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U.S. stock were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday following the regular session that snapped a six-day winning streak on Wall Street. Dow futures rose 35 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.14% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.13%. Better-than-expected earnings from Twitter, Lyft, Cisco Systems, Mattel and Yelp boosted sentiment on Wall Street. Lyft reported

If anybody on Wall Street is due a victory lap, it’s Daniel Pinto. The head of JPMorgan Chase‘s massive corporate and investment bank is fresh off a year for the record books: Pinto’s business produced $49.3 billion in revenue and $17.1 billion in profit in 2020, more earnings than JPMorgan’s three other divisions combined. But

Automated teller machines of the three Singapore-listed banks: OCBC, DBS and UOB. Munshi Ahmed | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s three largest banks could receive a boost in profitability this year after a challenging 2020, as economic activities recover on the back of the city-state’s relative success in controlling the pandemic. That brighter

The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images Bitcoin’s price jumped sharply to an all-time high after Tesla revealed a big stake in the digital coin and said it would start accepting payments in bitcoin in exchange for its products. The world’s largest cryptocurrency last traded 12%

U.S. stock index futures rose in overnight trading on Sunday, as the major averages looked to accelerate gains following the best week since November. Futures contracts tied to the Dow gained 75 points, or 0.27%. S&P 500 futures were 0.3% higher, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.33%. The S&P 500 closed at a record high

Attendees play the Activision Blizzard Inc. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 video game at the company’s booth during the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Troy Harvey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ford — The legacy automaker’s

President Joe Biden speaks delivers a foreign policy address during a visit to the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Joe Biden said this weekend that it is unlikely a $15 federal minimum wage provision makes it into the next Covid-19 relief package, hitting pause on a key campaign

Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The stock market is known for being unpredictable and volatile, and any sense of normalcy was blown up during the recent GameStop rally. Most of us know the story by now: After discovering that several hedge funds had bet on the video game retailer losing value, people banded

Cars line up to pick up food boxes at the Athens County Fairgrounds in Athens, Ohio on Dec. 19, 2020. BRAD LEE | AFP | Getty Images Long-term unemployment is edging toward a historical peak, almost a year into the pandemic-fueled downturn. Workers are deemed to be “long-term unemployed” when their jobless spell is longer

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Peloton (PTON) – Peloton doubled consensus estimates in reporting quarterly profit of 18 cents per share, and the fitness equipment maker’s revenue came in above estimates as well. Peloton will be incurring extra costs in the near term, however, to reduce shipping delays

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Thursday, following a four-day winning streak on Wall Street as investors awaited a closely-watched January jobs report. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 20 points. S&P 500 futures were flat and Nasdaq

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Canada Goose (GOOS) – Canada Goose shares surged more than 15% in the premarket after the outerwear maker beat estimates on both the top and bottom lines. Results were helped by strong growth in China sales as well as a surge in online

The economic report to watch this week may disappoint Wall Street. According to MKM Partners’ Michael Darda, the January jobs report out Friday will likely show the labor market needs more time to recover from coronavirus case spikes and closures. “We have a slight chance of a beat, but it’s uncertain,” the firm’s chief economist

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Spotify (SPOT) – The music streaming service reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, although its revenue did beat analyst forecasts. The number of premium subscribers jumped by 24% to a better-than-expected 155 million. The stock fell 7% in premarket trading as of 7:32 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

GameStop mania took Wall Street by storm, thanks to a legion of retail traders glued to the WallStreetBets message board on Reddit. Shares of the struggling brick-and-mortar video game retailer skyrocketed 400% in the past week, closing out January with a whopping 1,625% gain. A band of amateur traders in WallStreetBets forum, whose members have

Steven A. Cohen Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steve Cohen, the founder of hedge fund Point72 and owner of the New York Mets, has deactivated his Twitter account after his family received threats this week amid the GameStop trading frenzy. “I’ve really enjoyed the back and forth with Mets fans on Twitter which

People walk past a GameStop store in Midtown Manhattan on January 27, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The astronomical rally in GameStop has imposed huge losses of nearly $20 billion for short sellers this year, but they are not budging. Short-selling hedge funds have suffered a mark-to-market loss of

The Robinhood website home screen on a smartphone. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Restrictions on Robinhood traders are still tight and getting tighter throughout the day on Friday, now only allowing GameStop holders to buy a single additional share. The stock trading app has also expanded its list of restricted stocks from 13

The Reddit forum WallStreetBets logo on a smartphone arranged in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images What’s next for the Reddit crowd? Wall Street seems unsure.  The “blow-out-the-short-sellers game” is showing signs of exhaustion, but the ramifications are only just being felt. What traders can’t agree on is

Investor Peter Boockvar is calling the Reddit rebellion “another epic parabolic bubble.” In a research note out this week, he warns the mania into trades from GameStop to American Airlines will ultimately go bust. “Let’s break down the investment strategy: Find the most shorted stocks, buy calls, write about it, buy the stocks and jam it

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: American Airlines (AAL) – American’s stock is surging more than 60% in premarket trading after a better-than-expected fourth quarter. The airline lost $3.86 per share, less than the anticipated loss of $4.11, and revenue came in above analyst forecasts. American did post an

A GameStop store in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC GameStop and AMC Entertainment tumbled in overnight trading on Wednesday, set to give back some of the meteoric rally amid a retail buying frenzy. Shares of the brick-and-mortar video game retailer dropped 18% in extending trading, following a 134% gain during regular hours. The movie

JPMorgan Chase & Co. signage is illuminated at night at a bank branch in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, July 10, 2017. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 13. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is taking a page from the digital disruptors. The biggest U.S. bank

Dado Ruvic | Reuters Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. equity indexes ticked higher during the overnight session Tuesday as Wall Street pored over earnings results from Microsoft and awaited similar updates from Apple, Facebook and Tesla due Wednesday. Nasdaq-100 futures outperformed with a gain of about 67 points, or 0.5%. Dow futures held

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: American Express (AXP) – The financial services giant reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.76 per share, compared to a consensus estimate of $1.31 a share. Revenue matched Wall Street forecasts. Amex suffered a slump in travel and entertainment spending, although a jump in online