Equities slumped to finish the week as the Labor Department’s March jobs report was far worse than expected, prompting speculation that next few monthly employment updates will be as bad or even worse because of the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 sagged 1.51% The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.69% The Nasdaq
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Brian Moynihan, CEO, Bank of America Scott Mlyn | CNBC Bank of America says it is capable of accepting online applications for the government’s $350 billion small business relief program, becoming the first major bank to make that announcement. Just minutes earlier on Friday, none of the websites of four of the biggest U.S. banks —
Donald Trump tweeted on April 2 that Saudi Arabia and Russia were looking to cut daily oil production by 10 million barrels. He later suggested the cut could be as high as 15 million barrels. If this turns out to be accurate, the price of oil will climb dramatically, providing Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) with a
Investors who mourned their first-quarter losses as Wall Street collapsed into a bear market may have missed success stories like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock, which managed to hold its own amid the chaos. Source: The Art of Pics / Shutterstock.com It’s true. While the Nasdaq Composite fell more than 16% year-to-date, Microsoft’s stock is flat, as
New York Stock Exchange building is seen at the Financial District in New York City, United States on March 29, 2020. Anadolu Agency The stock market enters a four-day week that is the lull before earnings season, but it’s the headlines on developments around the spread of the coronavirus that may result in the most
Education, paper trading and live trading with low shares should be used together to acheive success in the stock market. What is Paper Trading? -Trading stocks with a fake account or with fake money -A way to practice before doing live trading How to Train: -Get as much education as possible -Begin paper trading -Do
Most big stock charts from the S&P 500 looked great on Thursday — nice and green. There are always exceptions, however. A rising tide doesn’t necessarily lift all boats, it seems. Source: Shutterstock On the other hand, one trader’s trash is another trader’s treasure. The willingness to buy at low prices is what made Warren
The stock market could still touch new lows as uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic persists, Mohamed El-Erian said Friday. “I don’t think we’re forming a bottom yet. I think we’re going down at a slower rate,” the chief economic advisor at Allianz said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “There is a very important distinction there.” Calling a
Perhaps with the exception of some gaming equities, Carnival (NYSE:CCL) and other cruise line operators are among the epicenters of coronavirus market capitalization destruction with CCL stock proving as much with a first-quarter loss of 74.19%. Source: Ruth Peterkin / Shutterstock.com Due to COVID-19 pandemic, Carnival packed a lot of bad news into the first three
[Editor’s note: “7 Super Stable Dividend Stocks to Buy Now” was previously published in February 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] It’s been a long few weeks for the market as COVID-19 worries have taken the main stage. Before things tanked, the stock market, as measured by the
Clorox (NYSE:CLX) is one of several stocks breaking out in light of the coronavirus from China. Shares in hard-hit industries like airlines and retail are trending lower. But household products names like Clorox stock have made new highs. Source: Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock.com The reason is obvious: panic buying. And not just food and toilet
A barista packs a coffee for online sales at a Luckin Coffee store in Beijing, China July 17, 2018. Jason Lee | Reuters Here we go again. It sounds outrageous: The chief operating officer of Luckin Coffee, the largest domestic coffee chain in the China, was accused by his own company of fabricating much of
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Constellation Brands (STZ) – The maker of Corona and other beer and spirit brands reported quarterly earnings of $2.06 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.65 a share. Revenue also came in above forecasts. The company is not providing any full-year guidance
Stocks rallied early Thursday morning, only to give back much of those gains late in the session as market participants digested unsurprisingly poor, but still staggering, weekly jobless claims reports. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 jumped 2.27% The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.23% The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.72% Earlier today, oil futures traded
Kynikos Associates Founder Jim Chanos told CNBC on Thursday that he just closed a bet against Chinese coffee chain Luckin on Thursday after first taking a short position earlier in the year on advice from fellow short-seller Carson Block and his firm, Muddy Waters Research. Luckin Coffee is down more than 70% on Thursday after
The novel coronavirus is already proving to be the biggest economic shock to the world economy since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. Perhaps it will be even worse than that by the time all is said and done, with a number of stocks to sell out there. In any case, the S&P 500 fell
Ford (NYSE:F) stock may not yet have seen the worst of the downturn. It is down by more than 50% from its 52-week highs. But that is not all. Ford cut the dividend to zero. So there is no buffer for F stock. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com But let’s look forward. When is the
Amidst growing global tumult, volatility has had the stock market swinging from extreme bearishness to brief moments of bullishness. And although the general direction is down, sticking to the game plan will pay off in the long run. Investors ought to stake claims in ongoing trends now to maximize returns over the next few years.
A worker at NorthCape, an outdoor furniture manufacturer, makes personal protective equipment (PPE) on March 30, 2020 in Alsip, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images March’s employment report could show the most monthly job losses in a decade, but it’s only a fraction of the real hit to the workforce that came when many states
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