TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 80%, Says JPMorgan In the past week, investors have had to cope with multiple conflicting signals from the markets. The April jobs report, which was expected to show almost 1 million new positions for the month, showed only 266,000. The official unemployment number ticked upward slightly to 6.1%, and hourly wages also gained – by 0.7%. That last would seem to be a positive – except that, combined with the massive government stimulus… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Sports' Launch Pad – Salvador Pérez splashes a 460-footer – Yahoo! Voices
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Read More »Wall Street Uses Old Tricks in $2.4 Trillion Crypto Jungle
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street traders like Trey Griggs are finding a new lease on life in the $2.4 trillion crypto Wild West. After two decades in energy trading, the 51-year-old was lured by a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. colleague this February into a new world of market-making in digital currencies. Now he’s in fighting spirits — unleashing old-school finance tricks to exploit the industry’s rampant inefficiencies, volatility and downright weirdness. “All the fun that used to be had 30… Source link
Read More »Google and Apple claim their devices deliver a better sleep; not true, university says
Shocked I am, shocked beyond words. A new study from Brigham Young University (BYU) found that a highly-touted smartphone capability claim from both Apple and Google is indeed complete nonsense. The feature, in this case, is Apple’s Night Shift (and Android’s Night Mode), which adjusts a device’s screen to warmer hues, theoretically allowing users to get to sleep faster. BYU detailed the perception, the myth Apple and Google played upon, and then obliterated… Source link
Read More »Bismarck 4th grader named North Dakota’s winner in Doodle for Google contest
The next time you open your Google browser, you might come across a doodle drawn by local 4th grader Makenna Krukenberg of Bismarck, but she needs your help to make this a reality. Named the North Dakota winner in the Doodle for Google competition, Makenna’s doodle is now in the running to be picked as a national finalist in her grade group. There will be 5 national finalists in total, one of which will go on to become the national winner. Contestants were asked to use… Source link
Read More »Alphabet, Facebook Drop as Citi Warns of Ad Growth Slowdown
(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. tumbled on Monday, leading a broad move lower in internet stocks after Citigroup Inc. warned about the outlook for digital advertising, a key source of revenue for the sector. The firm downgraded both names to neutral from buy, writing that “caution is in order” for companies that derive revenue from digital advertising. While ad budgets are expected to continue shifting online, growth is likely to decelerate, and “historically, that… Source link
Read More »Unusually ‘generous’ unemployment benefits weighing on job market rebound: Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs thinks the surprisingly lackluster April jobs report could be partially explained on the generosity of Uncle Sam. “We see two partial explanations for the payrolls disappointment. First, reopening effects likely overlapped with normal seasonal hiring patterns, resulting in less-impressive job gains on a seasonally-adjusted basis. Second, labor supply appears to be tighter than the unemployment rate suggests, likely reflecting the impact of unusually generous unemployment… Source link
Read More »Tips for waiver wire scouting, player transactions
While I typically write articles giving micro-level advice on which players to add via trade or free agency, I have lately been dabbling in process-related pieces. This is another in that series, which includes recent pieces on how I evaluate hitters and pitchers. For this article, I’m going to cover a typical 24 hour-span and how I manage my teams. Most of my teams are in leagues with weekly roster transactions. The exception is the Yahoo Friends & Family league, which has constant waivers… Source link
Read More »San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speaks with Yahoo Finance [Transcript]
Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the weaker-than-expected April 2021 jobs report and where Fed policy is headed next. Below is a transcript of her appearance on May 10, 2021. – BRIAN CHEUNG: President Daly, I wanted to kick off this conversation with just that jobs report covering the month of April that everyone was watching. It feels like it really missed expectations across the board. From your perspective, what were your… Source link
Read More »Kagan: Verizon getting back on track after selling AOL, Yahoo
Verizon, like every other company must continually find new pathways for growth going forward. That’s why several years ago they acquired both AOL and Yahoo. I never saw the benefit and thought it was a big mistake. Now, several years later, apparently Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg agrees. Verizon is selling AOL and Yahoo for about half what it paid. They are selling to the owner of the Venetian casino in Las Vegas. Not sure what they see with this purchase, but at least… Source link
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