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(Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co., charging forward with big investments in electric vehicles, raised its full-year profit forecast and said it will restore its dividend, sending the stock soaring by as much as 9.5%. Most Read from Bloomberg The automaker on Wednesday lifted its 2021 profit forecast for the second time in as many quarters, and is now projecting $10.5 billion to $11.5 billion in earnings before interest and taxes. The reinstated quarterly dividend of 10 cents a share will be paid… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Wednesday evening after a mixed day in the markets, with the major equity indexes pulling back from record levels. Traders looked ahead to more earnings and economic reports on Thursday.  Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up. The blue-chip index dropped on Wednesday after posting two consecutive days of record closing highs. The Dow also declined, while the Nasdaq ended slightly higher.  Investors on Thursday are set to receive more earnings data, as well… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) may finish 2021 defined by the same vertigo-inducing price action that took it from under $30,000 to a fresh record near $66,000 within the space of a few months, analysts say. On Thursday, investors booking profits in the wake of the successful launch of two Bitcoin futures-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) last week dragged the digital coin down by about 5% on the day. More new funds are expected to hit the market from issuers like VanEck, Galaxy Digital and Bitwise,… Source link

Robinhood (HOOD) customers have been clamoring for the investing app to add Shiba Inu (SHIB-USD), the newest meme coin which hit all time highs on Thursday.  A change.org petition with over 300,000 signatures is asking Robinhood to list the SHIB token, as it’s known. Judging by the meme coin’s popularity, Robinhood knows listing it would likely bring in new accounts. But the company appears to be treading carefully around new meme assets — one of the drivers for its success in the… Source link

Boxing legend Mike Tyson may have pulled off an impressive return from retirement last year with an unofficial draw with Roy Jones Jr., but unlike ageless wonder Tom Brady, the heavyweight champion is being less secretive about his methods to fight father time. Iron Mike credits cannabis. Speaking with Yahoo Finance about the debut of his eponymous Tyson 2.0 cannabis line in partnership with cannabis company Columbia Care, the 55-year-old said he wished he smoked cannabis his “whole career”… Source link

Microsoft (MSFT) could easily go hunting for another whale of an acquisition with its $130.6 billion in cash, analysts say.  It has a lot of options on where it could look. “There are lots of different areas that we think Microsoft could acquire. We think Microsoft will continue to be acquisitive. I think there is plenty of opportunity for them to continue to expand their cloud application footprint. If you think about it, they have less than 10% market share in front office applications…. Source link

The median U.S. home price just passed $400,000 for the first time ever, according to data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. In the third quarter the median home price hit $404,700, jumping nearly 20% since third quarter of 2020, when the median sales price was $358,700. Though it’s an eye-catching number, the market has been hot of late, and a lack of inventory and high demand means foretold the rise in home prices. According to a recent note from Goldman Sachs, home prices could rise… Source link

FFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Without younger users, Facebook could be in big trouble Former Facebook (FB) employee Frances Haugen fired up lawmakers, parents, and likely many others by leaking a trove of seemingly damning internal company… Source link

Corvette pusher GM is feeling a bear raid on Wednesday even as execs at the company continue to supremely hype its push to electric vehicles and the profits they believe will rain down on the automaker as a result.  Shares of GM tanked nearly 6% in Wednesday afternoon trading in the wake of the company’s third quarter earnings report. Experts told Yahoo Finance there is some disappointment on the Street on how GM’s margins and and market share fared in the quarter, as well as cautious… Source link

Alphabet is still the darling of Wall Street after another blowout quarter from the tech beast Tuesday night.  And one line item continues to standout in particular as a key driver of the bull thesis on the stock: operating margins.  Jefferies analyst Brent Thill points out Alphabet’s operating profit margins hit 39.2% in the third quarter, up for five straight quarters as the company sees strong momentum behind its search business and YouTube premium. The upward slope in margins comes… Source link