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Stock futures dip following two straight days of gains on Wall Street
Stock futures fell marginally in overnight trading Tuesday after two consecutive days of gains on Wall Street. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 55 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both declined just 0.2%. Investors shrugged off some signs of an economic slowdown ahead of a key inflation reading. The S&P […]
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Bitcoin drops 6% to again trade below $30,000 as selloff resumes
A bystander uses a Bitcoin ATM in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 16, 2022. Alex Pena | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Bitcoin fell below $30,000 again Tuesday as the cryptocurrency’s recent selloff resumed. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap slumped more than 6% to $29,434, according to Coinbase. Bitcoin had gained more than 4% […]
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Your next quarterly 401(k) statement may be alarming. Here’s why
Your internal alarm bells may ring when reading your next 401(k) plan statement — at first blush, at least. Traditional 401(k) statements — regular notices that arrive by mail or online — show investors how much money they’ve saved for retirement, among other information such as investment allocations. Soon, they’ll also see how their nest […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Target, J.M. Smucker, Kohl’s and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Target (TGT) – Target announced a series of moves to “right-size” its inventory levels, including additional markdowns and canceling orders. It cut its operating margin guidance for the current quarter to 2% from the prior 5.3% but said the margin would recover to […]
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Stock futures are little changed on Monday
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 3, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed Monday evening after a sleepy day of trading as investors await key inflation data due out later in the week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched higher by 0.01%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Sunrun, Eli Lilly, DiDi Global, CrowdStrike and more
Tim McKibben, left, a senior installer for the solar company, Sunrun, and installer Aaron Newsom install solar panels on the roof of a home in Granada Hills. Mel Melcon | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Monday. Solar companies — Solar stocks jumped after the Biden […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Spirit Airlines, Didi Global, Keurig Dr Pepper and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Spirit Airlines (SAVE) – Spirit jumped 6.1% in the premarket after JetBlue (JBLU) sweetened its bid for Spirit. JetBlue will increase its breakup fee for the deal to $350 million and pay part of that as a dividend if the deal is consummated, […]
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China tries to shake off the worst of the pandemic in a long, zero-Covid journey
A handful of tourists visit the normally packed Yuyuan Garden during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday on June 4, 2022, in Shanghai, where authorities are allowing a return to normal life and business activity. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China is starting to show signs of recovery from the latest […]
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Stock futures are flat after a losing week on Wall Street
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 3, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Sunday after a losing week as investors continued to bet that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy aggressively to combat surging inflation. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 30 points. S&P 500 […]
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A paradigm shift has begun in markets, says Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick. Here’s what to expect
Trader on the floor of the NYSE, June 1, 2022. Source: NYSE Global markets are in the beginning of a fundamental shift after a nearly 15-year period defined by low interest rates and cheap corporate debt, according to Morgan Stanley co-President Ted Pick. The transition from the economic conditions that followed the 2008 financial crisis […]
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