Wall Street continues to hold steady as traders and investors consider when and how the U.S. economy will reopen after weeks of disruption as the novel coronavirus outbreak changes the way Americans live, work, and play. When will non-essential businesses open? What is the timing on a treatment regime and vaccine? Will facemasks become the
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A woman wearing face mask walks by a closed store at Times Square on April 12, 2020 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The two economic reports showed the double whammy of state shutdowns in mid-March on two pillars of the economy — the consumer and business. Both
After a day of hope and euphoria, the risk-off trade came back into the spotlight on Wednesday. Much of this stemmed from reports of worrisome economic data. Perhaps the big stock charts can provide a glimmer of hope for battered and bruised investors. Source: Shutterstock First of all, U.S. retail sales declined by 8.7% during
What’s left to say about General Electric (NYSE:GE) stock? Before the novel coronavirus, the company already had a heap of problems. But now the floundering conglomerate is in an even worse place. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com GE stock has been a turnaround play for years. Since CEO Larry Culp took the reins in 2018,
The novel coronavirus has created some surprising stock market winners so far in 2020. Some beneficiaries are obvious, like work-from-home stocks such as Slack (NYSE:WORK) and Zoom Communications (NASDAQ:ZM). However, some more traditional blue-chip companies have roared back to life as well. Kroger (NYSE:KR) fits that description. Investors have bid up Kroger stock as much as 20%
A pilot walks by United Airlines planes as they sit parked at gates at San Francisco International Airport on April 12, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Bed Bath & Beyond — The home goods retailer’s stock soared 12% in extended trading
It sure felt like a lot had happened in the stock market today. The S&P 500 traded in a tight range on Thursday, but closed higher by 58 basis points after a late-session push. That’s even as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) soared to new 52-week highs. That’s also as more bank earnings rolled in and
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., pauses ahead of a Bloomberg Television interview at the Blackrock Inc. wealth symposium in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 7, 2019 Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg via Getty Images Larry Fink, co-founder of the world’s biggest money management firm, told CNBC on Thursday the stock market’s coronavirus low
If you’re optimistic about a quick, V-shaped recovery, you might be in the minority. According to a CNBC report, the U.S. suffered severe economic losses last month due to the novel coronavirus impact. In March, retailing sales fell 8.7%, the most ever in government data. Plus, New York’s regional manufacturing activity dropped to a record
Dallas-based Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) is expected to release earnings on April 21. Year-to-date, TXN stock is down nearly 13%. In comparison, the widely-followed PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index is down 8%. Source: Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.com Given the volatility in the markets, is TXN stock a buy, hold, or sell right now? If you are not yet
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Morgan Stanley (MS) – Morgan Stanley posted quarterly earnings of $1.01 per share, below the consensus estimate of $1.14 a share. Revenue also came in below estimates. CEO James Gorman said the company navigated the quarter well in the face of the Covid-19
After multiple days of outsized price moves, the stock market was indecisive on Thursday. For hours at a time, stocks went nowhere or darted to and fro, causing confusion and frustration. Source: Shutterstock That’s going to happen sometimes and traders need to be ready for noncommittal price action in the markets. Head-fakes and sucker’s rallies
From 2007 through 2019, I wrote the weekly Activist Spotlight column at Barron’s. I have now joined the CNBC team and will be writing the weekly update exclusively for CNBC readers. Due to the coronavirus crisis we have delayed the launch of this column, but we believe now is the right time to start focusing
After developing a novel coronavirus test in lightning speed, Co-Diagnostics’ (NASDAQ:CODX) stock soared to the stratosphere. The shares of the previously little-known company surged from less than $1 at the end of 2019 to a high of nearly $22 at the beginning of March. Source: Shutterstock But since then, for good reason, the stock has
If people aren’t spending money, then it’s a lot harder for credit card companies like Visa (NYSE:V) to make a profit. And that’s the conundrum facing V stock these days. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com The novel coronavirus’ impact on the U.S. and global economy has been horrific, with the International Monetary Fund warning of
People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 6, 2020. Nick Oxford | Reuters One out of every five workers in Michigan and Pennsylvania have applied for unemployment benefits, compared to just one out
What started off as a bang quickly died out. Equities came into the stock market today on a high note on hopes that Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) would crack the code on a novel coronavirus treatment. On Thursday after the close, a report talked up the promising impact Gilead’s remdesivir is having on Covid-19 patients. We
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket emblazoned with the famous NASA “worm” logo for the Demo-2 mission/ NASA NASA and SpaceX are targeting May 27 for the launch of Demo-2, the first launch of NASA astronauts from the U.S. since 2011 and the first crewed launch for Elon Musk’s space company. As its name implies, Demo-2
At-home connected fitness company Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON) has turned into one of Wall Street’s favorite stocks to buy amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. This investor favoritism has led PTON stock to essentially double over the past month alone. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com The logic ostensibly makes sense. The at-home fitness trend — which was already
The level of hate for airline stocks is as high as it has ever been. That is saying a lot because investors hated them for decades because of intrinsic problems with cost and human resources controls. Since then, the airlines streamlined a lot of processes and that propped up their financial performances. Consequently and over