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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Carvana, GameStop, AMC, General Motors and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Carvana — Shares of the online used-car retailer popped 25%, alongside other heavily shorted stocks. Nearly 29% of Carvana shares available for trading are sold short, according to FactSet. The company has faced negative sentiment on Wall Street recently, with downgrades this month from Stifel, […]
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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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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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Cramer says Disney is a buy, rips Wall Street sellers for misreading guidance
The Club thinks Disney is a buy, as shares trade in the red following its second-quarter earnings release the prior evening. Source
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GameStop surges more than 30% and is halted in odd trading; AMC shares also pop
A screen displays the logo and trading information for GameStop on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) March 29, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Shares of two meme stocks surged on Thursday, adding an unexpected wrinkle for a stock market that has been dropping in choppy trading for more than a month. […]
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Gasoline, diesel prices rise to another record amid rampant inflation
A gas station is seen as the average price of gasoline reach all-time high at $4.37 per gallon (about 3.8 liters) in Virginia, USA on May 10, 2022. It’s claimed that gasoline prices vary by region. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Retail diesel and gasoline prices climbed to another record high Thursday, […]
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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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Disney did not give us everything this quarter, but parks and streaming really delivered
It wasn’t a perfect quarter, but we’re pleased to see theme park operating income and Disney+ subscriber additions beat expectations. Source
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