Finance
Heavily shorted online used car seller Carvana surges nearly 25%, is halted several times
A Carvana used car “vending machine” on May 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Shares of online used car retailer Carvana surged Thursday amid a wild trading session in which several heavily-shorted stocks popped. The stock closed up 24.7%. Trading was halted at least four times Thursday. Carvana’s share price had […]
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Hedge fund winners and losers emerge in brutal tech-driven sell-off
The stock market is going through a period of uncertainty and volatility, but some sectors could benefit from that. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A wide divergence of performance has formed in the hedge fund industry amid the stock rout on Wall Street this year. […]
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed by Senate for a second term
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. Powell announced the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by a half-percentage point to combat record high inflation. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images As he and his colleagues engage in a […]
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Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson says active management pays off during extreme volatility
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) With $1.5 trillion in assets, Franklin Templeton is among America’s top 10 asset managers, and growing. Over the last few years, the firm has acquired asset manager Legg Mason, custom index provider O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, and secondary private equity investor Lexington Partners, among others. President and CEO Jenny […]
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Goldman ‘deal guy’ behind Apple, GM cards leaves for fintech start-up iCreditWorks
iCreditWorks CEO Scott Young, former chief commercial officer of Goldman Sachs Marcus. Courtesy: Goldman Sachs A Goldman Sachs executive known for securing some of the industry’s biggest credit-card deals in recent years has left to join early stage start-up iCreditWorks, CNBC has learned. Scott Young, who was chief commercial officer of Goldman’s Marcus consumer business, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Ford, General Motors, Tapestry and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Ford (F), General Motors (GM) – Ford fell 2.8% in premarket trading while GM slid 3.4% after Wells Fargo double-downgraded both stocks to “underweight” from “overweight.” Wells Fargo said 2022 could represent a profit peak for legacy automakers, with the shift toward electric […]
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Bitcoin tumbles below $27,000 for first time since December 2020 as crypto sell-off intensifies
Bitcoin plunged further below the $30,000 mark as investors fled cryptocurrencies. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Bitcoin slumped below $27,000 Thursday for the first time in over 16 months, as cryptocurrency markets extended their losses amid fears over rising inflation and the collapse of a controversial stablecoin project. The price of bitcoin plunged […]
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Stock futures are little changed following hot inflation report
Stock futures were slightly higher Wednesday evening after the latest CPI data showed inflation is still running hot. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 17 points, or 0.05. S&P 500 futures inched higher by 0.03%. Nasdaq 100 futures were down by 0.01%. Disney shares fell about 2% after hours despite strong earnings […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Disney, Bumble, Rivian and more
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Walt Disney — Disney shares rose about 1% in extended trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected growth in streaming subscribers across its media platforms for the most recent quarter. Bumble — The dating app operator’s shares jumped more than 9% after the company reported $211.2 million […]
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How fast does inflation cut buying power? Here’s a simple guide
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images Inflation is hovering near 40-year highs. The Consumer Price Index, a key inflation metric, increased 8.3% in April from a year ago, the largest jump since the summer of 1982, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday. While a slight reduction from the 8.5% rate in March, the […]
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