopening to international travelers, the Hong Kong Tourism Board told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday. As part of the “Hello Hong Kong” campaign, which was launched on Thursday, 500,000 air tickets will be given away over the next six months, starting in March. The
In this article GOOGL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet missed on both top and bottom lines when it reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. The company’s stock dropped nearly 4% after hours, erasing some of the 7.28% it gained in normal trading hours. Here’s how the numbers stacked up: Earnings
[The stream is slated to start at 8:45 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is due to give a press conference following the bank’s latest monetary policy decision. The ECB on Thursday confirmed expectations of a 50 basis point
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford CEO Jim Farley takes off his mask at the Ford Built for America event at Fords Dearborn Truck Plant on September 17, 2020 in Dearborn, Michigan. Nic Antaya | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor reported an ugly fourth quarter, missing Wall Street’s earnings
Jeffrey Coolidge | Photodisc | Getty Images Black Americans are roughly three to five times more likely to face an IRS audit than other taxpayers, according to a new study. While there isn’t evidence of explicit discrimination from the IRS or its revenue agents, the findings show the disparity stems from a faulty software algorithm
Douglas Rissing | Istock | Getty Images Shortly after President Joe Biden announced an unprecedented plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars of the country’s outstanding federal student loan debt, the legal challenges piled up. Republicans and conservative groups have now brought at least six lawsuits against the president’s plan, arguing it is harmful