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August marked the seventh straight month of gains for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) as investors ignored softening U.S. economic data at the hands of the COVID Delta variant.  But investors may be wise to stop ignoring the data, and position for a September rife with market volatility, says the team at Goldman Sachs.  “General mobility statistics have weakened, full-service restaurant indicators have softened, travel intentions appear to have faded and retail traffic declines (off of 2019 levels) have… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening, with the major equity indexes holding near all-time highs heading into the first session of September.  Contracts on the S&P 500 rose. The index closed out a seventh straight monthly gain in August, rising nearly 3% during the month as strong earnings growth, an ongoing economic recovery and a still-accommodative Federal Reserve helped offset fresh concerns over the Delta variant’s spread. Still, the Nasdaq outperformed with a monthly rise of 4%,… Source link

Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) shares are trading higher after the company announced it will acquire 100% of Uber’s interest in the Foodtech, Delivery and Self-driving businesses. “Since we started our partnership with Uber in 2018, we’ve been able to create and rapidly develop a number of successful businesses — all of them are highly synergetic to our e-commerce initiative and to the entire Yandex ecosystem. The consolidation of these businesses puts us in a great position to further… Source link

Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) shares are trading higher after the company announced it will acquire 100% of Uber’s interest in the Foodtech, Delivery and Self-driving businesses. “Since we started our partnership with Uber in 2018, we’ve been able to create and rapidly develop a number of successful businesses — all of them are highly synergetic to our e-commerce initiative and to the entire Yandex ecosystem. The consolidation of these businesses puts us in a great position to further increase… Source link

The Street is unclear on how to value Zoom as its growth slows with people returning to offices and schools, despite the lingering pandemic.  So the only course of action right now it seems — sell Zoom’s stock (ZM) and wait for more stable waters.  “We are wary of a potential demotion for Zoom from hyper-growth to growth at a reasonable price,” said Citi analyst Tyler Radke, following Zoom’s underwhelming second quarter results Monday evening. Radke called the earnings report… Source link

The market has been high on Yandex NV (YNDX) stock recently. YNDX gets a Bullish score from InvestorsObserver Stock Sentiment Indicator. Yandex NV has a Bullish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on YNDX! Source link

When close to half the companies in the United States have price-to-earnings ratios (or “P/E’s”) below 17x, you may consider Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as a stock to avoid entirely with its 29.7x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason, and it requires further investigation to determine if it’s justified. Before we start, investors should know that Apple has an outstanding performance in multiple areas, such as cash flows, working capital management, earnings quality, and… Source link

Stock futures rose Monday evening, with the major indexes on track to close out August trading with another monthly gain.  Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up. Both the blue-chip index and the Nasdaq set fresh record intraday and closing highs during the regular trading day, powered higher by a jump in heavily weighted Big Tech stocks.  The S&P 500 is on track to post a seventh straight monthly advance in August, pacing toward a 3% monthly gain and bringing its year-to-date increase to nearly… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Vinco Ventures Inc. and Support.com Inc. surged, and are on track to extend rallies fueled by retail investors in chatrooms like StockTwits and on Reddit. The pair of stocks jumped more than 50% each when the market opened in New York, extending gains from last week, when Vinco Ventures more than doubled and Support.com almost tripled. The rallies came as individual investors attempted to pump their bets on Twitter, Reddit’s WallStreetBets and chatrooms on… Source link

Affirm (AFRM) is poised to show investors a major jolt in its top and bottom lines amid its new tie-up with Amazon (AMZN).  Shares of Affirm exploded more than 40% in pre-market trading on Monday after unveiling a new partnership with Amazon. The stock was the No. 1 trending ticker on the Yahoo Finance platform, too. Under the deal, Affirm — a leader in the buy now, pay later space — will help Amazon consumers finance large purchases.  Select Amazon customers will now have the option to… Source link