Tag Archives: April

Stocks headed for losses in the first session of May following one of the worst monthly performances for the S&P 500 since the depths of the pandemic in 2020. Contracts on the S&P 500 turned lower, erasing overnight gains. Dow and Nasdaq futures also dipped into the red ahead of the opening bell. U.S. crude oil prices fell to hover above $101 per barrel, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield held above 2.9%, or near its highest level since December 2018. Investors this week are bracing for… Source link

U.S. stock futures were flat in extended trading Monday after markets staged a rebound to end higher in the earlier session as investors look ahead to a batch of mega cap tech earnings in the coming days. Contracts on all three major indexes were little changed after the Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered an intraday loss of nearly 500 points and closed in the green, snapping a five-day losing streak. The S&P 500 also bounced back from declines to close the trading session above… Source link

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly told Yahoo Finance Live in an exclusive interview on Thursday that she sees the case for interest rates to move ‘expeditiously’ higher in order to pump the brakes further on surging inflation. And with the Fed growing increasingly hawkish in its endeavor to lower prices, uncertainty remains as to when month-over-month inflation will turn around. Deutsche Bank (DB) Wealth Management CIO for the Americas Deepak Puri believes that prices are currently at… Source link

The regular season is less than two weeks old, but fantasy trade talks are already flying fast and furious in Yahoo! leagues. Here are some of my best tips for making April deals. You don’t need to wait I have never been able to relate to the manager who says that they need to watch at least one month of regular-season action before considering trades. Let’s be honest: If you had drawn a different draft slot, you would have drafted different players, especially in the early rounds. For… Source link

U.S. stock futures were flat ahead of overnight trading Wednesday following a hawkish readout of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy-setting meeting that hinted officials were poised to intervene more aggressively to curb inflation, sending the major indexes tumbling in the earlier session. Futures tied to the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite hugged the flatline in extended trading after a two-day losing streak for the benchmarks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq,… Source link

U.S. equity futures were little changed heading into overnight trading Monday following a rally in the tech sector that lifted stocks higher to start the week. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial and Nasdaq Composite were near breakeven in extended trading after all three benchmarks closed in the green Monday. The Nasdaq — which gained 1.9% in the main session — was buoyed by a 27% surge in Twitter (TWTR) that came after Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk revealed he purchased a 9.2%… Source link

It’s only been a couple of weeks since Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices started receiving Google’s March Pixel drop of new features, improvements, and fixes, and now the company has started the rollout of an April update (via 9to5Google). According to Google, wireless charging updates and camera fixes for the Pixel 6 lineup should improve performance with certain (unspecified) accessories and crush bugs that could zoom in the front-facing camera preview with certain apps or pop up a… Source link

U.S. stock futures opened slightly higher Thursday evening as traders looked ahead to the start of a new month of trading and a closely monitored new economic report on the state of the labor market. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged up to kick off the overnight session. The index fell for a back-to-back session on Thursday, limping into the final session of March and the first quarter. Investors on Friday are set to closely monitor the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report, offering the most… Source link

Goodbye, Spotify. Hello, Sputnik? Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT) is the latest to join a growing list of media platforms halting operations in Russia following a law passed by the Kremlin earlier this month that threatens to jail any person or entity spreading “fake” news for up to 15 years. Spotify confirmed to Yahoo Finance that the music streaming giant made the “difficult” decision Friday to suspend its service in the country. The company said it will have to take several… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ASSOCIATED PRESS How can you say we are sort of out of the pandemic without saying we’re out of the pandemic? During the Super Bowl, celebrities were out in force, flaunting that they weren’t wearing masks. Similarly, President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address showed that no one was wearing a facial covering. Another major sign is that Google is telling its San Francisco Bay Area workers to return to the… Source link