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This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, February 9, 2022 The looming era of ‘not particularly positive’ returns Unless your name is Meta (FB) or Peloton (PTON), the fourth quarter earnings season has been surprisingly kind to corporate America. Leaving the beleaguered social network (whoops, I mean metaverse pioneer) and fitness brand aside, Q4 results have continued to post… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening as investors considered another batch of solid quarterly corporate earnings results and looked ahead to more reports. Contracts on the S&P 500 extended gains from the regular trading session. The blue-chip index, along with the Dow and Nasdaq, each ended higher on Tuesday. Chipotle Mexican Grill’s (CMG) stock gained in late trading after the fast-casual restaurant chain posted a quarterly earnings beat and saw margins expand despite concerns over… Source link

The explosive growth in passive trading, a fear of missing out, and a blind faith in “celebrity CEOs” have contributed to froth in high growth tech names, according to Harvard lecturer and renowned writer Vikram Mansharamani. Now, the author who made a name spotting market bubbles in his book “Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst,” says another one may be about to pop. “I believe a passive investing bubble has been brewing and may, in fact, have started showing some… Source link

Google parent Alphabet Inc. disclosed that Larry Page, co-founder and current board member, has sold more than $80 million worth of shares, a couple of days after the stock shot up on the back of a blowout earnings report and stock-split announcement. Both the Class C shares and more-active Class A shares rose 0.4% in premarket trading. In filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission after Friday’s closing bell, the internet search giant said… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, February 7, 2022 Bigger isn’t always better. Case in point: Lots of trading desks are locked in on the dramatic underperformance of the small-cap Russell 2000 Index amid the bounce-back in broader stocks from the late January lows. The Russell 2000 — which is often viewed a proxy for the strength (or lack thereof) of the domestic economy… Source link

Stock futures opened sharply higher Thursday evening as investors looked ahead to a key new report on the labor market and considered a fresh set of earnings results from several major index components. Contracts on the S&P 500 gained more than 1% as the overnight session kicked off. Nasdaq futures also jumped. Earlier, the Nasdaq Composite index sank by 3.7% for its worst single-day decline since September 2020. Oil prices also remained in focus on Thursday as U.S. West Texas intermediate… Source link

Facebook shares are likely to stay in the penalty box for some time in the wake of a lackluster fourth quarter and even worse 2022 outlook as Apple privacy changes and a surging TikTok take their collective toll on profits. “Shares are probably dead money at this level of growth for at least the next three months,” said top tech analyst Mark Mahaney of EvercoreISI on Yahoo Finance Live. Meta shares were rocked to the tune of 25% on Thursday’s session, and rightfully so most analysts… Source link

Amazon (AMZN) reported fourth quarter results on Thursday and announced it will raise its Prime membership fee to $139 per year from $119 in the U.S. The stock is soaring in after-hours. These are the top- and bottom-line results for Amazon’s fourth quarter. Earnings per share: $27.75 vs $3.77 expected Revenue: $137.4 Billion vs $137.82 Billion expected AWS net sales: $17.78 Billion vs $17.23 Billion expected This is the third time since the launch of Amazon Prime that the e-commerce giant… Source link

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

Tech stocks on the Nasdaq are rising, led by big gains from shares of Google parent Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) after the company posted strong earnings and announced a 20-for-1 stock split. The Dow Jones wavered and S&P 500 gained.  The indexes rose yesterday in another choppy day of trading, as markets reacted to earnings. So far, more than 36% of the S&P 500 companies have reported results, with more than 78% topping analyst expectations. Among the companies reporting earnings today… Source link