Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Robinhood raked in a record amount of revenue from customer trades in the first quarter of 2021, as the retail trading juggernaut nears its public debut. The millennial-favored stock trading app collected $331 million in payment for order flow – the money brokerage firms receive for directing clients’
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Estee Lauder (EL) – The cosmetics maker reported quarterly earnings of $1.62 per share, 30 cents a share above estimates. Revenue came in slightly below forecasts, however, as sales of Estee Lauder’s higher-end products were impacted by people continuing to work from home.
Traders on the New York Stock Exchange Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures moved higher in overnight trading on Sunday as investors readied for the first trading day of May. Dow futures rose 95 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.34 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.28%. Monday marks the first trading day of May. Despite Friday’s
In this article DARK-GB A Darktrace cybersecurity software demonstration shows how a global problem can start with just one employee’s work station. Michael S. Williamson | The Washington Post | Getty Images LONDON — British cybersecurity start-up Darktrace saw its shares surge as much as 43% in its highly-anticipated London debut Friday. The company priced
Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller Legendary investor Warren Buffett believes millennial-favored stock trading app Robinhood is contributing to the speculative, casino-like trading activity in the stock market and benefitting from it. Robinhood has “become a very significant part of the casino aspect, the casino
In this article BRK.A Warren Buffett. Gerald Miller | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating earnings rebounded as the conglomerate’s businesses recovered from the pandemic hit. Chairman Warren Buffett kept buying back Berkshire shares aggressively in the first quarter, but at a slightly slower pace. Berkshire reported operating income of $7.018 billion in the first quarter, up
Avishek Das | LightRocket | Getty Images Robinhood, the free-trading app that helped drive a surge in retail investing during the pandemic, has switched to using JPMorgan Chase to handle crucial money transfers into customers’ accounts. The start-up emailed customers this week to say it is now using JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets,
Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon — The e-commerce giant saw its shares gain 1% in midday trading after it reported a record first-quarter profit. The Seattle-based firm said profits more than tripled to $8.1 billion and January-to-March sales soared 44% to $108 billion. The results
zhongguo Sustainability-focused funds attracted record inflows during the first quarter, pushing global assets under management in ESG funds to nearly $2 trillion, according to a report from Morningstar released Friday. The rise underscores the momentum behind ESG investing, or when environmental, social and governance factors are considered. Assets in these types of funds first topped
Employees during a press visit to the first shale gas exploring site started by Chevron in Pungesti, Romania, April 2014. Mircea Restea | AFP | Getty Images After a brutal year for the energy sector, Chevron reported a profit for the first quarter of 2021 as a recovery in oil prices boosted operations. The company’s
In this article @ND.1 @DJ.1 @SP.1 FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes dipped at the start of the overnight session Thursday evening as investors pored over a flurry of earnings results and a robust profit beat from e-commerce giant Amazon. Contracts tied
In this article BTC.CM= ETH.CM= Jack Taylor | Getty Images LONDON — Ether hit an all-time high Thursday as bitcoin’s dominance of the cryptocurrency market declined. The world’s second-largest digital currency by market value surged to a fresh record of $2,774 Thursday morning, according to data from Coin Metrics. Bitcoin, the top digital coin, was
Jim Paulsen is on watch for runaway inflation. In a note to clients this week, the Leuthold Group chief investment strategist warned it’s the biggest risk facing the bull market, and the stakes couldn’t be higher for investors. “I would put decent odds that it could get out of control and require the Fed and
U.S. stock index futures were higher in overnight trading on Wednesday, after the major averages posted losses for the day. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 15 points. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5%. Apple and Facebook’s strong quarterly results boosted futures. Apple said that sales
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday declined to let up on its easy-money policy despite an economy that it acknowledged is accelerating. As expected, the U.S. central bank decided to keep short-term interest rates anchored near zero as it buys at least $120 billion of bonds each month. The latter part of policy is a two-pronged
U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors digested major technology earnings and geared up for the latest Federal Reserve policy announcement. Dow futures rose about 50 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.05% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.1%. Google parent Alphabet reported better-than-expected earnings after the bell on Tuesday, sending
The Xpeng P7 electric vehicle displayed outside the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 27, 2020 when the Chinese electric vehicle launched its initial public listing. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese companies are rushing to go public in the red-hot IPO market in the U.S. — before it loses steam.
Al Drago | Getty Images President Joe Biden is expected to pitch a higher capital gains tax this week to raise funds for his economic agenda. But the policy would lose the U.S. billions in revenue if it doesn’t also scrap a tax break for heirs, according to a new analysis. Eliminating that tax break
Traders on the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Monday as investors braced for another batch of corporate earnings. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 futures were little changed. Nasdaq 100 futures inched up 0.1%. Shares of Tesla fell 2.5% in extended trading
A man looks at GameStop at 6th Avenue on February 25, 2021 in New York. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images GameStop‘s stock price climbed in extended trading Monday after the video game retailer said it sold 3.5 million additional shares, raising $551 million to speed up the company’s e-commerce transformation. The stock, favored