(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 »Stocks trade mixed as tech shares drop, Nasdaq turns negative
undefined Stocks traded mixed on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow looking to kick off May on a high note while the Nasdaq declined. The S&P 500 added about 0.4%, while the Dow jumped by 0.9%. On Friday, the S&P 500 ended ended lower, but still closed out its best month since November with a monthly advance of more than 5%. In April, the communication services and consumer discretionary sectors led gains in the S&P 500, returning to a leadership position after lagging earlier in 2021 amid a… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Plunges in Biggest Intraday Drop Since February
(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin plunged the most in more than seven weeks, just days after reaching a record. The biggest crypto coin fell 8.5% to $55,810.32 as of 2:52 p.m. in Singapore on Sunday, after declining as much as 15.1% to $51,707.51. Ether, the second-largest token, dropped almost 18% before paring losses. Several online reports attributed the plunge to speculation the U.S. Treasury may crack down on money laundering that’s carried out through digital assets. Bitcoin hit a record high of… Source link
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TipRanks JPMorgan: 2 Stocks for Stellar Long-Term Gains According to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, the US is on the cusp of an economic boom which should fuel growth at least until 2023. Dimon attributes the prospect of strong growth to several reasons. “I have little doubt that with excess savings, new stimulus savings, huge deficit spending, more QE, a new potential infrastructure bill, a successful vaccine and euphoria around the end of the pandemic, the U.S. economy will likely boom,”… Source link
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The Guardian US economy adds 916,000 March jobs as vaccine rollout fuels hiring boom Unemployment at 6% as businesses reopen and hire workersData shows 30% of Americans have had at least one vaccine shot Sous chef Francisco Lopez at the Buya restaurant in Miami last month. The data suggests the worst of the pandemic-related jobs slump may be over – but issues remain. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The US labor market went on a hiring spree in March, adding 916,000 jobs amid the… Source link
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Bloomberg Tug Boats Scramble to Move Massive Ship Blocking Suez Canal (Bloomberg) — Tugs and diggers have so far failed to dislodge a massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal for a third day, increasing the chances of prolonged delays in what is arguably the world’s most important waterway.Work to re-float the Ever Given was suspended until Thursday morning in Egypt, shipping agent Inchcape said, citing the Suez Canal Authority. Dredgers are still trying to loosen the vessel before… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Slides in Worst Weekly Drop Since March Amid Selloff
(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin’s rally hit a speed bump as the world’s largest cryptocurrency witnessed its worst weekly decline in almost a year amid wider losses in risk assets. The digital token slumped 20% this week, the most since the pandemic-fueled selloff last March. The wider Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index, tracking Bitcoin, Ether and three other cryptocurrencies, was down 23% for the same period. Bitcoin fell 5% to trade at $45,672 as of 5:00 p.m. in New York, according to consolidated… Source link
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The Guardian Covid has killed 500,000 in the US. That’s more than the population of Miami This tragedy was preventable. It happened because Republican politicians believe some people are worth more than others ‘Coronavirus is different, generating neither equal suffering nor equal concern.’ Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP Five hundred thousand deaths can be hard to picture. But we have to try. Imagine, for instance, that everyone in Miami, Colorado Springs or Minneapolis died in the course… Source link
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TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Places Bet on 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks When billionaire financier Ray Dalio makes a move, Wall Street pays attention. Dalio, who got his start working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange trading commodity futures, founded the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, in 1975. With the firm managing about $140 billion in global investments and Dalio’s own net worth coming at $17 billion, he has earned legendary status on Wall Street. Summing… Source link
Read More »Steep drop in TV, rise in online
You knew something was up when CBS didn’t release its preliminary Super Bowl ratings on Monday afternoon as usual. The Super Bowl is always the most-watched television event of any year, so each year it’s a matter of whether the numbers will match the prior year … and what to say in the event they don’t. When the numbers didn’t show up, veteran media observers speculated that the league and CBS were doing all they could to spin bad news into good. As it turns out, that’s pretty… Source link
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