Month: January 2021

It’s ironic that a trading platform whose motto is “Investing for Everyone” would find itself at the center of a retail investor revolt against the Wall Street glitterati. What happened this past week with GameStop (GME), Reddit and Robinhood is a classic tale of David and Goliath, but even the pros say this time is different.

“We’ve seen short squeezes in the past, but I call this one the grand awakening,” Kevin Simpson, portfolio manager at Capital Investment Management, told Yahoo Finance Live. “Seeing this mass chat room chatter do something that we’ve never seen before is a

Dow Jones futures will reopen Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with investors looking for signs that the stock market rally will find support or keep retreat. Last week the major indexes broke through key levels, with leading stocks also struggling.

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The stock market rally may be undergoing a character change. Investors need to be more cautious, perhaps reducing exposure, especially if they haven’t already done so.

The GameStop (GME) saga is likely far from over. GME stock, AMC Entertainment, Koss (KOSS), Express (EXPR) and other short-squeeze plans had

Minutes revealed strong speak amongst some Fed officers across the central financial institution doubtlessly shifting to boost charges faster

Chevron (CVX) unexpectedly reported to a fourth-quarter loss Friday despite the rebound in crude oil prices, in the first report from a global oil major. Chevron stock fell.

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Exxon Mobil (XOM) and BP (BP) will report Q4 results on Tuesday and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) is on tap for Thursday.

Chevron Earnings

Estimates: Earnings seen tumbling 94{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} to 9 cents per share, according to analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research. Revenue is seen falling 24{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} to $27.6 billion.

Results: Loss of 1 cent a share on revenue of $25.25 billion. U.S.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.
AMC,
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said Thursday a group of investors including units of private-equity firm Silver Lake have opted to convert all $600 million of the cinema chain’s 2.95{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} convertible senior notes due 2026 into Class A common shares, at a conversion price of $13.51 a share. The stock closed Wednesday at $19.90, after being swept up in the[l: short squeeze in shares of videogame retailer GameStop Inc.
GME,
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which has skyrocketed more than 1,600{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} in the past two-plus weeks amid support from investors on Reddit’s WallStreetBets message board. AMC said the conversion will result in

The Dow Jones Industrial Common reversed larger throughout late-afternoon buying and selling in at the moment’s inventory market and closed at intraday highs. In the meantime, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 confirmed comparable motion. Shares have been sharply larger following a Fed’s coverage choice, which was revealed at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

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Dow Jones As we speak

On the shut, the Dow Jones was up 1.1{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}. The Nasdaq composite rose 2.1{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} after erasing losses of over 0.7{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}. The S&P 500 gained 1.6{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}. In the meantime, the Russell 2000 reversed its earlier losses to a 1.6{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} acquire. Early information

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. has issued uncommon and important inventory bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain expertise, trying to stave off defections to tech rivals similar to Fb proprietor Meta Platforms Inc.

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Final week, the corporate knowledgeable some engineers in silicon design, {hardware}, and choose software program and operations teams of the out-of-cycle bonuses, that are being issued as restricted inventory items, in line with folks with data of the matter. The shares vest over 4 years, offering an incentive to remain on the iPhone maker.

The bonuses, which got here as a

Over the past few weeks the market has been treated to some fireworks thanks to Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets forum.

A few stocks have “mooned,” the internet term for a big surge. Among them: Video game retailer GameStop (GME) is up 750{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811} year-to-date, BlackBerry (BB) 179{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}, mall retailer Express (EXPR) 346{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}, real estate investment trust Mac (MAC) 98{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}, and Nokia (NOK) 25{c34e2c9cd63a11c97fab811dbaaefe0cfbb1edd2527888e1a44d36f3491ee811}.

These stocks have been discussed and promoted on the popular Reddit message board, which started stirring up the investing world late last year with irreverent meme-based style. Throughout