Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop, AMC Entertainment, BlackBerry, Dogecoin and silver – all have been subject to epic rallies and falls in recent days, spurred by droves of retail investors driving up prices and then selling. While it may be tempting to pile into an asset that’s seen such rapid growth, financial
Month: February 2021
An epic battle is unfolding on Wall Street, with a cast of characters clashing over the fate of GameStop, a struggling chain of video game retail stores. The conflict has sent GameStop on a stomach-churning ride with amateur investors taking on the financial establishment in the mindset of the Occupy Wall Street movement launched a
Although Jeff Bezos announced on Tuesday that he will step down as Amazon CEO and transition to executive chair of the company’s board, he has no plans of retiring. “Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility, and it’s consuming,” Bezos wrote in a letter to employees announcing his role change. “When you have
Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer sees a market setback ahead. Even though stocks are kicking off February in rally mode as the Reddit frenzy collapses, he believes a 5% to 10% pullback is already underway. “We’ve been looking for a correction,” the firm’s chief market strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. “We’re in a slow
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is set to announce its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting: Earnings: $7.23 per share forecast by Refinitiv Revenue: $119.7 billion forecast by Refinitiv If Amazon meets analysts’ expectations, it will be the first time the company books $100 billion in revenue
A woman wearing a facemas exits a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant with her takeout order on January 14, 2021 in Monterey Park, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill is expected to report its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are
As the nation celebrates the achievements of African-Americans during Black History Month, it is also a time to look ahead. Black leaders have some advice for the next generation of African-Americans about how to bridge the racial wealth and income gap in the U.S., which has only been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. That gap
A sign is seen at the entrance of the ExxonMobil Port Allen Lubricants Plant in Port Allen, Louisiana, November 6, 2015. Lee Celano | Reuters Exxon Mobil said Tuesday that it lost $20.1 billion during the most recent quarter, its fourth straight quarter of losses as the energy giant continues to grapple with the pandemic’s
Indonesia is renowned for its millions of traditional family-owned street stalls, or “warungs.” But behind the scenes of many of them is a multibillion-dollar business. And as it helps small businesses modernize, retail start-up Bukalapak is hoping to revive an iconic segment of the country’s economy. “Every maybe 50 or 100 houses, there will be one of
People walk past a GameStop store in Midtown Manhattan on January 27, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Volkswagen often comes to mind when investors try to find a short squeeze comparable to GameStop‘s jaw-dropping spike last week. In October 2008, the German carmaker saw its Frankfurt-listed shares more than
Pfizer’s Global Supply facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on December 11, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Pfizer said Tuesday it expects to sell about $15 billion in coronavirus vaccine doses this year. The company’s Covid-19 vaccine, which it’s making with German partner BioNTech, was the first approved for emergency use in the U.S.
Scott Mlyn | CNBC Ulta Beauty unveiled an initiative Tuesday to better reflect the country’s diversity with the products it sells in stores and faces it features in advertising campaigns. The beauty retailer pledged to double the Black-owned brands in its assortment by the end of 2021 and step up employee training to make stores
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Reddit users and other retail investors who piled into GameStop stock aimed to take down Wall Street. Pension funds, which support ordinary Americans in retirement, may be an unintended casualty. Some hedge funds have sustained big losses as a result of bets against GameStop stock. Melvin Capital, for example, lost
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Monday that he’s not worried about the U.S. economy overheating, though he does think growth could happen faster than many expect. In an estimate well ahead of most of his colleagues, Bostic, a voting member of the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, recently drew attention for saying that
Long before Mark Cuban became a self-made billionaire, he was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh selling baseball cards and stamps, trying to make an extra buck. Now, remembering those days helps him understand the next generation and its interest in digital goods and digital assets like bitcoin, he said in a blog post published
Speculative investors may face a reality check this month. According to CFRA’s Sam Stovall, conditions are ripe for a major market correction. “We are getting a little late into this rally,” the firm’s chief investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday. “Investors will feel that they need to take some profits.” Stovall sees the
Close-up of Moderna vaccine at the Park County Health Department COVID-19 vaccination clinic for seniors 80 years and older on January 28, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. William Campbell | Getty Images Some health-care providers have been regularly holding back Covid-19 vaccine doses to ensure there will be supply when people come back to get their
Amanda Nicholls made extra cash during the pandemic by selling other families’ items online for a commission. Source: Amanda Nicholls When Amanda Nicholls was laid off from her sales job last summer, she had to get creative. The 34-year-old, who was bringing in about 75% of the family’s income, pivoted to selling second-hand goods for
The WallStreetBets forum on the Reddit Inc. website on a laptop computer and the GameStop logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop shares were volatile in pre-market trading on Monday as the Reddit-fueled frenetic trading continues. Shares of the
Robinhood co-founder and co-CEO Vlad Tenev speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt New York event on May 10, 2016. Noam Galai | Getty Images for TechCrunch The co-founder of Robinhood took to audio app Clubhouse on Sunday to defend the investment platform’s decision to restrict trading in GameStop and other volatile stocks. GameStop shares have
Airlines canceled most New York City-area flights scheduled for Monday ahead of a strong winter storm that’s expected to bring high winds and heavy snow to the region. Local officials also urged people to stay off roads. Flight schedules were already drastically lower than the norm because of the Covid-19 pandemic and a host of
Home ownership has long been considered a staple of the American dream. During the pandemic, it has also become a dividing line between the haves and have-nots. As the coronavirus outbreak and rise of remote work pushed Americans to move from the city to the suburbs, those who could afford a single-family home have been
Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday complimented the retail traders who helped spark the massive run up in GameStop shares, but advised they take their profits now. “Take the home run. Don’t go for the grand slam. Take the home run. You’ve already won. You’ve won the game. You’re done,”
The GameStop Corp. logo on a laptop computer and Robinhood application on a smartphone. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Robinhood will continue to limit trading on Monday in short-squeeze names like GameStop that have experienced explosive rallies and unprecedented volatility over the past week. Customers can only buy one share of GameStop’s stock
A Regal Cinemas movie theater stands at night in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Amir Hamja | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hollywood is hopeful that a robust Covid vaccine rollout will bring moviegoers back to theaters in droves, but content matters as well. Fortunately, there are a slew of blockbusters waiting for