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(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com’s price target was cut at Morgan Stanley, which wrote that the online retailer’s profits could come under pressure as a result of a rising headcount and higher wages. Most Read from Bloomberg The firm lowered its target from $4,300 to $4,100, putting it below the average analyst target of $4,157. The new view still points to upside of almost 20% from Amazon’s last close. Morgan Stanley, along with every other firm tracked by Bloomberg, recommends buying the… Source link

Target (TGT) has devised a novel way to partially get around the looming (and likely severe) retail worker shortage for this year’s all-important holiday shopping season.  Invest even more in the retailer’s current workforce. Target said Thursday it will hire fewer workers this holiday season. But, it will provide 5 million more hours to its existing workforce at a total cost of $75 million. The company said it would have store leaders “check in” with existing workers to understand their… Source link

Target (TGT) delivered solid results for the second quarter and joins a select few retailers — namely rival Walmart — in saying the COVID-19 Delta variant hasn’t led to a marked sales slowdown for the all-important back-to-school shopping season even as consumer confidence has begun to wane. “While the current environment remains volatile, our results over the last 18 months have proven conclusively that our team and operating model can seamlessly adapt to changes in the environment, and… Source link

Goldman Sachs is getting more bullish on stocks. The Wall Street firm on Thursday upgraded its year-end price target for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) to 4,700, up from the 4,300 seen previously. That new target would represent an upside of nearly 7% from closing prices on Wednesday, and add to what has already been a more than 17% year-to-date gain for the blue-chip index. Goldman also expects the S&P 500 to close out 2022 at 4,900, raising this from a previous target of 4,600. A combination of… Source link

After a bullish end to the week for Bitcoin and the broader market on Sunday, it was a particularly bullish morning for the crypto majors this morning. At the time of writing, Bitcoin, BTC to USD, was up by 8.97%to $38,591.0. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $35,233.0 before making a move. Steering clear of the first major support level at $34,386, Bitcoin rallied to an early morning current day high $39,777.0. Bitcoin broke through the day’s major resistance… Source link

Apple will be the next major target in the United States’ latest crack down on Big Tech, IAC CEO Joey Levin predicted on CNBC on Friday. Levin said on “Squawk Box” that he believes “Apple’s next, and I think Apple is, in many senses, worse” than Google, which was sued this week by a group of state attorneys general. The AGs alleged that the Alphabet unit abused its power over app developers through its Play Store on Android. Apple has “forced companies into the system,” said Levin, whose… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Robinhood Markets Inc. is now looking to go public in July, after its plans for a listing as soon as this month slipped, according to people familiar with the matter. Robinhood wants to time its initial public offering so people will be back from July 4 holiday travel, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public. A final decision hasn’t been made and Robinhood’s listing plans could change again, the people said. The popular trading app,… Source link

Google’s John Mueller was asked what’s the right way to target a specific country with a website. The person asking the question asked if a country code top level domain specific to the country and the location of the hosting was important. Geotargeting Geotargeting is a reference to the practice of targeting a website (or section of a website) to a specific country. There are benefits to geotargeting. Many people trust and feel at ease with a website that is targeted at a specific country,… Source link

TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 80%, Says JPMorgan In the past week, investors have had to cope with multiple conflicting signals from the markets. The April jobs report, which was expected to show almost 1 million new positions for the month, showed only 266,000. The official unemployment number ticked upward slightly to 6.1%, and hourly wages also gained – by 0.7%. That last would seem to be a positive – except that, combined with the massive government stimulus… Source link

Bloomberg Copper Extends Rally to Top $10,000 With All-Time High in Sight (Bloomberg) — Copper topped $10,000 a metric ton for the first time since 2011, nearing the all-time high set that year as rebounding economies stoke demand and mines struggle to keep up.Prices rose as much as 1.3% to $10,008 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, before slipping back to trade near unchanged. The metal hit a record $10,190 in February 2011.Copper has been among the best performers in a month where metals… Source link