Month: July 2020

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) shares rose more than 12% during Wednesday’s session after the semiconductor company reported better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter. Revenue rose 26.1% to $1.93 billion during the quarter, beating consensus estimates by $70 million, and non-GAAP earnings per share came in at 18 cents, beating consensus estimates by one
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Carnival Corp. (NYSE:CCL) is making intelligent moves in response to novel coronavirus pandemic. The company is selling ships, cutting costs, and streamlining operations, but investors are still skeptical of investing in CCL stock. Source: Ruth Peterkin / Shutterstock.com We are still a long way away from seeing volumes return to pre-pandemic levels. Cruise lines served
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A smart phone with the icons for the J.P. Morgan apps. Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is ditching plastic for some of its credit cards.  The Wall Street giant’s commercial cards team is partnering with Bay Area start-up Marqeta to launch digital-only credit cards. The new function will allow JPMorgan corporate cards
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: McDonald’s (MCD) – The restaurant chain reported quarterly profit of 66 cents per share, shy of the 74 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue came in above Wall Street projections. Comparable-restaurant sales were down 23.9% globally, slightly wider than the 22.8% consensus estimate.
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer urged investors Monday to remain cautious about the length of time it takes to develop a successful coronavirus vaccine, saying that Massachusetts-based biotech firm Moderna may be painting too rosy of a picture.  “It’s not a simple case. You don’t just say, ‘Hey, look at this. These people didn’t get Covid over a couple weeks.’
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Until the recent volatility, banks and energy stocks were among the darlings of Wall Street’s passive income-seeking investors. However, economic realities have made many of these companies reevaluate the sustainability of their high payout yields. As a result, boards of a wide range of businesses have either slashed or fully eliminated dividends. Today I’ll take a closer
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Listen to Preston’s podcast about studying billionaires here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investors-podcast/id928933489 Mark Cuban is a world-famous entrepreneur and investor with a net worth of $3.3 billion, according to Forbes. He is the current owner of the Dallas Mavericks, one of the teams in the Western Conference division of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also the
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Dropbox, Inc. (DBX) is a file hosting service company based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in cloud-based storage, synchronization, and personal cloud and client software. Essentially, Dropbox allows users to create unique folders on their personal computers; the software then saves and syncs those folders to the cloud (rather than taking up storage space
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