The GameStop Corp. logo on a smartphone Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images A look at a list of the 10 most-purchased stocks by retail traders during the market mania last month is missing one key stock: GameStop. AMC Entertainment and Plug Power, two names caught up in the trading frenzy along with GameStop,
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Thursday, following a four-day winning streak on Wall Street as investors awaited a closely-watched January jobs report. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 20 points. S&P 500 futures were flat and Nasdaq
An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Reuters BEIJING — The recent short selling frenzy on Wall Street will not likely come to China, where there are many more market restrictions. Short selling refers to a trading strategy that allows investors to bet
The economic report to watch this week may disappoint Wall Street. According to MKM Partners’ Michael Darda, the January jobs report out Friday will likely show the labor market needs more time to recover from coronavirus case spikes and closures. “We have a slight chance of a beat, but it’s uncertain,” the firm’s chief economist
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Canada Goose (GOOS) – Canada Goose shares surged more than 15% in the premarket after the outerwear maker beat estimates on both the top and bottom lines. Results were helped by strong growth in China sales as well as a surge in online
Wall Street is concerned about the Yellen regulator super-summit, and with good reason, market watchers say. “The Street should be worried,” Jamie Selway, former head of electronic brokerage at ITG and now an investment advisor, told me. “There’s clearly questions about gamification, and whether a lot of these approaches are suitable and inducing unnecessary trading
[The stream is slated to start at 08:00 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is speaking at a press conference following the U.K. central bank’s latest monetary policy decision. Investors will likely watch for any comments from Bailey on
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images GameStop’s stock is tanking again on Thursday, as the Reddit-fueled trade continues to unravel. Shares of GameStop are down more than 30% on Thursday, brining the brick-and-mortar video game retailer’s weekly losses to more than 80%. The drop in price comes despite the rollback of trading limits from stock trading
A woman carries an umbrella as she walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), February 9, 2017 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes rose at the start of the overnight session Wednesday evening, suggesting an extension to the S&P 500’s three-day win
A picture of a woman starting Netflix on a TV inside her apartment. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Netflix — Shares of the media streaming giant soared more than 10% in extended trading after the company reported strong subscriber growth and said it’s considering
The Leuthold Group’s Jim Paulsen sees trouble lurking as investors embrace growing odds of another stimulus package. Even though the long-time bull acknowledges massive aid has been necessary to steer the U.S. through the coronavirus crisis, he’s worried too much spending will spark sharp inflation. In a recent note, Paulsen called it the “most significant risk
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Morgan Stanley (MS) – Morgan Stanley earnings and revenue beat estimates for the fourth quarter. Results were helped in part by strong growth in investment banking and trading revenues. The company’s shares rose 2.5% in premarket trading as of 7:40 a.m. ET. UnitedHealth
A symbol of TikTok (Douyin) is pictured at The Place shopping mall at dusk on August 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — ByteDance has launched a new payment service within Douyin, the Chinese version of short-video sharing app TikTok. Douyin users can choose Douyin Pay
Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors awaited President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 40 points. S&P 500 futures were flat and Nasdaq 100 futures gain 0.3%. Netflix soared more than 10% in extended trading after the company reported strong subscriber growth and said
James Gorman, chairman and chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is set to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.27 a share, 2.4%
Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images $400 weekly boost Workers got $323 a week in state benefits, on average, in the third quarter last year, according to most recent U.S. Labor Department data. That aid replaced about 38% of their average pre-layoff wage, which was $843 a week. A $400 increase in
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing giant popped nearly 2% after an analyst at Bernstein named the stock a top pick for 2021. The analyst said his call was based on the growth in Zoom’s Phone business. Exxon — The oil giant slid more
President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus plan is the right medicine for an economy likely to see substandard growth in the first half of 2021, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said Friday. As the first central bank official called to publicly speak on the Biden plan, he said he was comfortable with the aggressive fiscal
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase David A. Grogan | CNBC JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has watched while a new breed of fintech players, led by PayPal, Square and tech giants, have exponentially grown their users and market caps. His message to the management team of his $3.4 trillion banking goliath: Be frightened.
At 34 years old, Nikhil Kamath is one of India’s youngest billionaires. The Bangalore-born entrepreneur snagged the title late last year after joining Forbes India Rich List with his brother and co-founder, Nithin. It followed the runaway success of their stock trading platform Zerodha amid the pandemic. But the chief investment officer insists that it