U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Tuesday, after the S&P 500 closed just shy of a new record. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 28 points. S&P 500 futures were flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.07%. All three major averages finished Tuesday’s session in the
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Getty Images After saving up for decades to retire, many Americans are excited to finally stop working and enjoy their free time. Yet for some, switching to a spending mindset after being so focused on saving can be a difficult transition. “There’s a lot of unknows and if there hasn’t been detailed planning or a
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: GameStop (GME) – The videogame retailer’s stock jumped 6.8% in the premarket after it had announced it had completed a previously announced sale of 5 million common shares, raising $1.126 billion. MicroVision (MVIS) – MicroVision shares slid 10.8% in the premarket after the
In this article JPM LB Pedestrians walk past a Bath & Body Works store. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret is taking out a $500 million loan to finance its split from Bath & Body Works, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The loan is due 2028 and could pay interest that’s
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE Monday’s aggressive stock market rally came despite the fears of one Wall Street firm that investors still aren’t appreciating how quickly the Federal Reserve could start raising rates. After getting hammered in the final three trading days last week, Wall Street came roaring
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: MicroStrategy (MSTR) – MicroStrategy shares tumbled 8.7% in premarket trading amid a slide in bitcoin prices following the expansion of China’s crackdown on bitcoin mining. The business analytics company is among the biggest corporate investors in bitcoin, with several billion dollars in holdings
A worker pours wine at a winery in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in 2015. GOH CHAI HIN | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — Fresh off a surge in wine exports and a visit from President Xi Jinping last year, China wants to turn its primary wine-producing region of Ningxia into one that rivals
In this article CCL SWBI FOXA ADBE Adobe Systems world headquarters in downtown San Jose, Calif. Lisa Werner | Moment Mobile | Getty Images Adobe — Shares of the digital cloud giant rose nearly 3% after it reported quarterly earnings of $3.03 per share. That figure beat analysts’ expectations by 22 cents, according to Refinitiv.
Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on May 19, 2021. NYSE U.S. stock futures inched up slightly on Thursday night, following a two-day sell-off for the Dow in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s policy update. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.01%. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked
The Klarna logo displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — Europe’s tech sector has already attracted more venture capital investment so far this year than it did throughout the whole of 2020, according to data shared with CNBC. Start-ups in the continent have raised a whopping
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Adobe (ADBE) – Adobe reported quarterly profit of $3.03 per share, 21 cents a share above estimates. The software company’s revenue also topped Wall Street forecasts and Adobe gave stronger-than-expected current-quarter guidance. Its shares rose 3.1% in premarket trading. Smith & Wesson (SWBI)
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard told CNBC on Friday that he sees an initial interest rate increase happening in late-2022 as inflation picks up faster than previous forecasts had anticipated. That estimate is even quicker than the outlook the broader Federal Open Market Committee released Wednesday that caused a hit to financial markets.
In this article JPM LEN TK NVDA C FOXA A sign is posted in front of the NVIDIA headquarters on May 10, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia — Shares of Nvidia gained 2.3% after Bank of America raised its price target on
Treasury yields may be about to break out. Even though yields temporarily fell after this week’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, Wells Fargo Securities’ Michael Schumacher expects the benchmark 10-year Treasury Note rate to end the year as high as 2.20%. “The 10-year yield is going up a fair bit through the remainder of
BEIJING — Chinese dancer and TV host Jin Xing is confident the entertainment industry will return to normal, and that the arts will be more prized post-pandemic. In China, where stringent lockdowns helped control the domestic spread of Covid-19 within months, Jin’s private dance company was able to resume national touring last year, she told
In this article FSR NVDA HNST A Nvidia logo is seen on the company’s building at an industry park on February 7, 2019 in Tianjin, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images CureVac — Shares of the German biopharmaceutical company continued to fall after it released primary efficacy results Wednesday for its Covid-19
In this article UBSG-CH LONDON — One of the world’s biggest wealth managers doesn’t think artificial intelligence can replace the role of financial advisors. Ralph Hamers, the CEO of UBS, said Wednesday that technologies like AI were better suited to handling day-to-day functions like opening an account or executing trades than advising clients. “There is
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures dipped slightly in overnight trading after the Federal Reserve raised inflation expectations and forecast rate hikes as early as 2023. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 61 points, or 0.18%. S&P 500 futures edged 0.24% lower and Nasdaq 100
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policy-making meeting on April 28. Text removed from the April statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both
Antony Jenkins, founder of 10x Future Technologies and former CEO of Barclays. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The financial technology venture of former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins has raised £132.5 million ($186.6 million) from investors in a bid to expand into North America. 10x Future Technologies was founded by Jenkins in