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Futures tied to Wall Street’s key benchmarks were mixed heading into overnight trading Wednesday after stocks closed higher for the fourth straight day on the heels of Big Tech earnings. However, the winning streak in equities was eclipsed by disappointing fourth quarter results from Facebook parent company Meta (FB), which reported figures that missed estimates after the bell on Wednesday. The results sent shares tumbling more than 20% in post-market trading. Contracts on the tech-focused… Source link

U.S. stock futures were sideways Monday evening after a momentous first trading day of 2022. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq were mostly flat after all three indexes rallied in Monday’s session. The Dow jumped nearly 250 points to notch a record close, and the S&P 500 gained 0.6% to 4,796.56, topping its previous high. The Nasdaq drew strength from a great day for tech to end 1.2% up but fell short of its last record close in November. “When I think about… Source link

Warren Buffett just poured another $7.6 billion into his all-time favorite business — here are 3 other companies doing something very similar When Warren Buffett’s holding company Berkshire Hathaway spends billions of dollars on an investment, it usually makes headlines. But there wasn’t too much hype surrounding Berkshire’s $7.6 billion purchase in Q3 — and for a good reason: The company was buying back its own shares. Buybacks are a common way for companies to return capital to… Source link

Stock futures moved to the upside Monday morning, extending last week’s gains and holding near all-time highs at the start of a busy week for new economic data. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each traded a tick above the flat line after the indexes set record highs last week. Dow futures also edged up, with gains in shares of Amgen and Home Depot leading the way higher. Optimism that the Federal Reserve will not immediately and jarringly remove its highly accommodative monetary policies… Source link

It’s time to round up all of today’s best Android-friendly discounts. To start things off, we have a new all-time low on HP’s Chromebook 11 with 16-hour battery life and Google Play Store access that sits alongside a solid price drop on the Wyze ANC headphones with Google Assistant built-in. From there, big-time price drops are available on Google TV and Google virtual assistant-laden 4K TVs from some of the biggest brands out there as well as a host of solid deals on APC… Source link

Stock futures opened mixed Thursday evening, holding near record levels as investors digested the latest, mixed set of economic data and earnings results. Contracts on the Nasdaq and S&P 500 ticked lower, while Dow futures gained. Both the S&P 500 and Dow ended at record closing levels on Thursday, continuing to make new highs as optimism over both the pace of the economic recovery and strength in corporate earnings results lingered.   Disney (DIS) shares jumped in late trading after the Dow… Source link

Stock futures opened near the flat line Tuesday evening after another record-setting day for Wall Street, with the S&P 500 and Dow each rallying to all-time highs on the back of the U.S. Senate passage of a major infrastructure bill. Contracts on the S&P 500 drifted sideways. Earlier, the blue-chip index and the Dow each both reached record intraday and closing highs, with shares of industrials and materials companies, as well as other names closely tied to the economic recovery leading the… Source link

Last quarter, Google roared out of the post-pandemic-peak period with a record $17.9 billion in profit, finally joining other tech giants that had been raking it in despite (or perhaps because of) the rise of COVID-19. But Alphabet’s Q2 2021 earnings do it one better — the company just set an all-time record revenue of $61.9 billion this quarter, and record profits for the fourth quarter in a row at $18.5 billion. Some of the numbers the company’s posting today (PDF) are nearly… Source link

It’s cliché to say Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez is magic. His nickname is literally “El Mago” — the magician. But after seeing what Baez pulled off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, you’re going to wonder if Baez is actually a wizard. It’s pointless to try and explain the wacky play first, so take a look at what happened and try to comprehend how Baez got away with it.  With a runner on second, Baez hits a ball to Pirates third baseman Erik Gonzalez. The ball is fielded… Source link

Bloomberg Iran Gears Up for Return to Oil Market as U.S. Talks Advance (Bloomberg) — Iran is preparing to ramp up global oil sales as talks to lift U.S. sanctions show signs of progress. But even if a deal is struck, the flow of additional crude into the market may be gradual.State-controlled National Iranian Oil Co. has been priming oil fields — and customer relationships — so it can increase exports if an accord is clinched, officials said. Under the most optimistic estimates, the country… Source link